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Presented by Industry Experts from the World's Top Organizations

 

More than 50 of the world's foremost experts in these areas of international finance will be presenting a total of 28 sessions at the 8th Annual OffshoreAlert Financial Due Diligence Conference, which will take place at The Ritz-Carlton, South Beach in Florida on May 2-4, 2010.

 

OffshoreAlert’s unique position as a leading news service provider specialising in Serious Financial Crime & Offshore Financial Centers means we maintain continuous contact with some of the brightest minds in onshore and offshore finance, compliance, investigations, law enforcement, regulatory and government. As always, our close relationships with these experts enable us to deliver a first-class agenda and speaker-roster.

 

Speakers will be flying in from the world's major offshore financial centers, including Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Barbados, and the Isle of Man, and from the world's major onshore centers, including the USA, the UK, Canada, China, India, Russia, Brazil, and Germany to discuss the latest hot topics in the fast-moving worlds of OFCs and Serious Financial Crime.

 

They include three whistleblowers: Rudolf Elmer (Julius Baer), Charlie Rawl (Allen Stanford), and Martin Woods (Wachovia Bank); the head of the IRS Whistleblower Office, Steve Whitlock; the attorney for LGT Bank whistleblower, Jack Blum; and two of the world's leading asset recovery attorneys: Martin Kenney and Ed Davis. We also hope to have a representative of the US Securities and Exchange Commission to speak about its new whistleblower initiatives.

 

Featured Speakers

 

Charlie Rawl

Charlie Rawl

A former financial adviser for Allen Stanford’s $8 billion offshore banking group who blew the whistle to US authorities, leading to the collapse of one of the biggest-ever offshore frauds. Charlie will discuss his work for Stanford and the red flags that were missed by regulators, correspondent banks and clients.

Rudolf Elmer

Rudolf Elmer

After 16 years with Julius Baer, Rudolf became a whistleblower and is co-operating with tax authorities regarding alleged global tax evasion by the bank’s clients. Rudolf will discuss the inner workings of an offshore private bank and explain why he decided to switch sides.

Rudolf Elmer

Jim Miller

Jim Miller oversaw a recently-completed independent review of Taxation, Fiscal Management & Regulation Reform in the Cayman Islands that was ordered by the UK Government upon concerns that Cayman was spending itself into bankruptcy. A recognized expert in managing budgets, Mr. Miller will provide advice on how OFCs can balance their finances in the modern era.

Andrew Jennings

Andrew Jennings

With the world’s biggest sporting event – soccer’s FIFA World Cup – soon to take place, journalist and film-maker Andrew Jennings will present evidence of bribery and corruption at FIFA, which governs the sport globally, and CONCACAF, which controls the game in North America, Central America and the Caribbean. Find out why FIFA’s bosses consider him ‘Public Enemy Number One’.

Martin Kenney

Martin Kenney

Martin is, perhaps, the world's best-known asset recovery attorney. His reputation is such that the mere hiring of him by fraud victims is sometimes enough to make crooks come to the negotiating table, rather than endure the inevitability of lengthy and costly litigation and the prospect of having their concealed assets located, frozen and seized.

Distinguished Speakers


  • Fred Abrams, The Law Office of Fred L. Abrams (New York)

  • Marta Alfonso, Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra (Miami)

  • Stuart Allen, Former Special Investigator, U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission

  • Ben Arrindell, Member, United Nations Committee of Experts on International Cooperation in Tax Matters (Barbados)

  • David Baines, Vancouver Sun (Canada)

  • Jack Blum, Tax Justice Network (Washington, DC)

  • Andrew Bodnar, Matrix Chambers (UK)

  • Stephen Cohen, Senior Advisor to the Chairman, SEC (Washington, DC)
  • Cherise Cox-Nottage, UBS (Bahamas)

  • Eduardo D'Angelo Silva, Offshore Banker (Cayman Islands)

  • Edward H. Davis, Jr., Astigarraga Davis (Miami)

  • Hugh Dickson, Grant Thornton (Cayman Islands)

  • Sarah Dobbyn, Harneys (Cayman Islands)

  • James Earp, Grant Thornton (UK)

  • Rudolf Elmer, Former Chief Operating Officer, Julius Baer Bank and Trust Co. (Cayman)

  • Burke Files, Financial Examinations & Evaluations (Arizona)

  • Myles Flint, Appleby (Bermuda)

  • Ross Gaffney, Gaffney, Gallagher & Philip (Fort Lauderdale)

  • Rodney Gallagher, Gaffney, Gallagher & Philip (Barbados)

  • Liz Harding, Harding Legal (Colorado)

  • Eric Havian, Phillips & Cohen (San Francisco)

  • Owen Henry, Cayman National Corporation (Cayman Islands)

  • Bob Hudson, Baker & McKenzie (Miami)

  • David Ingram, Grant Thornton (UK)

  • F. R. Jenkins, Meridian 361 (USA & UK)

  • Andrew Jennings, Investigative Reporter and Filmmaker (UK)

  • Erika Kelton, Phillips & Cohen (San Francisco)

  • Constantine Karides, Reed Smith (New York)

  • Martin S. Kenney, Martin Kenney & Co., Solicitors (BVI)

  • Bernd Klose, Kanzlei Bernd Klose (Germany)

  • Arnold Lacayo, Astigarraga Davis (Miami)

  • Steve Lauer, Lumen Legal Consulting Services (North Carolina)

  • Martin Livingston, Maples and Calder (Cayman Islands)

  • Mario Loaiza & Associates (Fort Lauderdale)

  • Nick Matthews, Kinetic Partners (Cayman Islands)

  • Jim Miller, Chair, The Miller Commission on Taxation, Fiscal Management & Regulation Reform in the Cayman Islands (Washington, DC)

  • James R. McGunn, Martin Kenney & Co. (BVI)

  • John Moscow, Baker & Hostetler (New York)

  • Deborah Morrisey, Department of Homeland Security (Florida)

  • DC Page, Andrews International (Miami)

  • Robert Palmer, Global Witness (UK)

  • Charles Rawl, Zenith Wealth Management (Houston)

  • Christopher J. Redmond, Husch Blackwell Sanders, (Kansas)

  • Dr. Eronides Aparecido Rodrigues dos Santos, Criminal Prosecutor (Brazil)

  • Jonathan Sambur, Mayer Brown (Washington, DC)

  • Nancy Saur, ATC Trustees (Cayman Islands)

  • Brian Simms, Lennox Paton (Bahamas)

  • Sharda Sinanan-Bollers, International Financial Services Authority (St. Vincent & the Grenadines)

  • Shivindra Singh, Lancers (India)

  • Vladimir Solomanidin, Vlasta-Consulting (Russia)

  • Jeff Sonn, Sonn & Erez (Fort Lauderdale)

  • Geoff Varga, Kinetic Partners (Cayman Islands)

  • Jeremy Walton, Appleby (Cayman Islands) Hugh Dickson, Grant Thornton (Cayman Islands)

  • Steve Whitlock, IRS Whistleblower Office Director (Washington, DC)

  • Joseph Wielebinski, Munsch Hardt (Dallas)

  • Dan Wise, Martin Kenney & Co. (BVI)

  • Martin Woods, Hermes Forensic Solutions (UK)

  • Nick Wood, Grant Thornton (UK)

  • Dale Yeager, SERAPH (Pennsylvania)

 

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