Kamala Naganand studied law at the University Law College, Bangalore and completed her Masters in Intellectual Property Law at The George Washington University Law School, Washington, D.C. She enrolled as an advocate in 2005.

Kamala has developed the insolvency and bankruptcy practice at Aarna law, along with her partner Shreyas Jayasimha. The team work out of New Delhi, Mumbai and Bangalore represent resolution professionals, banks, financial institutions, creditors, and individuals before courts across India. They have over the years built a strong litigation and advisory practice in Insolvency and have also been working with banks and financial institutions on asset tracing mandates across multiple jurisdictions.

She is a trained Mediator, has represented clients as counsel in commercial mediations, and is available to sit as a neutral through Simha Law, Singapore. She has also worked on case management for large and complex arbitrations and disputes.

Kamala is a member of International Council for Commercial Arbitration (ICCA) , International Technology Law Association and member, Bangalore Chamber of Commerce & Industry. She is actively involved in advising companies in Mergers and Acquisitions, Contracts and Documentation.

Her passion for Art has driven her to be active in the Art law space and build Aarna Law”s practice in the field.

As Managing Partner, she has started various initiatives to bring more women back into the workforce, including offering flexible work hours and integration of technology into the practice of law.

Joe Wielebinski frequently represents victims of fraud and other commercial crimes including individuals, investor groups, business owners, financial institutions and corporations in matters involving allegations of complex financial fraud, theft, embezzlement, money laundering and other white collar crimes, public corruption, bribery and foreign corrupt practices. The firm’s Fraud and Asset Recovery group has coordinated a number of fraud investigations resulting in significant domestic and offshore recoveries. As a result of the firms experience in cross-border matters, we have developed a wealth of practical, hands on experience, coupled with an aggressive and knowledgeable approach and a worldwide network of contacts, which enables us to rapidly assemble a team of experienced legal, forensic and other professionals in multiple jurisdictions to assist our clients as needed.

Based on our investigative and forensic capabilities and our international network of legal affiliates, consultants and intelligence operatives, we work effectively to identify and recoup financial losses and misappropriated assets, including assets transferred across international borders. We also collaborate closely with foreign governments as well as domestic state and federal officials to enforce legal actions and increase the possibility of a return to victims. We have been involved in asset investigations and recoveries in Mexico, Panama, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Liechtenstein, United Kingdom, Luxembourg, Hong Kong, Greece, Benin and throughout the Caribbean.

Winstead is a national business law firm with 340 attorneys in Texas and North Carolina. The firm provides a full range of business legal services to some of the most recognized and respected companies across the country and throughout the world.

Matthias Kleinsasser is a Shareholder in Winstead PC, a full-service Dallas-based law firm with offices throughout Texas, as well as New York and North Carolina. Matthias is a member of the Firm’s Business Litigation, Restructuring & Insolvency, and White-Collar Defense Practice Groups. He regularly litigates in U.S. federal district court, U.S. bankruptcy court, and Texas state court.

Matthias has significant experience in the following areas of law:

Fraudulent transfer litigation: Matthias has litigated high-stakes fraudulent transfer litigation matters and regularly advises non-U.S. clients on asset recovery procedures under U.S. law, discovery applications under 28 U.S.C. § 1782, and similar matters.

Receivership proceedings: Matthias frequently represents clients in receivership proceedings filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, FDIC, CFTC, and other regulatory agencies. He has also served as a turnover receiver in Texas state court.

Cryptocurrency matters: Matthias has experience with litigation involving cryptocurrency and DeFi, including asset recovery matters.

Regulatory defense: Matthias has represented officers, directors, and other clients in investigations brought by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and other regulators.

Bankruptcy/restructuring matters: Matthias has represented clients in virtually all aspects of business bankruptcy proceedings, including bankruptcy litigation, contested asset sales and debtor-in-possession financing.

Pre-litigation planning/settlement advice: Matthias regularly counsels firm clients on contract negotiation, pre-litigation planning, and settlement advice.

