Cherrin is Of Counsel in Maples and Calder’s Dispute Resolution & Insolvency team in the Maples Group’s Singapore office. She has over a decade of experience in commercial litigation and dispute resolution and is qualified in Singapore, England & Wales and the British Virgin Islands. She specialises in cross-border shareholder and partnership disputes, take-private fair value appraisal litigation, and insolvency related disputes. She regularly advises on issues concerning shareholder remedies and derivative claims, interim applications in aid of foreign proceedings including worldwide freezing injunctions, and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards.

Cherrin also has experience advising on contentious fund and corporate matters including breaches of constitutional documents, shareholder and subscription agreements, suspension of redemption requests and other contentious issues at board or shareholder meetings.

Cherrin joined Maples and Calder in 2017. Prior to that, she was a senior associate at a top tier disputes law firm in Singapore where she regularly attended court and worked alongside senior counsels on complex, bilingual litigation and arbitrations, and other senior partners on multi-jurisdictional advisory work on regulatory matters. Apart from complex commercial litigation, Cherrin has a keen interest in international arbitration and is an accredited member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb).

Chris is the founder of the law firm Slateford, specialised in handling serious reputation issues and crises. They regularly advise on contentious allegations about the performance of businesses, both for listed entities whose shares are shorted, and for investment businesses in dispute about the positions they have taken. Their work includes projects with clients from China, India, Malaysia, DR Congo and the Middle East amongst others, particularly focussed on allegations of wrongdoing and restrictions on their freedom to operate.

With 16+ years’ experience in threat assessment, crisis management, continuity of operations, investigations, security systems monitoring, physical security, and close personal protection; I have become a highly skilled and knowledgeable manager and security professional. I have a proven track record of directing security operations, developing organizational infrastructure, and successfully implementing long-/short-term strategies. Good communications and a well-trained, motivated team are important to achieving positive outcomes and exceeding organizational goals. I expertly assess communication needs and deliver effective materials and impactful presentations. I believe in building strong professional relationship with management, teams and other stakeholder to encourage a culture of collaboration, as well as motivating, coaching, training, and leading high-performing teams. My areas of expertise include:

Project Management
Antiterrorism
Emergency Procedures
Enforcement Administration
Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs)
Corporate-level security protection
Relocation
Executive Protection Practices
Risk Mitigation and threat deterrence
Communications
Team Building & Training
Policy Development

Described by clients as a “formidable force”, “our go-to guy”, and “good when you need someone to fight in your corner”, Danny has a wealth of experience, commercial acumen, and strategic wisdom in his specialist areas of complex international commercial and financial disputes, fraud, and investigations.  He has led multiple high-stakes cross-border disputes and investigations, across a multitude of industries, and is regularly called upon by financial institutions, private investment funds, and state-owned enterprises to act.  Among Danny’s cases acting for liquidators of a trading company in claims arising from the misappropriation of more than $1 billion dispersed across more than 40 companies, acting for the liquidators of BSI Bank and a US investment bank in relation to investigations into alleged laundering and dissipation of some $1 billion purportedly belonging to the Malaysian state-owned company 1MBD, and acting in claims for fraud and corruption brought by various Mongolian state-owned entities against a former Prime Minister and his alleged associates.  More recently, Danny has been a pioneer in the blockchain and digital assets space, having led the team that successfully prosecuted the first cryptocurrency claim before the Singapore International Commercial Court.

Danny graduated from the National University of Singapore and is admitted to the Singapore Bar as well as the Rolls of Solicitors of the High Courts of Hong Kong and England and Wales.

Investigative financial journalist David Marchant owns and operates Florida-domiciled OffshoreAlert, a news, documents, and conference-organizing company that specializes in financial intelligence and investigations, with an emphasis on high-value, cross-border finance conducted in high-confidentiality offshore and onshore jurisdictions.

Since it was launched in 1997, OffshoreAlert has exposed more than 175 investment frauds and money laundering schemes while they were in progress, contributing to their early collapse, and helped law enforcement, regulators, and asset recovery specialists hold those responsible accountable for their actions.

