Aaron Hwang is Principal at Seoul Law Group. He previously served as Partner at CHS Law Firm and Daan Law Firm, Associate at SJ Law Firm and Lee & Lim Law Office, and Law Clerk at US Nevada Legal Services Inc.
He is a member of the Korean Bar Association (KBA) and the Seoul Bar Association (SBA). He is Director of the Registration and Auction Bar Association of the KBA, a member of the Labor Bar Association of the KBA, a member of the Debt Collection Bar Association of the KBA, and a member of the Immigration Service Agency Committee by Seoul Immigration Office. He is also included in the Korean Attorneys List of the US Embassy, serves as a Supreme Court-Appointed Defense Attorney, Legal Consultant at the Seoul Global Center, Statutory Auditor of YG Development Inc., and Certified Agent of the Korean Baseball Organization.
He holds a Juris Doctor from Kyunghee University in Seoul, Korea, and a B.A. in Law from Yonsei University in Seoul, Korea.
His awards and appointments include a Letter of Appointment as Legal Expert Counselor at the Seoul Global Center, Legal Advisor at the Seoul Global Center, Member of Seoul Sexual Harassment and Violence Committee, Director of the Registration and Auction Committee of the Korea Bar Association, a certificate of specialty registration in divorce law, and a letter of appointment.

Adrian Șandru is a Criminal Defense Lawyer at the Bucharest Bar, founder of Șandru Avocati, and a Ph.D. candidate in Criminal Procedure Law at the Institute of Legal Research “Acad. Andrei Rădulescu” of the Romanian Academy.
Adrian is renowned for his extensive experience and exceptional expertise in complex criminal procedures, as well as for his remarkable results in areas such as international judicial cooperation, crimes related to frauds with European or national funds, procedures of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, and the management of complex cases in the economic criminal sphere. Additionally, Adrian specializes in whistleblowing legislation and provides support to companies in implementing compliance and prevention systems in criminal law, as well as in managing sensitive internal investigations within the company.
Adrian Șandru co-authored the first reference work on the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in Romania, a highly regarded book also published in English. He has contributed numerous specialized articles in the legal field, actively participating in conferences and professional training programs, both in Romania and at the European level. He has been designated as an expert representing Romania for various international bodies such as the Council of Europe and Eurojust.
In 2019, Adrian Șandru received the Rising Star in White Collar Crime Matters award from the Romanian Journal of Business Criminal Law. In 2020 and 2021, he received the “Dreptul” Journal Award for scientific journalism in the field of law, marking the first time in Romania that someone has received this distinction in two consecutive years.
Adrian Șandru is an active member of various associations of criminal lawyers in Europe and the UK, collaborating with them on numerous projects. This experience has allowed him to accumulate a unique know-how, which he effectively applies in representing his clients, whether individuals or legal entities, in complex criminal cases at both national and European levels.
In addition to his publishing activities in Romania and abroad, Adrian is also a member of the editorial board of the “Dreptul” Law Review, one of the most respected legal publications in Romania. In this role, he coordinates the publication of articles in the fields of criminal law and criminal procedure.

Aleksandra Horvat is a Croatian criminal defence lawyer with extensive experience in criminal law, European criminal law and cross-border criminal matters.
She graduated from the Faculty of Law of the University of Rijeka in 2007 and passed the Croatian Bar Exam in 2010. She is currently attending postgraduate studies in criminal law sciences at the Faculty of Law of the University of Zagreb, where she has completed all examinations and is preparing her master’s thesis.
In 2012, she started her independent legal practice by opening her own law office. From 2015 to 2023, she was a founder and partner of the law firm Grahovac, Horvat, Žaper d.o.o. On 6 December 2023, she established the Law Office of Aleksandra Horvat. Since May 2024, she has also been a permanent associate of the law firm Gajski, Grlić, Prka and Partners d.o.o.
Her professional work is focused on criminal defence, with a particular interest in European criminal law, international cooperation in criminal matters and proceedings involving cross-border elements, including extradition and European Arrest Warrant cases.
She has participated in numerous domestic and international conferences, seminars and training programmes in the fields of criminal law and European criminal law. She speaks English fluently and is further developing her professional knowledge of German and Italian.
Aleksandra Horvat is a member of the Croatian Bar Association and the Croatian Association for Criminal Sciences and Practice. She is also a member of the International Association of Penal Law (AIDP/IAPL), the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA), and European Fraud and Compliance Lawyers (EFCL).

He is a member of both the Ankara and Brussels Bar Associations and has been dedicatedly practicing law since 2004. His academic journey in law began with an LLB degree from the University of Ankara, followed by an LLM in International and European Law at Vrije Universiteit Brussel. He is fluent in Turkish, proficient in English, and has a basic understanding of Dutch.
He is a human rights lawyer and expert in individual applications to the European Court of Human Rights, UN Human Rights Mechanisms, the INTERPOL Commission for the Control of Files, and extradition and asylum procedures.
He completed expert witness training in the University of London. He is a member of the EIN’s Directory of Experts on Country of Origin. He provides expert witness reports on Turkish law in general, as well as on extradition and asylum cases. He has been involved as an expert witness in cases in the USA, the UK, Scotland and Belgium.
He is the author of several human rights monitoring reports on Turkey.
He is a regular legal writer, publishing on Verfassungsblog, Just Security, and with The International Association of Constitutional Law. He often provides comments to international media, including the Wall Street Journal, Al-Monitor, Balkan Insight, Turkish Minute, Ahval, Free Turkish Press, and The National.
He is a member of the Legal Experts Advisory Panel of Fair Trials, a member of Lawyers Against Transnational Repression, and the recipient of the ECBA Scott Crosby Human Rights Award 2025.
His dedication to the legal profession has been recognized through several international distinctions. In 2019, he was shortlisted as a finalist for the Lawyers for Lawyers Award, which honours lawyers who have shown exceptional courage and commitment to defending human rights and the rule of law. In 2021, he was invited to join the Legal Experts Advisory Panel of Fair Trials, a leading European NGO promoting fairness and justice in criminal proceedings. In 2025, he became one of the founding members of Lawyers Against Transnational Repression, an international network of legal professionals defending those targeted across borders. That same year, he was honoured with the Scott Crosby Human Rights Award by the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA) in recognition of his work for human rights and the legal profession.

