Webinar: International Assets Investigation, Tracing and Recovery

Panelists will discuss the powers available to the Judiciary to seize internationally owned property, comparing U.S. and EU practices regarding the identification, tracing, and confiscation of the assets. Specifically, Mr. Zappelli and Mr. Kellner will share their expertise on the legal procedures and techniques required for successful asset recovery. Of particular interest are the various overlapping cross-border legal issues that can both enable and prevent the successful outcome of an asset recovery procedure. Strategy and timing play a key role in the execution of such procedures because, more often than not, the counterparty is actively trying to avoid and evade any such measures. Finally, our expert panelists will favor advice as to how to structure and execute asset recovery measures to our interested practitioners and judges.

Presented by the International Law Section

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About the Speakers

Beth S. Persky, Attorney, Law Office of Beth S. Persky (Moderator)

Beth Persky is a graduate of the Boston University School of Law and the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, where she studied International Law and International Human Rights law. She has practiced immigration law for more than 25 years, and is a Certified Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law with the California State Bar Board of Legal Specialization. Beth is the past chair of the International Law Section of the FBA. She is admitted to practice before the Federal District Courts for the Central and Southern Districts of California, and before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. Her Southern California practice focuses on immigration appeals and visas.

Douglas A. Kellner, Partner, Kellner Herlihy Getty & Friedman LLP

Douglas A. Kellner is a partner in the law firm Kellner Herlihy Getty & Friedman LLP, where he specializes in complex international asset recovery litigation. He led the team that recovered more than $200 million for the French government agency Consortium de Réalisation after unraveling an intricate web of concealment and fraud. CDR Créances, S.A.S. v Cohen, 23 NY3d 307 (2014). He has also represented numerous foreign and New York clients in complex real estate litigation, judgment recognition and cross-border discovery and bankruptcy proceedings.

Daniel Zappelli, Founding Partner, Vafadar Sivilotti Zappelli
Former Attorney General, State and Canton of Geneva, Switzerland

Daniel Zappelli was born in Switzerland in 1964. He practiced in the Geneva Bar for nearly 10 years before being appointed as a Court magistrate where he occupied the offices of civil judge and of commercial and insolvency judge.

Daniel Zappelli was elected twice as Attorney General of the Republic and District of Geneva. He occupied this prestigious office as first magistrate of the Geneva judicial power from 2002 to 2012, during which time he was involved in high profile domestic and international cases, comprising notably proceedings involving former heads of state and asset recovery.

Following his terms in office, Daniel Zappelli became a consultant operating in the UAE for multinationals and HNI clients. Currently Daniel Zappelli is one of the founding partners of the Law firm Vafadar Sivilotti Zappelli with offices in Geneva, Lausanne and Sion.

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