Fraudsters have sued Marchant and OffshoreAlert for defamation in Canada, Cayman Islands, England, Grenada, Panama, and the United States, with several plaintiffs subsequently going to prison, including one for 17 years.

OffshoreAlert is regularly referenced in news articles, books, government reports, TV programs, and movie documentaries about serious financial crime.

Edward H. Davis, Jr., a founding shareholder of Sequor Law, focuses his practice on the representation of individual, corporate and institutional victims of fraud throughout the world. Ed conducts financial fraud investigations, prosecutes civil claims for fraud and pursues misappropriated assets, having tracked such funds in jurisdictions across the globe, including Japan, the Bahamas, Latin America, Switzerland and Liechtenstein, among others.

A highly recognized and sought-after leader in his field, Ed is a Certified Fraud Examiner, Inaugural Chair of the Asset Recovery Sub-Committee of the International Bar Association’s Anti-Corruption Committee, and member of other distinguished boards and committees. Under his direction, Sequor Law has established itself as a leading member of the ICC Commercial Crimes Services FraudNet Network.

Ed frequently lectures on financial fraud and corruption to groups ranging from one of the world’s most prominent banks, to associations of certified public accountants and investigative agencies. He also counsels clients in fraud response crises based on his experience handling high-profile cases, including the second-largest Ponzi scheme in world history. Ed also is noted for filing the first Chapter 15 bankruptcy petition in the state of Florida.

Admitted to practice in Florida and before the United States District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida and the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, Ed is a Past Chair of the International Law Section for which he has served as the Chair, Chair-Elect, Secretary and Treasurer as well as on the Executive Council. He is the Founding Chair of its International Litigation and Arbitration Committee; a member of the Bankruptcy Bar of the Southern District of Florida, and a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and the Florida International Bankers Association. 

Favorite Quote:

“At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice, he is the worst.” – Aristotle

Eiliv Frich Flydal works at VG, Norway's most-read news outlet. Flydal and the financial outlet E24.no led the international collaboration known as Dubai Uncovered, where reporters from more than 20 countries contributed in a joint investigation. The investigation, which is still ongoing, revealed how criminals, officials, and sanctioned politicians from a range of countries poured money into Dubai real estate.

He has worked on investigative projects uncovering abuse of public funding, bankruptcy-repeaters, illegal work conditions on public procurement and large hidden investments of illicit cash in both Pakistan and Dubai.

Flydal was for several years a member of the Norwegian Press Association Committee for transparency and on the The Foundation for Investigative Journalism in Norway (SKUP).

Erick Gunawan is the head of BRG’s Cyber Forensics and eDiscovery practice in Asia–Pacific. He has over 20 years of experience in computer forensics, eDiscovery, compliance investigations, crypto tracing and investigations, dawn raid readiness, and incident response. He has managed document reviews for both contentious and non-contentious matters.

Throughout his career, Mr. Gunawan has managed hundreds of large-scale computer forensics, eDiscovery and document review matters in sectors including finance, construction, life sciences, and energy. He has provided forensic consultancy services regarding financial and economic issues in complex litigation and disputes cases.

Mr. Gunawan is a testifying expert in the area of computer forensics and eDiscovery. He is consistently recognised by Who’s Who Legal in its Data guide as a Thought Leader and its Investigations guide.

Erin West is a national leader in the investigation and prosecution of cryptocurrency crimes. She is the Founder of Operation Shamrock, an organization dedicated to combating cyber-enabled crimes like pig butchering. Ms West has special expertise in high tech, hate crimes and search and seizure. Her mission is to disrupt the wave of romance/investment scams known as pig butchering.

Previously, Ms West spent 24 years as a Deputy District Attorney in Santa Clara County, California, USA. She was assigned as the prosecutor to the REACT task force, a multi-agency high tech team made up of law enforcement from local and federal agencies. Along with the agents at REACT, Ms West was one of the first nationwide to investigate and prosecute SIM-swapping, resulting in millions of dollars of losses of cryptocurrency to both individuals and businesses.