Amedei Barletta is a criminal lawyer.
He was admitted to the Bar in 2007 and to practise before the Italian Supreme Court of Cassation in 2017. He graduated in Law from the University of Naples Federico II, obtained a PhD in Law from the European School of Advanced Studies, and teaches law at LUISS University in Rome.
He has worked for the Italian Government as legal adviser in the Cabinet of former Minister for European Affairs Emma Bonino, and served as a référendaire at the Court of Justice of the European Union in the Cabinet of Advocate General Poiares Maduro.
He is a partner at Studio Legale Barletta and a member of the Unione Camere Penali Italiane (UCPI) and the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA).
Within UCPI, he is a member of the Commission responsible for relations with the international legal profession and international institutions.

Founded on a cornerstone of excellence and dedication, Maher Milad Iskander & Co. emerged to become Andersen in Egypt, a full member of Andersen Global. Resolute in our mission to deliver unparalleled counsel and strategic insight at every juncture, our firm serves as a premier resource for clients seeking comprehensive solutions.
From the bustling heart of Cairo, we’ve sculpted a legacy underscored by an unwavering commitment — a harmonious brigade of experts zealously navigating our clients through their most intricate quandaries.
Our domain expertise sprawls expansively, ranging from corporate law and tax advice to financial strategising. In the vast and varied tapestry of Egyptian commerce and beyond its borders, our footprints are indelible.
Both for budding enterprises and industry titans, we stand as the beacon of guidance, charting courses through unpredictable waters. Whether orchestrating groundbreaking deals, leading meticulous investigations, or stewarding boards towards informed decisions, Andersen in Egypt remains a name synonymous with precision and prowess. We’re not merely participants in the industry; we’re the maestros.
The essence of Andersen in Egypt, one of the biggest law firms in Egypt, is epitomized not just in what we do but how we do it. Our structure, deliberately streamlined, emphasizes the primacy of seasoned guidance over sheer numbers. Each engagement is approached not as a task but as an art form, meriting the focused expertise and bespoke strategies our partners bring to the table.
This dedication to excellence, paired with our nimble and innovative approach, magnetises the brightest minds in the industry, ensuring that our clients always receive solutions that are not just effective but pioneering.
In the ever-evolving realm of law, tax, and finance, Andersen in Egypt stands as both a guardian and a trailblazer, fostering trust and sculpting futures.

Angelo Stirone is an Italian criminal defence lawyer registered with the Bologna Bar Association.
He currently practises at Studio Legale Gamberini, with a focus on criminal law, European criminal law, and international criminal law. He has developed significant expertise in European Arrest Warrants, extradition proceedings, the recognition and enforcement of foreign criminal judgments, as well as Interpol Red Notices and Schengen Information System (SIS) alerts.
Angelo is a Teaching and Research Assistant in International and European Criminal Law at the University of Bologna. He is also the Founder and former President of the Association of Young International Criminal Lawyers (YICL), a non-profit organization focused on international criminal law, international human rights law, international humanitarian law, and public international law more generally.
Prior to joining Studio Legale Gamberini, Angelo worked at a top-tier international law firm in London, where he advised sovereign States, State-owned entities, international organizations, and private parties. In particular, he was involved in proceedings before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and worked extensively on international criminal law, international humanitarian law, and human rights law. He also worked at the Office of the Prosecutor of the United Nations International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals (IRMCT) in The Hague, where he was part of the prosecution team in the case of Prosecutor v. Stanišić & Simatović.
He holds a Law Degree from the University of Bologna and an Advanced LL.M. in Public International Law, with a specialization in International Criminal Law, from Leiden University. His LL.M. thesis, “Hacking and International Law: The Anonymous Group and the Syrian Electronic Army”, was subsequently published in the Journal of International Law of Peace and Armed Conflict. Angelo is the author of numerous academic publications in leading legal journals, as well as book chapters, and of the monograph The European Arrest Warrant: A Grammar of Surrender in the European Legal Area (Giappichelli Editore).

Antonia Perille holds a law degree from Universidad de la República, where she represented the Law School at the Nuremberg Moot Court. She was also a member of the winning team at the ICC Moot Court Competition, where she was awarded Best Speaker.
She is co-author of Litigación en Derecho Penal Internacional, published by Fundación de Cultura Universitaria, a volume compiling the Law School’s participation in these international competitions.
She is currently part of the Criminal Law and Criminology Institute of the Law School of Universidad de la República (Uruguay).
Her professional practice encompasses comprehensive counsel to local and international companies on employment and social security law, with particular emphasis on labor litigation and administrative proceedings before the Ministry of Labor and Social Security. Her advisory work focuses on occupational health and safety, regulatory compliance, and the drafting and review of employment agreements.
She previously served on the Litigation and Arbitration team, where she advised and represented clients in judicial and extrajudicial asset recovery proceedings

Anton Pulyaev is a Russian criminal defence lawyer and Managing Partner of ADVOLAW.
He has been in legal practice since 2006.
His practice focuses on white-collar crime, international criminal matters, economic offences, and business risk protection.
He advises and represents individuals and companies in complex criminal, regulatory, and cross-border cases.

