Beyond the wallet: Locating and enforcing against digital assets

Asset recovery

February 24, 20261:00pm GMT | 8:00am EST

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Burford Capital is pleased to invite you to a discussion exploring how legal and technological developments are transforming digital asset enforcement and recovery.

As cryptocurrencies and digital assets play a growing role in commercial disputes, claimants and their advisers face new challenges in tracing, valuing and recovering assets across jurisdictions. This session will examine how courts, practitioners and funders are adapting to this evolving landscape.

The webcast will cover:

The use of blockchain forensics and data analytics in tracing digital assets
Valuation and volatility challenges in enforcement and settlement
Legal developments recognizing cryptocurrencies as property and enabling cross-border recovery
The emerging impact of AI on asset tracing and information integrity

The webcast will take place on Tuesday, 24 February at 1:00pm GMT | 8:00am EST.

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Speakers

Benjamin M. Bathgate

Partner, weirfoulds llp

Benjamin M. Bathgate is the Chair of the Commercial Litigation Practice Group and Co-Chair of the Blockchain and Digital Assets Practice Group at WeirFoulds LLP. His practice focuses on complex, high stakes fraud, digital asset recovery and commercial litigation. Ben is widely recognized in the crypto industry as the go-to digital asset investigations and recovery lawyer in Canada. Ben is top ranked (Band 1) in the Chambers FinTech Guide “Crypto-Asset Disputes – Canada” category.

Tom Brown

Senior vice president, Burford Capital

Tom Brown is a Senior Vice President with responsibility for assessing and underwriting legal risk as part of Burford’s EMEA investment team, with a focus on asset recovery, and manages Burford’s EMEA investment pipeline.

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Rupert Black

vice president, Burford Capital

Rupert Black is a Vice President with responsibility for assessing and underwriting legal risk as part of Burford’s EMEA investment team, with a focus on asset recovery.

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