Gerard’s main areas of practice include fraud and asset recovery (including crypto assets), commercial disputes, financial services law and regulation. Gerard assist clients with international trade and cross border matters, particularly matters in China and Thailand. Some of the recent reported judgments where Gerard had acted as lead counsel include Chen Mingxing and others v Zhang Jian and others [2021] SGHC 03, Simran Bedi v Montgomery, Mark A [2022] SGHC 67, Wong Leng Si Rachel v Wu Su Han Olivia [2022] SGHC 151 and Re Hodlnaut Pte Ltd [2022] SGHC 209. Gerard has also co-authored the annotations of three statutes, namely the Hire-Purchase Act, the Sale of Goods (United Nations Convention) Act and Terrorism (Suppression of Financing) Act. These annotations have been published under the Annotated Laws of Singapore by LexisNexis Singapore.

Gerard is frequently instructed on complex matters by reputable organisations and regularly argues before the Singapore Courts as lead counsel. In particular, Gerard acted for 154 Claimants in a representative action where the Claimants are claiming approximately S$47 million in a multi-jurisdictional scam. Gerard had successfully argued for a world-wide Mareva Injunction order against eighteen defendants in the said suit.

Clients of Gerard have stated that “he has an eye for detail”, “is technically and commercially astute” and “can grasp complex industry practices quickly”.

In 2020, Gerard was shortlisted as a Finalist in the Asian Legal Business Southeast Asia Law Awards for the category of Young Lawyer of the Year and also featured as one of Singapore’s 21 Most Influential Lawyers Aged 40 and Under, by the Singapore Business Review in 2020. In 2021, Gerard was recognised by Asian Legal Business as one of Asia’s 40 Under 40 Lawyers. The aforesaid list featured the region’s best lawyers under the age of 40. The lawyers on the list were selected from over 400 applicants from international and domestic firms across 10 jurisdictions: Singapore, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand & Vietnam. The lawyers were selected based on the quality and complexity of their work, recommendations from clients and colleagues, and their potential for future growth.

Gerard is very passionate about serving the community and regularly takes on matters on a pro bono basis with the support of the firm.

A highly motivated person with a keen interest in technology and business. Consistently working to the highest professional standards drawing on experience and a wide range of technical expertise. Additionally an effective team player with excellent communication and organizational skills combined with a desire to succeed. A multidisciplinary digital forensic scientist, fraud examiner, and information security practitioner specializing in the prevention, detection, and investigation of cyber crime, white-collar crime, and corruption. Predisposed to procedural and methodological approaches to problem solving and analysis.

Jack specialises in providing investigative support to cross jurisdictional disputes, complex money laundering and fraud matters.  Jack is a member of the Mintz Group’s international asset tracing unit that specialises in tracing assets around the world and has helped his clients enforce judgements in a number of significant cases during his sixteen years living in Southeast Asia.  Jack and the Mintz Group have particular expertise in areas they have found critical to asset tracing and recovery including shipping, real estate, aircraft as well as computer forensics.  Jack has worked extensively looking at money laundering issues in a number of jurisdictions in Asia, with a strong focus on Myanmar, Indonesia and Malaysia as well as a number of offshore jurisdictions in both Asia and the Caribbean.

Jess helps disruptive clients from around the world strengthen their response to serious issues that impact their reputation.

Her work has included acting for the largest companies in the world in some of their most difficult and controversial matters, through to supporting victims of crime in protecting their interests against the actions of wrongdoers.

She has been recognised in a litany of awards, including Young Achiever in the Asian Woman of Achievement Awards and Associate of the Year in the Citywealth Future Leaders Awards.

She takes a particular interest in how the law needs to develop to match societal trends around environmental, social and governance issues, and how responses to serious issues need to adapt to changing expectations.

Her corporate work draws on experience of working on City research desks and understanding the drivers of serious issues and how stakeholder views are impacted.

She writes for CityAM on reputation issues and has frequently spoken in broadcast media interviews, and is featured in an upcoming documentary, about the impact of intimate image abuse. She is well-known for her work representing professional footballer Leigh Nicol in fighting those who misuse images.