Ariel S. Liniado is a lawyer, graduated with honors with a specialization in Criminal law from the School of Law and Social Sciences of the University of Buenos Aires. He has an extensive academic background, including a master’s degree in Criminal law from the University of San Andrés (thesis in progress) and several stays abroad that allowed him to attend the Université Catholique de Louvain, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium; the René Cassin Foundation, in Strasbourg, France; the University of Würzburg, Germany, in the framework of the “Summer School in Medical Criminal Law” and the University of Alabama, in Tuscaloosa, United States of America.
Regarding his professional development, he has experience in the public as well as in the private sector. He worked in the Judiciary Branch of the Nation and in different firms specialized in economic and corporate criminal law.
He has also worked as an adjunct professor of Criminal law I at the Higher Institute of Public Safety and as a professor in different courses given at the University of Buenos Aires. He has participated in the UBACyT research projects: “Criminal law and theory of freedom. A research on the work of Michael Pawlik and its dogmatic consequences” and “Problematic assumptions of exculpatory state of necessity” in charge of Prof. Dr. Marcelo Lerman.
He is a founding member of Pastor, Villanueva & Liniado Law Firm.
Languages: Spanish, English, and French
Membership: He is a member of the Bar Association of the Federal Capital, the Bar Association of Avellaneda – Lanus and the Bar Association of San Martín.

Partner at Wardyński & Partners, Artur Pietryka has experience conducting criminal proceedings, particularly in cases involving economic offences and corporate entities. He also handles cases involving personal and moral rights
He has successfully represented clients in proceedings before the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg.
He actively handles pro bono matters, including for the Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights and the Panoptykon Foundation.
He is member of Warsaw Bar Chamber and Human Rights Committee, Polish Bar Council (vice chair)

Based in Paris, Bonifassi Avocats is a law firm that specializes in international litigation involving complex financial crimes, such as corruption and fraud, with a focus on asset recovery.
This practice area requires proven trial experience, demonstrated investigative tactics, a sophisticated understanding of litigation tools and proceedings, and an intrinsic familiarity with mutual legal assistance issues.
While excelling in these areas, Bonifassi Avocats’ partners and associates also bring a depth of talent, passion and international experience in:
- Enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards.
- Transnational enforcement of confiscation orders, insolvency judgments and receiverships.
- Criminal law and procedure, in an international context.
As a small firm, Bonifassi Avocats offers its clients a commitment to personal attention characterized by accessibility, responsiveness and efficiency. Yet, with its technical expertise and focus in the areas of fraud, asset recovery, corruption and white-collar crime, its experience and international reach equal those of larger law firms.

Bruce Zagaris is a partner in the Washington, D.C. firm of Berliner, Corcoran & Rowe LLP.
His practice focuses on international white collar crime, including tax controversy, money movement, international evidence gathering, extradition and INTERPOL, prisoner transfer matters, and the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA). Bruce has successfully challenged INTERPOL Red and Yellow notices. He has also authored a chapter about INTERPOL in his book International White Collar Crime (Cambridge University Press, 2015).
Since 1985, he has served as editor-in-chief of the International Enforcement Law Reporter, a weekly and monthly journal on international enforcement law.
Bruce has been teaching law throughout his entire career. He has served as an adjunct professor, and since 2016, he has been teaching at Texas A&M Masters Program, the school’s Wealth Management and Risk Management course.
Bruce regularly appears as an expert witness in extradition, evidence gathering, international tax, financial regulatory, and money laundering cases. He has authored and edited six books and many law review and other articles. He has worked as a consultant for international organizations on a variety of international enforcement matters.

Christoph Slamanig is an attorney and criminal defense lawyer in Vienna, specializing in criminal law, white-collar crime, and criminal compliance. As a certified Compliance Officer, he combines profound expertise in criminal law with practical compliance consulting. He represents individuals, companies, as well as managing directors and board members throughout Austria – from the initial investigation to the final verdict.
A particular focus of his practice lies on complex white-collar criminal proceedings as well as preventive corporate consulting to avoid criminal risks and establish effective compliance structures.

Constança Calçada Soares is a Lawyer at Carlos Pinto de Abreu e Associados, a law firm based in Lisbon, Portugal, where she has been working since 2024, following her professional traineeship with the firm, which began in 2022. She also completed a short-term internship at the same firm earlier that year.
Her practice focuses primarily on Criminal Law, Family and Children Law, and Human Rights.
Alongside her legal practice, she has been serving as a lecturer at the Instituto para o Desenvolvimento Social (IDS) since 2022, teaching within the Legal Services Technician programme.
Constança Calçada Soares graduated in Law from the Faculty of Law of the University of Lisbon in 2021 and is currently completing a Master’s Degree in Law and Legal Practice, specialising in Criminal Law, at the same university, pending the defence of her dissertation.
Her academic and professional training includes several specialised courses and seminars in areas connected to criminal law, human rights, privacy, migration law, constitutional justice, public international law, aviation law, health law, criminology and criminal investigation. Among others, she attended the ERA course on Data Protection and the Law Enforcement Directive (2024), the ELSA Academy on Migration Law (2020), and intensive courses on the right to privacy and family life, constitutional justice in Europe, and public international law.

