International Asset Tracing Tools & ACFE Calgary AGM

International Asset Tracing Tools - How to Recover Assets Transferred Offshore

Join us for an informative presentation that will cover asset tracing tools both inside and outside the insolvency arena, with an overview of the law in Canada, the United States, Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. The presentation will also cover the UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvencies and Recognition of Foreign Judgments, as well as the ongoing projects of Working Group V.

Biography of Speaker:

Karen Fellowes, KC

Karen Fellowes, K.C. is a Senior Counsel at Stikeman Elliott LLP and is the Western Canadian Leader for their national Restructuring & Insolvency Group. Her practice is based in Calgary and Vancouver. She specializes in protecting the interests of stakeholders including creditors, debtors, Trustees, Monitors, Receivers in commercial re-organizations, workouts, restructurings and proceedings under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act and Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act.  Karen has appeared in the Superior Courts and Appeal Courts in Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia.

Karen is the President and Chair of Pro Bono Law Alberta, a provincial organization which runs free legal advice and duty counsel clinics at Alberta Courthouses. She is on the Executive Board for the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), and was awarded the Fetner Award for outstanding international member. In addition, Karen is part of a delegation to Working Group V of UNCITRAL, and attended the recent sessions relating to asset tracing and choice of law in Vienna and New York. She also sits as a Member at Large on the Board of the Advocates Society’s Insolvency Litigation practice group.

In 2020, Karen was honoured with a King’s Counsel (K.C.) designation, a prestigious designation conferred on members of the legal profession to recognize their distinguished legal service and expertise in a particular area of law.

ACFE Calgary Chapter #65 AGM 

The ACFE Calgary Chapter AGM will take place prior to the presentation. Our AGM's are generally very quick and will not delay the start of this presentation by more than 15 minutes. We encourage all ACFE Members to participate in the AGM.