Jess leads our work around intimate image abuse and supporting victims of crime, which provides reputation law tools to those who would not normally have access to elite legal representation. She frequently advises corporates and individuals on the impact of crime and reputation, ensuring that the illicit acts of third parties do not detrimentally affect their reputation.

Jess has worked across a variety of matters providing her expertise to help achieve the best results for clients.

Recent work includes:

- Advising and litigating for a multinational food retailer which was the subject of a complex blackmail plot, utilizing interim non disclosure injunctions and s11 Contempt of Court Orders in criminal proceedings

- Advising a major cryptocurrency exchange platform and its CEO on defamatory allegations and the publication of confidential information from international broadsheet press

- Advising a FTSE100 company on a blackmail threat made to its CEO’s family

- Advising a number of England international and premier league footballers on privacy risks and engaging in pre-publication correspondence

- Carrying out an internal investigation into the broadcast of a TV show produced that was contrary to the OFCOM code and leading subsequent pre-action correspondence.

- Advising the board and key individuals of various FTSE 100 companies on privacy and security risks that could impact their reputation.

- Advising various corporate clients on how to combat an online impersonation campaign affecting their reputation

- Advising corporate clients on the reputational consequences following an employee conduct issue, including an international banking organization and an international PR group

- Using the Norwich Pharmacal jurisdiction to reveal an astroturfing campaign by a competitor, using the same jurisdiction to uncover the identity of an impersonation scheme intended to obtain confidential information concerning a client

- Work on pre-publication correspondence matters relating to BBC Panorama, providing a successful result for both, ensuring that the narrative was fair and accurate

- Advising a middle eastern royal family member on the reputational issues surrounding a potentially high profile divorce

Jonas is the head director of Athena Intelligence, a private intelligence firm based in Geneva and Shanghai, with a proven track of expertise in tracing and assisting in the recovery of hidden assets. Jonas has a master of arts in world governance with a focus on Internet Governance of the University of Lucerne in Switzerland. Prior to founding Athena Intelligence, he worked in the Geneva office of a multinational intelligence firm. Given his thorough knowledge of the industry, he leads the investigation, due diligence and case selection process at Liti Capital.

Jonathan is a director in the Restructuring practice, based in Kroll’s Hong Kong office. Jonathan has over 12 years of experience in court liquidations, receiverships, enforcement proceedings associated with liquidations and receiverships, financial and operational restructurings, individual bankruptcies, preparation of Form E, Duxbury calculations and expert reports in divorce proceedings, valuation and investigation of matrimonial assets and judicial management in Singapore.

Kowit Somwaiya is the Founder and Managing Partner of LawPlus Ltd. in Thailand and LawPlus Myanmar Ltd. in Myanmar.  He has over 30 years of experience on intellectual property, banking, commercial, corporate and M&A, FDI, employment, investment promotion, IT, telecoms, data privacy, arbitration, litigation, probate and inheritance.  He is admitted to practice law in Thailand.

Kowit has been recently appointed to the Board of Directors of Meritas, the global network of business law firms (2024 – 2027).  He is a member of the Lawyers Council of Thailand and the Thai Bar Association.  He has held key leadership positions at the Intellectual Property Association of Thailand (Director 2009-2016, Vice President 2017-2019),  the Asian Patent Attorneys Association (Co-Chair of the Emerging IP Rights Committee 2013-2015), and the International Trademark Association - INTA (member of the Board of Directors 2018-2020, Co-Chair of the Global Advisory Council-Asia Pacific 2016-2017, Chair of the Harmonization of Trademark Law and Practice Committee 2016-2017, and Chair of the Anti-Counterfeiting Committee East Asia and Pacific Sub-committee 2014-2015).

Throughout his career, Kowit has been consistently recognized, recommended and ranked as rising star, expert and leader by global survey and ranking institutions and publications, such as the Legal 500, the Chambers & Partners, the Asia Business Journal, the Asia Law Magazine, the WIPR, the IAM Patent, to name a few.