Eduardo Maurício is an international criminal defence lawyer admitted to practise in Brazil, Portugal, Hungary and Spain, with a particular focus on extradition proceedings and cross-border criminal litigation.
He regularly appears before higher courts and has extensive experience in matters involving international judicial cooperation and INTERPOL-related issues.
He holds a PhD in Criminal Law from the University of Salamanca, a Master’s degree in Law from the University of Coimbra, and several postgraduate qualifications, including in Criminal Law and Criminology from PUC/RS, in Legal Sciences from the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Lisbon, and in International and European Economic Criminal Law from the University of Coimbra.
In addition to his legal practice, Eduardo Maurício is a professor, international speaker and legal commentator.

Edward Grange is regarded as one of the leading extradition lawyers in the UK, advising on complex, high-stakes extradition, international criminal, and serious criminal matters.
He is recognised as a Star Individual for Crime: Extradition in Chambers UK 2026, where he is described as “a fantastic extradition lawyer – the best of the best.”
He is widely recognised for advising individuals in complex, sensitive, and often high-profile cases with significant international dimensions. With over 18 years’ specialist experience, he has advised and represented individuals facing extradition to jurisdictions across the world and has an exceptional track record in successfully resisting extradition requests. His work includes defeating requests from the United States, Russia, India, and the United Arab Emirates. He has conducted hundreds of extradition cases arising from almost every EU member state and was a member of the legal team advising Julian Assange.
His extradition expertise places Edward at the forefront of legal challenges involving INTERPOL. He regularly advises individuals who are subject to, or at risk of becoming subject to, INTERPOL Red Notices and diffusion requests. He has successfully made representations to the Commission for the Control of INTERPOL’s Files (CCF) securing the deletion of Red Notices and, in pre-emptive cases, preventing notices from being issued altogether.
Edward is an experienced criminal defence lawyer with a career spanning all stages of the criminal process, from police station representation through to contested trials. His criminal litigation practice covers the full spectrum of serious criminal allegations, including complex fraud, serious sexual offences, and offences involving serious violence. He has particular expertise in representing children and young people accused of grave criminal conduct, having spent many years practising extensively in the London Youth Courts. He also advises on road traffic offences, from regulatory matters through to allegations of causing death by dangerous driving.
Edward is the co-author of Extradition Law: A Practitioner’s Guide (Legal Action Group, 3rd edition, 2021), the leading practitioner text on the subject. He is the co-founder and former Chair of the Defence Extradition Lawyers Forum and was elected to the Advisory Board of the European Criminal Bar Association in October 2024. He has given expert evidence before the House of Lords Select Committee on Extradition, with his evidence featuring extensively in its final report. Edward is also a regular commentator in the national and international media on extradition law and cross-border criminal justice
Edward is the co-host of Corker Binning’s podcast, Full Comment, where he discusses developments in criminal law, extradition, and cross-border investigations.

Fatjona Lika has been a lawyer since 2021. She initially worked at the Ministry of Justice. She developed her professional skills as a specialist in the Directorate of Codification and Harmonization of Legislation with the EU, touching on various areas of administrative, civil and criminal law.
As a specialist in the Administrative Law sector at the Ministry of Justice of Albania, she has gained practical knowledge in the field of public law by drafting legal drafts, formulating amendments to legal acts, reporting on the respect of human rights, the approximation of Albanian legislation with the European Union, within the framework of the country's accession process to the European Union.
Also, Ms. Fatjona Lika has been working for three years as a legal, public procurement and human resources manager at a company. As a lawyer and advocate, she has been engaged in drafting contracts, regulations, codes, public procurement procedures, procurement procedures, drafting lawsuits, complaints for public institutions, has provided consultancy and specialized opinions on public procurement issues, interpretation of legal and sub-legal acts, monitoring applications and licensing of companies, etc.
In 2019, she completed her Bachelor's degree in Law at the Faculty of Law of the University of Tirana. In July 2021, she graduated with a "Master of Science" in Public Law at the Faculty of Law, University of Tirana.
In 2024, she earned the title of Lawyer from the National Bar Association of Albania.

Federico Cappelletti is a criminal defence lawyer based in Venice, Italy, admitted to practice before the Italian Higher Jurisdictions and the International Criminal Court.
His practice focuses on tax and white-collar crime, international cooperation in criminal matters, extradition and European Arrest Warrant proceedings, with particular emphasis on human rights-based defence strategies and litigation before Italian and European courts.
He regularly assists clients in transnational criminal cases involving surrender procedures, mutual legal assistance, asset recovery, and the protection of fundamental rights in cross-border proceedings.
His institutional and professional roles include serving on the Council of the International Criminal Bar, acting as Deputy Secretary General of the Institut des Droits de l’Homme des Avocats Européens, sitting on the European and International Law Commission of the Italian National Bar Council, and coordinating the Observatory on European Law of the Union of Italian Criminal Chambers.
Within the European Criminal Bar Association, he contributes to work on human rights, cybercrime, technology and defence rights in digital criminal proceedings. In this capacity, he has represented the ECBA in expert consultations organised by the European Commission and the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights.
Appointed by the Italian Ministry of Justice, he represented the Italian legal profession in the 9th and 10th rounds of mutual evaluations conducted with experts from the Council of the European Union. He regularly lectures in Italy and abroad on European and international criminal law, has authored several publications in these fields, leads EU co-funded projects on judicial cooperation and fundamental rights, and is registered as a lecturer with the Italian School for the Judiciary.

Florencia Barba is a Partner at Estudio VBA – Vázquez Barba Abogados in Buenos Aires.
She is a lawyer with a postgraduate degree in Criminal Law from the University of Buenos Aires (UBA) and master’s-level training in Criminal Law.