Matthias is a contributor to the CDR Essential Intelligence publication on “Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery” and the ICC FraudNet Global Annual Report.

Bettina Knoetzl has been a trial lawyer for 25 years, focusing on fraud and asset tracing, business crime, investor protection, liability claims and corporate disputes. She is one of the top litigators in the country, continuously ranked as a trial lawyer and as true asset-tracing specialist, recognized by the bench and bar, with superior knowledge of how to locate, freeze and recover misappropriated assets. Bettina has successfully defended corporate and executive clients in a huge range of business crime investigations, including fraud, corruption, mismanagement and insider trading allegations. She has a distinguished track record of winning for both companies and private clients in both discrete and high-profile public trials. At the start of 2016 Bettina carefully selected individuals and founded the eponymous firm KNOETZL, entirely focused on dispute resolution, business crime, investigations, asset recovery, compliance and crisis management.

Her achievements in asset-tracing and recovery have been recognized across the globe. In 2017 Who’s Who Legal called her “Lawyer of the Year” in Asset Tracing. She is a “Thought Leader” and ranked in the Top Tier by national and international directories such as Chambers or Trend for more than a decade. With her vast understanding and experience of cross-border work, she is a repeatedly, sought-after co-counsel by top-tier global law firms.

Bettina is the immediate past Co-Chair of the Litigation Committee of the International Bar Association, the President of the Advisory Board of Transparency International (Austrian Chapter), the exclusive Austrian representative of the ICC-FraudNet and Member of the Advisory Board of ZBP, the Career Center of the Vienna University of Economics and Business and teaches at the Lawyers’ Academy Litigation & DR skills. She is consistently ranked in the top tier by the leading international directories and is currently recognized as “Most Highly Regarded Individuals” in “Litigation”, “Asset Tracing” and “White Collar Crime”.

Thomas is a partner of KNOETZL and heads the firm’s White-Collar Crime Department. He focuses his practice on business crime matters, asset recovery and international litigation.

Expert in all areas of white-collar crime, Thomas has in-depth experience in representing corporate, governmental and high net worth individual clients through criminal proceedings and related civil cases, especially in aggressive pursuit of injured parties compensation for damages due to embezzlement, fraud and money laundering. Some of Thomas’s cases have been high in profile, requiring a sometimes-delicate handling of the press. Thomas also routinely acts as defense counsel and advises on major criminal investigations for individuals and international corporations, inter alia involving allegations of price-fixing, bribery, serious fraud or bankruptcy offences.

Thomas regularly publishes articles and academic works on subjects concerning corporate criminal liability, anti-trust offences and leniency programs.

He holds a degree of the University of Vienna (2010) and is a member of the Vienna Bar.

Jeff Lane is a commercial litigation Partner at Tanner De Witt and has been practising as a lawyer in Hong Kong for over 25 years. Jeff is well-known for his work in corporate fraud and asset tracing in domestic and multi-jurisdiction investigations, white collar crime and dealing with recovery proceedings and regulatory investigations with the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), the Independent Commission against Corruption (ICAC) and the Commercial Crime Bureau (CCB). He has written several articles about dispute resolution and fraud and asset tracing and regularly speaks on these issues in local and regional seminars. Jeff is recognised in a number of prominent international guides including Asia-Pacific Legal 500 and Chambers & Partners identifying him as one of Hong Kong’s leading litigation lawyers and he has been the Hong Kong representative of FraudNet since 2008.

Tanner De Witt, established in 1999 is a full service independent business law firm with more than thirty lawyers. The litigation team has enjoyed significant success in carrying out multi-jurisdiction fraud and asset tracing investigations. Other practice areas in which Tanner De Witt offers legal advice and representation are corporate and commercial; insolvency and restructuring; labour and employment; financial services regulation and compliance; criminal, including white collar crime; family and private client services; and hospitality, including liquor licensing.