Highlighting his ongoing excellence, the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2020-2024 recommended him for corporate and M&A and intellectual property.  The Who’s Who Legal: Telecoms, Media & Entertainment 2024 recommended him as one of the world’s leading practitioners.  The Asia IP 2024 named him as one of the 2024 IP Experts in Thailand. The Asia Business Law Journal selected him as one of The A-List Lawyers in Thailand for 2023.

Michael Popkin is a partner in Mourant's litigation practice in Hong Kong. He advises on all aspects of offshore disputes and distressed situations, including applications for urgent injunctive or other relief.  He is particularly experienced in disputes relating to investment funds and significant financial transactions and disputes between stakeholders.  He regularly acts for insolvency practitioners, creditors, directors and directors’ committees, fund managers and administrators, trustees, investors and major shareholders or beneficiaries. Most of the matters he works on are multi-jurisdictional in scope where he coordinates with legal and counsel teams across jurisdictions worldwide.

Before joining Mourant in 2022, Michael worked in another offshore law firm in Hong Kong and the Cayman Islands for six years. Prior to that he practised for 14 years in the litigation and dispute resolution practice of a large onshore Australian firm in Sydney, Australia, and for 10 years with leading law firms in Bangkok, Thailand and Phnom Penh, Cambodia. During the course of his career, he has worked on matters involving transactions in most jurisdictions in Asia.

Michael is registered as a foreign lawyer in Hong Kong and has been admitted to practise in the Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, England and Wales, New South Wales, Australia (currently non-practising) and in New York, USA (currently non-practising).

He is recognised in the Legal 500 Caribbean 2024, Legal 500 Asia-Pacific 2024, and Chambers Asia Pacific 2024 for offshore dispute resolution.

Steven Westervelt is a Managing Director and the head of the firm’s Singapore office. His background in investigations and advisory runs deep. He has managed significant multi-jurisdictional due diligence investigations and other complex matters. Steven works with the world's top law firms, executive leadership teams of public companies, and investment directors of the largest private equity firms. Earlier in his career, he advised US and foreign governments on post-crisis governance matters in Southwest and South Asia. Steven has spent almost his entire career in Asia and has been based in Singapore for the past decade.

Prior to joining Nardello & Co., Steven was head of the Singapore office for a boutique investigations firm, where he oversaw business strategy and client management. Before that, he spent several years working for Control Risks’ Southeast Asia practice, where he was responsible for an array of complex investigations.

Susanah Naushad is a Counsel in the Dispute Resolution practice group. She previously worked in the U.S., on Department of Justice (DOJ) investigations pertaining to the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) and sanctions related issues, and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) investigations pertaining to breaches of securities law. Susanah has also served as an expert witness on Indian criminal law before the U.S. District Court of Delaware.

She specialises in white-collar crime defense and investigations and has over 8 years of experience in anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, government investigations, and regulatory compliance work.

Susanah has worked on several complex litigation and investigations involving multiple stakeholders and regulatory bodies, including investigations by enforcement agencies such as the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI), Serious Fraud Investigation Office (SFIO), Enforcement Directorate (ED), and Economic Offences Wing (EOW) alleging bribery, money laundering, corporate fraud, and other white-collar offences. She has advised clients on enforcement actions, including attachment/ freezing of assets, look out circulars, requests under bilateral mutual legal assistance treaties (MLATs), alleged wrongdoings in public procurements, criminal prosecution and trial.

Syed's great depth of experience in serious fraud, financial crime and multi-jurisdictional investigations has earmarked him as a robust solicitor. He is proficient in both civil and criminal cases, where there is an allegation of corporate wrongdoing. Syed has substantial experience in advising corporate entities and their directors and officers in relation to investigations conducted by all the major enforcement agencies. He has also built an impressive reputation in the field of asset-tracing and recovery, with a respected track record regarding international disputes where urgent relief is required involving freezing orders and recovering misappropriated assets.

Syed is recognised for his sector-leading, pioneering cryptocurrency work, having secured a number of significant legal firsts when representing institutions and individuals. His specialist expertise in civil recovery proceedings under Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act (POCA) has also led to him recording notable successes for clients in national and international cases.