Georgios Fouskarinis is Managing Partner at Karydas – Fouskarinis & Associates Law Office, focusing on complex criminal litigation, white collar crime, extradition proceedings and cross-border litigation.
He is admitted to the Athens Bar Association and holds an LL.M. in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Human Rights from the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, where he is also a PhD c. in Criminal Law. He has been a Visiting Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Foreign and International Criminal Law in Freiburg.
His practice encompasses the full spectrum of criminal defense work, including organized crime, financial crime, fraud, money laundering, corruption-related offences, corporate criminal liability and criminal investigations involving individuals and businesses.
He regularly advises domestic and international clients facing criminal exposure in Greece and has significant experience in matters involving international judicial cooperation.
Georgios has developed a particular focus on extradition proceedings, European Arrest Warrants and Interpol-related matters. He has successfully represented foreign nationals in criminal proceedings before the Greek courts and has advised clients in cases involving multiple jurisdictions, international arrest requests and cross-border enforcement mechanisms.
In addition to his litigation practice, he has acted as a legal expert on Greek law before courts and legal proceedings in the United Kingdom and the United States, providing expert opinions on issues of Greek criminal law, criminal procedure and extradition law.
His professional approach combines courtroom advocacy, strategic litigation and rigorous academic analysis. He is known for developing legally sophisticated defense strategies in complex criminal matters and for advising clients on criminal risk management in situations involving Greece.
He regularly publishes in legal journals and acts as a scientific associate in legal publications.

Gianmarco Bondi is a criminal defence lawyer at Studio Legale Bondi in Venice and a teaching assistant and exam committee member in Criminal Law, Occupational Health and Safety Criminal Law, and Environmental Criminal Law at the Department of Law of the University of Ferrara.
His practice also focuses on international and EU cooperation in criminal matters, with particular emphasis on extradition and European Arrest Warrant proceedings. He has been appointed as an expert witness in extradition proceedings before the Westminster Magistrates’ Court in London.
Gianmarco regularly publishes on criminal law and cooperation in criminal matters in Italian and international journals, contributes to edited volumes, and collaborates with editorial boards. He frequently gives lectures and speaks at conferences and seminars in Italy and abroad.
He graduated cum laude in Law from the University of Bologna, with a final dissertation in Criminal Law and Law of the European Union on the protection of the European Union’s financial interests through criminal law, written after a research period at the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) of the European Commission in Brussels. He completed an academic year at King’s College London and a traineeship at the London office of an Italian law firm. He later trained as a lawyer at the Milan Bar, where he developed specific expertise in Corporate Criminal Law. He passed the Bar exam before the Court of Appeal of Milan, receiving the “Marco Ubertini” First Prize for scoring the highest grade.
He holds a PhD in Criminal Law from the University of Ferrara, with a thesis on positive obligations in criminal law under the European Convention on Human Rights, following a research stay at the Institut für Strafrecht und Kriminologie of the University of Vienna. He then served as a postdoctoral researcher in History of Law at the University of Ferrara, with a project on the origins and development of the general part of criminal law in common law systems, during which he was also a visiting academic at the Institute of European and Comparative Law of the University of Oxford.

Founding Partner of Saccucci & Partners and Head of the International Desk in Tirana. Member of the Bar of Rome.
Giulia started working with Professor Saccucci in 2012 and co-founded Saccucci & Partners in 2017. Prior to joining the firm, Giulia worked at Baker & McKenzie and Lana-Lagostena Bassi.
Giulia specializes in complex and high-profile litigation in the field of public international law and human rights, with a particular focus on criminal law, extradition, judicial cooperation in criminal matters, and immigration. She acts for a wide range of clients before international courts, particularly the European Court of Human Rights. She has sound experience in matters involving the Republic of Albania.
Giulia obtained her Ph.D. cum laude in Human Rights and International Law from the University of Palermo. While working on her doctoral thesis, Giulia was a Visiting Fellow at Middlesex University in London and at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law in Heidelberg. From 2017 to 2021, Giulia lectured on International Criminal Law at LUMSA University in Rome. From 2021, Giulia is Adjunct Professor at LUMSA University of European Judicial Cooperation in Criminal Matters, with a particular focus on Extradition and European Arrest Warrant.
Giulia is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of eXtradando.
Giulia is a member of the editorial board of Diritto e questioni pubbliche and Giurisprudenza Penale, and a member of Extradition Lawyers’ Association, Defence Extradition Lawyers Forum and the Legal Experts Advisory Panel (LEAP) of Fair Trials International.
She lectures regularly on human rights and has written on various topics of international law and human rights.

Founder of Extradition Hub, Guido Stampanoni Bassi is a criminal extradition lawyer at the Milan Bar and partner at Pistochini Avvocati law firm.
He is founder, editor and director of 'Giurisprudenza Penale', one of Italy’s leading criminal law reviews.
A member of the Milan Bar Association, the Milan Criminal Bar Association and the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA), he has extensive experience in extradition proceedings, having handled cases involving requests from China, the United Arab Emirates, the United States, Turkey, Ukraine, Russia, Moldova, Mauritius and Israel.
He lectures at the University of Milan, Roma Tre University and Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa, and has taught at the School for the Judiciary (Scuola Superiore della Magistratura).
He writes and edites books with the main italian legal publishers and he is author of several academic publications, in top ranked (“band A”) scientific reviews, on criminal law, corporate criminal liability and extradition proceedings.

