ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE – 60 Second Interview with Max Marenbon

Max Marenbon features in the latest edition of the ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE Magazine Issue 18 – Contentious Insolvency Edition 2024, in a “60 Seconds with…” interview.

This insightful interview highlights Max’s responses to questions about the strangest and most exciting things he’s ever done in his career, as well as his thoughts on the most significant trend in his practice today. Max also answers questions such as:

What is the most rewarding this about your job?
What is one work related goal you would like to achieve in the next five years?
What piece of advice would you give to your younger self?

To hear more from Max, you can sign up to hear him speak 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).

The piece was first published with ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE Magazine.

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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.