He is known for his abilities in multi-jurisdictional, worldwide asset recovery cases – including obtaining and defending the full range of injunctions - high-stakes commercial and financial disputes and cross-border investigations involving attacks on clients’ interests by numerous governments or agencies. His skill in defending high-profile corruption, fraud and regulatory allegations and his ability to negotiate with investigators have ensured his clients receive the strongest representation.

The 2021 edition of The Chambers UK Guide ranks Syed as a solicitor to watch, calls him “a very technically gifted lawyer’’ and says he “gets on top of all the facts in complex cases’’. Chambers has described him as “very committed to the work he does’’ and said he “leaves no stone unturned and has a passion for what he does’’. It has repeatedly highlighted his expertise in POCA work and asset recovery proceedings.

His clients include corporates and their directors, financial institutions, hedge funds, high net worth individuals and international private clients around the world. Syed has a particular interest in litigation arising from mergers and acquisitions, derivatives and securities offerings (IPO’s, SPAC IPO’s and debt offerings) and works with private equity funds and private sponsors for public companies.

He is adept at advising corporate entities and their directors and officers on their regulatory and compliance obligations and in investigations conducted by agencies such as the Serious Fraud Office, Financial Conduct Authority, National Crime Agency and HM Revenue & Customs. His ability to assess complex issues, establish the facts and analyse challenging sets of circumstances have seen him excel on internal investigations carried out for Rahman Ravelli’s corporate clients.

Syed routinely advises clients in FCA investigations into alleged market abuse, breaches of regulated activities and unauthorised trading. He is sought by asset management firms and chief investment officers at hedge funds facing enforcement proceedings and financial services litigation.

The Legal 500 has called Syed “a creative thinker’’, “a master of detail’’ and someone who “entirely devotes himself to his cases’’. It has drawn attention to the wide variety of global corporate wrongdoing and multi-jurisdictional bribery and corruption investigations he has worked on and his cryptocurrency expertise. The 2021 edition describes his “incredible depth of experience when it comes to fraud matters, and in particular those with an international element or where the National Crime Agency are involved.’’

Syed is also in demand to work on cases where there is the possibility of securing a deferred prosecution agreement (DPA) for clients.  The Legal 500 has noted Rahman Ravelli’s expertise in advising on DPAs and recognised that Syed “goes the extra mile to get the best results for his clients in leading on a multi-jurisdictional matter concerning this area”.

His recent work has involved global energy sector corruption allegations, major financial services cases, fintech companies and many of the most complex worldwide asset recovery cases.

Tim is a Partner in our Restructuring and Insolvency Practice having joined the firm as a Trainee Solicitor in 2012 and admitted as a solicitor in 2014. Tim’s focus is on restructuring and insolvency matters, with a particular focus on contentious cases. He regularly advises insolvency office-holders (including the ‘Big Four’ accounting firms and other prominent accounting firms with an insolvency practice) and corporate clients on all aspects of restructuring and insolvency issues including schemes of arrangement, recovery of assets in insolvency estates (in particular pursuing and defending transaction avoidance claims), cross-border insolvency issues such as recognition of foreign appointments and foreign restructuring processes in Hong Kong, examination of persons capable of assisting insolvency office-holders, all aspects of enforcement; debt recovery matters and a wide range of court applications in relation to bankruptcies, liquidations and applications concerning insolvency office-holders’ remuneration and other administrative matters.

Tim has a particular interest in schemes of arrangement with a cross-border element having acted on the Kaisa and the Burwill schemes. He also advises on contentious scheme matters and successfully opposed the sanctioning of the Century Sun scheme. That aside, Tim focuses on contentious work and regularly appears in the Companies Court and Bankruptcy Court.

Additionally, Tim advises in relation to general commercial litigation matters including contractual disputes and banking litigation matters (such as debt recovery and security enforcement). Tim has extensive experience in trial work having conducted several High Court trials.

Tim completed his undergraduate studies at the University of Liverpool (Bachelor of Arts in History and Law) and obtained a Juris Doctor degree and a Postgraduate Certificate in Laws from the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

Tim is fluent in English and Cantonese.