Jeffrey Lehtman's practice focuses on assisting clients with internal and government investigations, global regulatory compliance, and complex cross-border litigation. Client feedback in Chambers Global describes Jeff as "extremely available no matter the issue at hand" and notes he is "business-minded and addresses what needs immediate action first." Clients say "…his advice is outstanding."
Jeff has particular experience counseling clients with regard to civil, criminal, and regulatory issues arising in their international operations, ranging from compliance strategies to mitigate potential risk to internal and government investigations. In addition to counseling clients on issues arising from day-to-day operations, he has represented multinational companies, financial institutions, fintech companies, professional sports teams, international development banks, and their officers and directors in connection with investigations before the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), and numerous other domestic and foreign regulatory and government bodies.
Jeff’s substantive experience includes the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), anti-money laundering (AML) regulations, and economic sanctions laws, as well as allegations relating to accounting and disclosure irregularities, insider trading and workplace misconduct. In addition, Jeff has experience advising clients in connection with international extradition matters and international assistance among regulatory authorities (MLATs).
Prior to joining Barnes & Thornburg, Jeff was a partner at boutique firms in Washington D.C. and an AmLaw 200 firm. In addition, Jeff was previously Senior Regional Counsel at Citibank, overseeing regulatory, litigation and corporate matters involving Latin America. He also served as a Trial Attorney in the Office of International Affairs within the DOJ's Criminal Division.

Jorge Agüero Lafora is a criminal defence lawyer and Managing Partner of Fukuro Legal.
He holds a law degree from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, has completed postgraduate studies in the United Kingdom, and is currently a PhD candidate at the Ortega y Gasset Foundation.
His academic background reflects a strong commitment to the in-depth study of criminal law and its development, combining doctrinal rigor with daily procedural practice. He also has extensive professional experience covering all stages of criminal proceedings and virtually all offences provided for under the Spanish Criminal Code, appearing before Investigating Courts, Provincial Courts, the National Court and the Supreme Court. His work includes the criminal defence of both individuals and corporations, with particular focus on complex cases and matters with an international component. His practice is characterized by a technical, strategic and highly personalized approach, aimed at safeguarding his clients’ fundamental rights.

Josh Kolsrud is a former federal prosecutor turned aggressive criminal defense attorney with deep experience in complex international and federal criminal cases.
A native of Phoenix, Arizona, Josh graduated summa cum laude from Arizona State University’s Barrett Honors College in 2004 and received his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law in 2007.
He began his career at the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office and later served as Senior Trial Attorney for the Coconino County Attorney’s Office. Josh was then recruited to the United States Attorney’s Office, where he spent more than five and a half years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney prosecuting cases involving human trafficking, drug trafficking, illegal reentry, gun crimes, white-collar fraud, and other federal offenses with cross-border elements. He successfully authored and won two appeals before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Josh was personally recruited by the Attorney General of the Republic of Palau to lead an anti-human sex trafficking operation in the South Pacific. His efforts helped rescue hundreds of victims from sexual slavery and included prosecuting one of the only jury trials in Palau’s history.
With extensive experience in transnational crime, international investigations, and federal appellate practice, Josh brings unique insight into extradition and cross-border criminal matters.

Joyce Roysen Advogados and attorney Joyce Roysen have been listed in all editions of Brazil's main legal ranking since 2007 among Criminal Law specialists.
Since 2017, Joyce Roysen Advogados and its founder have been listed in the international ranking Chambers and Partners among the leading Corporate Criminal Law specialists in Brazil.
Since 2023, the firm has been ranked among Brazil's leading Corporate Criminal Law firms by the international publication Leaders League.
Attorney Joyce Roysen was featured in the Best Lawyers in Brazil ranking, in the 2024 edition, as a reference in the "Corporate Criminal Law" category.
Joyce Roysen Advogados, a law firm specialized in criminal law, was the most awarded in Brazil in the Análise Advocacia Mulher 2025 ranking, with six female attorneys from the team recognized among the most admired professionals in the country.

João Pedro Drummond is a founding partner of Drummond & Nogueira Advocacia, a criminal defense firm based in São Paulo focused on high-complexity matters.
His practice covers passive and active extradition proceedings, international mutual legal assistance (MLAT), Interpol Red Notice challenges, and cross-border criminal defense — with active experience in cases involving Europe, the Middle East, and Latin America.
He has spent over a decade working on the front line of Brazil's most prominent criminal defense firms, handling landmark operations including Operação Lava Jato and major Federal Police and Ministerial investigations.
His work in the Superior Courts — STJ and STF — includes cases of national repercussion
Credentials
• LL.B., Universidade Federal Fluminense
• Postgraduate in Criminal Procedure — UERJ
• Specialist in Compliance and Economic Crimes — IBCCRIM / University of Coimbra
• Postgraduate in Business Management and Leadership — Fundação Dom Cabral
• Arbitrator, Sports Court of Justice of São Paulo (TJD-SP)
Languages: Portuguese, English and French
Firm: Drummond & Nogueira Advocacia | dnapenal.com.br
Location: São Paulo, Brazil (Faria Lima)

