Many of our engagements involve matters in which our clients face significant public attention. The following is a list of news stories about the firm, our clients, cases and the results we have achieved.
Kobre & Kim’s New York team including Daniel Saval, Jef Klazen, and Vincent Yiu will host a group of lawyers from Chinese law firms on October 2 as part of the Intelligeast’s Law Firm Leadership & Management Program.
Kobre & Kim’s Miranda Ching took part in a panel discussion held by the Women’s White Collar Defense Association (WWCDA) Thought Leadership Committee on September 25 in London. The speakers brought a cross-border perspective on criminal and regulatory enforcement in ESG.
Kobre & Kim’s Jason Kang and Henry Cheung will be presenting on “Cross-border Insolvency and Asset Recovery” at a training organized by the Shanghai Bar Association in Shanghai.
Kobre & Kim’s São Paulo team, including Ana Frischtak, Carolina Leung, Sergio Aguiar and Victor Clementino, and Turnaround Management Association Brasil hosted an event focused on “Cross-Border Insolvency: Brazil at the Crossroads – U.S., China, and Offshore” on September 12 in São Paulo. Kobre & Kim’s Peter Tyers-Smith, Daniel Saval and John Han joined to share their insights.
Kobre & Kim’s Evelyn Sheehan will share her expertise on multi-jurisdictional investigations and cross-border insolvency tools in a panel at the International Bar Association Global Conference on September 17 in Mexico City, focused on “Civil Asset Recovery in the Americas: The Indispensable Role of Insolvency Tools and Remedies.”
Kobre & Kim’s New York and São Paulo teams, including Ana Frischtak, Daniel Saval, Donna Xu and Victor Clementino, hosted a Latin America asset recovery roundtable in New York on September 5, focused on U.S. Chapter 11 and 15 bankruptcy tools and beyond.
Kobre & Kim’s Miranda Ching will be speaking at a panel focused on how white-collar enforcement intersects with Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) issues hosted by the Women’s White Collar Defense Association (WWCDA) Thought Leadership Committee.
Kobre & Kim’s Peter Tyers-Smith, Daniel Saval and John Han will be speaking at Cross-Border Insolvency: Brazil at the Crossroads – U.S., China, and Offshore taking place in Sao Paulo on September 12 at 8:30 am.
On September 3, Kobre & Kim’s Evelyn Sheehan will be speaking at the 41st Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime. Her talk, scheduled during a session focused on "pursuing suspect wealth in cyber space," will address the crucial issue of cryptocurrency regulation in the United States.
Kobre & Kim’s Daniel Saval joins experts from Colombia, Italy and Mexico to explore the effects and implications of trusts in insolvency scenarios, in an International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation – Mexico panel on Zoom at 10:00 am ET, July 31 2024.
What are the current challenges faced by corporations in handling whistleblower allegations arising from serious fraud and misconduct? Kobre & Kim’s Miranda Ching joined the Fraud Lawyers Association Conference panel titled “Focus on Corporate Crime”.
Kobre & Kim’s Ana Frischtak and Sergio Aguiar joined the BTG Global Advisory Annual Conference in Sao Paulo, Brazil to discuss Brazil's evolving insolvency landscape on a panel titled “Navigating Corporate Restructuring: Comparative Analysis of Different Jurisdictions.” While discussing recent changes in Brazil’s insolvency legal regime, the panel explored the advantages and disadvantages faced by Brazilian companies looking to restructure in the U.S. or other jurisdictions such as the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands.
This weekend, Kobre & Kim’s Jef Klazen, Richard Clarke, and Jason Kang attended the Cambridge Forum on International Enforcement of Judgements and Awards in Surrey, United Kingdom.
Winning an arbitration award against a sovereign state and state-owned entities is often the easy part – trying to enforce the award and getting the state to pay can cost enormous amounts of time and money, requiring special strategic considerations.
When ultra-high-net-worth individuals encounter financial distress, a cross-border insolvency strategy may be necessary to account for the impacts on their assets across different jurisdictions. Kobre & Kim’s Daniel Saval, who focuses on cross-border insolvency strategies, joins the American Bar Association International Law Section Annual Conference in Washington, DC to discuss these issues on a panel at 4:30 pm local time, May 8, 2024.