Troy Greig is a Partner in our Restructuring and Insolvency department whose practice focuses on contentious matters with considerable expertise in commercial and insolvency-related litigation, fraud and regulatory work. He is recognised as a key member of the team in the Legal 500 Asia Pacific 2021 ranking of Hong Kong restructuring and insolvency lawyers.

Troy has broad experience advising on all aspects of cross-border winding-up proceedings, bankruptcy, debt restructuring, on-going management and trading of businesses, asset marketing and sale, claims against and on behalf of the distressed estate. Troy advises clients in distressed and insolvent situations on the selection of appropriate regime and the strategic appointment of officeholders to extract maximum value. He has also acted for officeholders including liquidators, administrators and receivers.

Troy’s broad litigation practice covers a wide range of matters. He advises on banking and finance, intellectual property and shareholders disputes, professional indemnity, D&O, product liability and business interruption. He has also advised on contempt of court matters.

Troy advises on high value fraud matters involving debt recovery, asset tracing and the enforcement of judgments and pre-emptive actions such as injunctions and court appointed receivers. As part of the cross-border nature of Troy’s practice, he is experienced in conducting litigation in other jurisdictions by instructing local and offshore firms as lead counsel.

Troy regularly advises on regulatory and compliance investigations and represents defendants in contested hearings and prosecutions. This includes working with the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA), Insurance Authority (IA); Privacy Commission for Personal Data (PCPD), and the Inland Revenue and Labour Departments. Troy also advises clients on SFC and IA investigations including the review of historical records and advises on IRD issues for clients (including the double taxation treaty). In addition, Troy has experience in investigating professional negligence disputes, mis-selling of products and breach of statutory obligations.

Troy has extensive experience acting in banking litigation matters with a focus on financial transactions disputes. This includes enforcement of securities; guarantees; and contentious matters relating to trade and securities finance, such as disputes concerning Letters of Credit and Bills of Exchange.

Troy has appeared as an advocate in the Court of First Instance, Hong Kong, the Supreme Courts of New South Wales, Western Australia and Queensland, Australia. He holds an LLB (Hons) from The University of Technology, Sydney and a BSc in Psychology from The University of New South Wales in Australia. Troy is very active and enjoys playing tennis, golf and trail running in his free time. He is also an avid contributor to the firm’s Pro Bono and ESG initiatives.

Vorapong Sutanont is a managing director at BRG based in Bangkok. He has over 20 years of experience in complex corporate investigations, cybercrime investigations, dispute analysis, fraud risk management, enterprise risk and governance, and process optimisations.

Mr. Sutanont has presided over investigations for multinational and local companies in Thailand, including multimillion-dollar fraud investigations into cybercrime, financial statement fraud, asset misappropriation, commercial bribery and kickback fraud. He serves extensively as a fact witness during legal proceedings in litigation support and testifies in civil, labour and criminal courts.

Mr. Sutanont has been an active participant in the forensic accounting and technology domain and has been a speaker at prominent national/global conferences in Thailand and the U.S.

Warren E. Gluck is a New York litigation attorney, trial lawyer, and a member of Holland & Knight's Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice. Mr. Gluck focuses his practice on litigation, fraud investigation, insolvency, asset recovery and judgment enforcement, as well as admiralty law. He has experience in all aspects of the litigation process and routinely acts as lead counsel on litigation, judgment enforcement, fraud, cross-border insolvency, asset tracing and shipping matters. Who's Who Legal says "Warren Gluck is a 'strong litigator' who is always 'two steps ahead' in high-stakes, multijurisdictional asset recovery proceedings." The guide also notes that he "has an intimate understanding of the nuances of the laws of multiple jurisdictions," "is very practical and pragmatic" and "implements practical solutions and workarounds that allow [clients] to remain on course."

He has developed an extensive practice representing domestic and foreign officeholders in connection with parallel civil and criminal proceedings brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), and has extensive experience negotiating resolutions amounting to hundreds of millions of dollars.