The Right Honorable Kastriot Frashëri has been a trained lawyer and litigator since 2004. He has successfully defended his clients before the Court of Tirana, all Courts of Appeal and the Supreme Court of Albania, and other government commissions. In the daily practice of his profession as a lawyer, Mr. Kastriot Frashëri stands out for the trust and confidence he inspires in our clients, the attention he pays to detail, and his effort to identify the most important needs of clients and to fight to protect their rights.
The Right Honorable Kastriot Frashëri is a lawyer with experience in commercial, corporate, governance and regulatory matters. As founder and CEO, he leads an established and growing practice – with added value from a global network – to provide a full range of services to companies, corporations, financial institutions and high net worth individuals. He works in several different industries, including insurance, finance, luxury assets, energy and technology.
He completed his studies at the Faculty of Law of the University of Tirana. He attended English Language and Culture at the Derby Multicultural Center, Derby, United Kingdom. In 2023, he was awarded a certificate in “Business Law” from the London School of Business Administration. In 2021, he was awarded a certificate in “Technical Review of Employment Contracts” from the Metropolitan School of Business and Management, London, UK;
In 2020 he was awarded a certificate in “Applied Corporate and Business Law” from the Metropolitan School of Business and Management, UK; In 2020 he was awarded certificates in “International Law”; “Economics and International Business”; “Finance and Accounting” from the International Institute of Business Management, Berlin, Germany.
In 2004, he was awarded the title of "Lawyer" by the Albanian Bar Association.
In 2013, he completed his Master of Science (M.Sc.) at the Doctrine and Exercises Command at the "Spiro Moisiu" Defense Academy in the field of National Security.
The Honorable, Attorney Kastriot Frashëri has been a member of the British-Albanian Bar Association, London, UK for many years and collaborates with numerous renowned international firms in the EU, UK, UAE, USA and other regions around the world.
Also, the esteemed lawyer Kastriot Frashëri has been authorized by the Royal Court of Justice – Queen's Bench Division to serve outside the jurisdiction of the Court Order (SOL – Service Outsider of Jurisdiction) in Albania.
Attorney Kastriot Frashëri is a successful attorney who has won massively in all the cases he has represented.
His activity is contributing to several fields, such as: civil society, media, culture and various studies in history and jurisprudence. He is a prominent activist of civil society and for the protection of human rights, as well as for the consolidation of democratic principles of the development of society and institutions in the country. These values ​​and this activity are reflected in over 760 articles in the Albanian press.
Mr. Frashëri has been engaged since the early days of efforts to overthrow the communist dictatorship, contributing to the foundations of political pluralism in Albania in 1990.
He is a participant in many national and international forums, activities and conferences. At the head of the Institute of National Affairs and other forums, both at home and abroad, he has always defended the public interest and national interests.
Mr. Frashëri has been a candidate for Ombudsman (2011) and (2017), as well as a candidate for Governor of the Bank of Albania (2015) and Chairman of the Central Election Commission (2012), manifesting an admirable performance of a person with vision and outstanding leadership skills, also proven by the media.
The Honorable Kastriot Frashëri has often been one of the main actors in peaceful public movements in defense of democratic principles, the rule of law, public spaces, the environment, national security, for the resignation and dismissal of the Governor after scandals and thefts at the Bank of Albania, etc.

Liliia Kuznets is Counsel at VB Partners. She specializes in WCC, Mutual Legal Assistance, INTERPOL and extradition.
She specializes in defending clients in complex criminal and anti-corruption proceedings with cross-border elements.
She has extensive experience in extradition proceedings and INTERPOL matters. She represents clients before pre-trial investigation authorities, prosecutors, and courts. She coordinates defense together with foreign colleagues in multi-jurisdictional criminal cases, including in France, Canada, Germany, Austria, and Spain.
She is an expert in Ukrainian law in extradition cases. She has been involved in proceedings before the Lisbon Court of Appeal in Portugal and has prepared opinions for courts in the United Kingdom and Cyprus.
She was recognized among Rising Leaders: The New Generation of Leaders 2026.
Her clients include Agrial, UDP, a shareholder of Finance and Credit Bank, a top manager at PrivatBank, Ukrgasbank, and a former Deputy Minister of Justice.
Her projects include acting as national counsel in extradition proceedings in France concerning a shareholder of Finance and Credit Bank at the request of the State Bureau of Investigation and the National Anti-Corruption Bureau. The French Supreme Court refused extradition and ruled that the state was unable to guarantee the right to defense and a fair trial.
She represented the top management of one of the country’s largest shopping and entertainment centers in a case involving tax evasion on non-resident income received in Ukraine.
She represented the interests of the former CEO of PrivatBank in a number of criminal and international proceedings, including at INTERPOL, regarding the cancellation of a red notice at the request of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine (NABU) and in proceedings concerning the alleged misappropriation of UAH 9.2 billion through the repurchase of bonds.
She acted as national counsel in extradition proceedings in Austria concerning the former Deputy Minister of Justice, justifying the impossibility of extradition under martial law and the absence of adequate guarantees of the right to defense.
She represented the interests of a former top manager of one of the oldest aircraft manufacturing companies in INTERPOL proceedings to prevent the publication of a red card in high-profile criminal proceedings by the Security Service of Ukraine concerning the legalization of shares.

Senior Associate at Wenger Vieli, Loris Baumgartner represents and advises individuals and companies in proceedings before judicial and regulatory authorities.
As a criminal defense attorney, he focuses particularly on representing parties before law enforcement agencies.
Loris Baumgartner also regularly advises clients on the preparation, execution, and follow-up of internal and regulatory investigations.
He is currently writing his doctoral dissertation in the field of corruption law.

