FIRE Starters Global Summit

Max Marenbon will be speaking at FIRE Starters Global Summit: Dublin, 26th – 28th February 2025. This Next Gen event brings together the rising stars of Asset Recovery, Fraud & Insolvency to forge networks, discuss experiences and build their own personal brand.

Max will be speaking on Wednesday, 26th February at 4.20pm on a panel titled: ‘Enforcement is Key’. This talk will touch on topics such as:

Enforcing arbitration awards against third parties
Maximising the chance of recovery
Gaining judicial support and assistance
Fast tracking communication and orders

Max will be joined by Fabio Trevisan (Partner – BSP, Luxembourg), Marek Keiman (Managing Associate – Magnusson, Estonia) and Simon Jerrum (Partner – Russell Cooke).

Serle Court is pleased to sponsor the conference and will be hosting the closing networking activity: a tour of the Irish Whiskey Museum on Friday, 28th February. We hope to see you there!

Marc Delehanty will also be attending the conference, in addition to Senior Practice Manager Colin Bunyan and Practice Manager Max Brian. If anyone would like to catch up whilst in Dublin, please get in touch via email: cbunyan@serlecourt.co.uk and mbrian@serlecourt.co.uk

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Marc Delehanty practises in commercial litigation and civil fraud, with a particular focus on international disputes concerning jurisdiction, foreign law, insolvency and trusts. He regularly acts in urgent injunction applications, particularly in connection with asset recovery. He is experienced in handling matters relating to gambling, cryptocurrency and sanctions.

Marc is sought after for high-value, high-profile and high-stakes disputes. He has appeared twice in the Supreme Court, conducting oral advocacy in BTA Bank v Khrapunov, concerning unlawful means conspiracy, and Invest Bank v El-Husseiny, concerning transactions defrauding creditors under s.423, Insolvency Act 1986. He is currently instructed in the pending Supreme Court appeal of Crescent Gas v NIOC, a $2 billion dispute involving agency, insolvency and trusts law.

Recent instructions include acting for over 3,000 claimants in UK group litigation against Johnson & Johnson concerning alleged fraudulent misrepresentation in marketing talc-based baby powder; defending a $357 million breach of contract claim brought by the Bahamian Government against the Grand Bahama Port Authority; and representing BVI corporate defendants in PrivatBank v Kolomoisky, a $3 billion-plus Ukrainian banking fraud case.

Marc is ranked by Chambers and Partners in Commercial Dispute Resolution, Civil Fraud and Gambling Disputes.

Marc Delehanty

Call: 2011

Max Marenbon is a commercial chancery barrister specialising in civil fraud, company and insolvency disputes. He is recognised by the Legal 500 directory as a ‘Leading Junior’ at the London Bar and a ‘Rising Star’ in the Middle East.

Max has appeared as sole counsel in significant cases, including a leading authority on the English courts’ jurisdiction to grant worldwide freezing orders against third parties. He has assisted with cases at all appellate levels. His Middle East practice is centred on the courts of the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) and the Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM).

He is interested in how the law treats new ways of doing business, has experience of cryptocurrency-related litigation, and is growing a practice in artificial intelligence litigation. He has acted as sole advocate in AI-related cases in the UK and Middle East, including the leading ADGM authority on the use of AI-generated documents in litigation.

Appointed to the UK Attorney General’s Panel of Junior Counsel to the Crown in 2024, Max previously qualified as a solicitor at a leading City firm and served as judicial assistant to Lord Wilson at the UK Supreme Court.