THE JUDICIAL IMPACT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC ON BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES

Originally posted on Corporate Live WireWritten by Mark Longbottom The COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in a reduced demand for products and services, disruption in the supply of inputs and a tightening in the provision of credit. This, in turn, has significantly impacted the bankruptcy, restructuring and insolvency industry and this has been and continues to […]

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Is the United States a ‘safe harbour’ for financial institutions in non-US insolvency proceedings?

Originally posted on Offshore Red Foreign representatives and their counsels should take note of recent US Bankruptcy Court decisions in Fairfield that, if upheld on appeal, could significantly impair their ability to pursue avoidance claims in US Chapter 15 proceedings. The court in Fairfield held that the US Bankruptcy Code’s safe-harbour provisions apply to foreign […]

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Recovering illicit assets offshore might become a bit easier

Reprinted with permission from the July/August 2020 issue of Fraud Magazine, a publication of the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners in Austin, Texas ©20XX. However, authors wishing to reprint articles to use as promotional pieces or for other for-profit purposes must contact the Fraud Magazine Reprint Service at www.FraudMagazine.com. A fraud investigator obtains access to […]

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Krys Experts Give Guidance for Fraud and Asset Recovery

Angela Barkhouse and Mathew Clingerman, two of KRyS Global’s foremost leaders in the conduct of fraud investigations and recovering assets, in conjunction with CDR Essential Intelligence and contributing editor Keith Oliver of Peters and Peters, have had papers published on Fraud, Asset Tracing and Recovery. This represents the first edition of CDR’s Essential Intelligence – […]

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Getting the Deal Through – Asset Recovery 2020

Perpetrators of fraud and corruption have increasingly benefited from the quickening technological changes that make it simple to break down barriers across international borders when dealing with the transmission of information and the movement of assets. This publication provides expert summaries of the laws and regulations which have been developed to freeze and repatriate the […]

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KRyS Participates in Corporate Livewire’s Virtual Roundtable on Fraud and White Collar Crime 2020

Originally posted on Corporate LiveWire The Fraud & White Collar Crime 2020 Roundtable discusses recent developments in the legislation and enforcement of corporate fraud, bribery, corruption, tax evasion and insider trading. Other notable topics include: the prominent bribery case U.S. v. Hoskins, cross border investigations, the agencies tackling corporate misconduct and the effects of Brexit […]

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How not to throw good money after bad in multi-jurisdictional litigation

Originally posted on Offshore Red In this barnstorming tour-de-force, international investigator Ken Krys – the executive chairman and founder of KRyS Global, which has offices in the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, New York, London, Guernsey, Hong Kong and Singapore – lays out the basic strategies that your offshore bank is likely to require […]

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Guernsey Insolvency Law Reform

Introduction As a result of a consultation with industry bodies and professionals that has spanned several years, the States of Guernsey have drafted The Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008 (Insolvency) Amendment Ordinance, 2019 (“the Ordinance”) which introduces a number of proposed additions to the Companies Law. When these reforms were proposed in 2017, the Committee for […]

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The Upside of Sharing: Third-Party Funding for Asset Recovery Claims

Originally posted on Offshore Red Corporations that (or individuals who) find themselves victims of fraud, or are embroiled in disputes about their investments, have to consider some thorny issues. How can they get their money – or at least some of their money – back? Whom can they hire to help them get the money […]

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Madoff, From A Feeder Fund Perspective, 10 Years Later

Originally posted on KNECT365.com, in Asset Recovery Magazine Vol. 2 Written by Kenneth Krys I read with interest a weekend interview in the Wall Street Journal on December 1-2, 2018 titled “The Amazing Madoff Clawback”. The interview is with Mr. Irving Picard, the court-appointed trustee of Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC, who oversees the recovery […]

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