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Cross-border advisory firm Quantuma has strengthened its Caribbean leadership team through the appointment of industry veteran Stephen Briscoe. 

Stephen joins Quantuma as a managing director and will form part of its international leadership team. He will split his time between the firm’s Cayman and British Virgin Island offices, where he is well-recognised and regarded amongst the professional services communities. 

By Yaser Dajani, Managing Director and Quantuma’s Middle East lead.

More and more opportunities for the sale and recovery of non-performing loans (NPLs) are opening up across the Middle East as legal options increase, and third-party investors move into the market.

Drawing on the discussions from a Quantuma-hosted roundtable in London for lawyers and insolvency practitioners, Yaser Dajani looks at what markets and approaches offer the greatest potential and how banks and investors can capitalize.

The UK headquartered professional services group, K3 Capital Group (“K3”) has appointed financial services litigation and regulatory expert, Lynsey Gregory as General Counsel.

Lynsey will join the K3 leadership team, with a group-wide remit to provide legal leadership and advice to K3 and its subsidiaries across the globe with a particular focus on the Quantuma group of companies.

By Yaser Dajani, Managing Director and Quantuma’s Middle East lead.

The Middle East has built up high levels of bad debt since the jolt of the global financial crisis and then the COVID pandemic. But the complexities of regulation and culture have impeded recovery. Now, this is all changing as a combination of rising third-party investment and innovative cross-border asset tracing and recovery strategies open up more and more funds for recovery.

Drawing on the discussions from a Quantuma-hosted roundtable in London for lawyers and insolvency practitioners, Yaser Dajani outlines the latest developments and how to capitalize on the openings in this increasingly vibrant market.

Director Kim Leck has authored the Cayman Islands Chapter of the 11th Edition of The Insolvency Review.

Asia Pacific lead and Managing Director, Luke Furler, has been appointed to liquidator of AAX Asia Private Limited and AAX Singapore Private Limited by the Singapore High Court

Quantuma, the London headquartered advisory firm, has bolstered its presence in the Middle East through the recruitment of deal advisory and turnaround veteran, Nigel Smith. Mr Smith has been appointed as a managing director to establish the firm’s deal advisory and turnaround practice in the region as client demand surges.

In this article, published in CDR Essential Intelligence – Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery 2023, a magazine for litigation and arbitration professionals worldwide, we discuss insolvency and asset recovery in corruption matters. The article broadly covers:

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