Marco Antonio Rodríguez-Acosta is a Venezuelan criminal defence lawyer with a distinguished track record in the strategic defence of complex international cases. His practice focuses on high-profile cross-border criminal matters, with particular expertise in passive and active extradition proceedings involving Venezuela, Spain and other jurisdictions.
He has played a significant role in criminal cases that have contributed to shaping Venezuelan case law, developing a comprehensive approach to complex litigation and international criminal defence. His work includes representation in matters involving organised crime, transnational offending and large-scale criminal proceedings requiring coordination across multiple jurisdictions.
Dr Rodríguez-Acosta also advises clients and law firms on international criminal defence strategy, legal research and crisis management in cases with both judicial and reputational implications. His practice combines legal analysis, procedural strategy and coordinated communication in order to protect clients’ rights and interests in highly sensitive proceedings.
He recently obtained his law degree and is currently pursuing specialised training in Artificial Intelligence applied to law at the International University of La Rioja, with a focus on European regulation, the AI Act and the governance of emerging technologies.
Through his work, Dr Rodríguez-Acosta seeks to build strategic collaborations with lawyers, law firms and international practitioners, offering practical insight into Venezuelan extradition law and cross-border criminal proceedings.

Maria Barbancho is a criminal defense lawyer based in Spain, admitted to the Bar in 2015, with a strong international practice focused on cross-border criminal cases, extradition and INTERPOL matters.
She represents individuals facing complex investigations involving multiple jurisdictions and has acted in cases with parallel proceedings across the EU, the UK, Latin America and German-speaking countries.
Her work frequently involves defending clients against politically or commercially motivated prosecutions and addressing serious due process concerns, including violations of the right to a fair trial and misuse of international police cooperation mechanisms. Alongside her defense practice, Maria is actively involved in legal education and academic work.
She is a regular lecturer in criminal law practice at the Barcelona Bar Association’s LL.M. (Máster de Acceso a la Abogacía), and she has been appointed as Spain’s legal expert in numerous EU-funded and European-law projects dealing with procedural rights, defence cooperation, and cross-border criminal justice.
Maria has been invited to speak before the Comisión de Relaciones con la Administración de Justicia of the Spanish Parliament, where she has advocated for the protection of lawyer–client privilege and procedural guarantees.
She is also a frequent speaker at conferences and professional trainings on international cooperation, extradition, and INTERPOL reform. In addition to her work in Spain, Maria regularly provides expert evidence before UK courts on Spanish criminal procedure, European Arrest Warrant practices and cross-border defence rights.
Fluent in Spanish, Catalan, English and German, she routinely collaborates with international defence teams and advises clients on risks related to INTERPOL Red Notices, extradition proceedings and multi-state investigations.

She holds degrees in Law and in Advertising and Public Relations from the Excellence Program at CEU San Pablo University, completed in English, and is currently pursuing the Master’s Degree for Admission to the Bar at the International University of La Rioja. Her academic record has been recognized for merit.
Her main interest lies in Criminal Law, particularly in the fields of sports law and hate crimes. In these areas, she has conducted various research projects and published articles in the press, analyzing current legal issues from a rigorous and applied perspective.
Her training in communication and advertising complements her legal profile, enabling her to approach legal challenges with a clear, strategic perspective and a focus on the social understanding of law.
She speaks Spanish and English.

Mihai Teriș is a Romanian lawyer admitted to the Bucharest Bar, within the National Union of Romanian Bar Associations, since 2008.
He is the founder of the individual law office Teriș-Pîrșoagă Gheorghe-Mihai, established in 2011, where he practises law on a full-time basis. For the purposes of clear and consistent national and international identification, the firm also operates under the name Teris Law Firm, a concise and easily recognisable professional identity.
His practice is focused on criminal law and criminal defence, with particular attention to cases in which individual rights, personal liberty, and procedural safeguards are at stake. His work is based on direct involvement in each case, careful assessment of the factual and legal issues, and the development of a defence strategy tailored to the client’s specific position and objectives.
In criminal matters, he considers legal strategy to be a decisive element of effective defence. A well-founded defence can influence the outcome of proceedings, protect fundamental rights, including personal liberty, and help identify the most appropriate legal solutions in light of the evidence and the procedural context.
Through Teris Law Firm, he provides legal assistance and representation before courts and competent authorities, combining legal rigour, confidentiality, objectivity, and professional responsibility.

Professor at University of Canterbury, Faculty of Law. His research interests lie at the intersection between the fields of criminal law and international law.
His initial specialisation was in international drug control law, the topic of his PhD, and he retains an interest in the international drug control system, but he has since written extensively on international tobacco smuggling, the UN Convention against Transnational Organised Crime, and the law of extradition.
He is particularly interested in the developing field of transnational criminal law, as that part of international criminal law in a general sense which is concerned with the suppression of transnational crime by states, and has published extensively on this topic.
In addition, he has worked in international criminal law in a strict sense, particularly on the law and history of the International Tribunal for the Far East.

Nicola Canestrini is a partner at CanestiniLex, a law firm based in Rovereto, Italy.
Nicola is one of Italy’s leading experts in international criminal law with a particular focus on extradition and INTERPOL abuse. With over two decades of experience, his work stands out for its meticulous and innovative approach to protecting the fundamental rights of individuals involved in international judicial cooperation proceedings.
Nicola has successfully represented numerous clients in extradition cases before all the major Italian and European courts, earning a reputation for excellence and professional rigor.
His expertise extends to addressing irregularities in the use of INTERPOL mechanisms, particularly the misuse of Red Notices to target political dissidents and other individuals subject to unjust persecution. In addition to his practice, Nicola has been deeply engaged in academic and public discourse.
He has delivered lectures at prestigious institutions such as Harvard Law School and the University of Oxford, addressing key topics in international criminal law, from transnational justice to the regulation of judicial cooperation tools.
His scholarly contributions, published in leading Italian criminal law journals, serve as a reference point for academics and practitioners seeking to understand the contemporary challenges of international criminal law.

Philippe Vladimir Boss’ practice focuses on investigations in criminal, internal and administrative matters, as well as the corresponding litigation, in financial, commercial, personal or reputational aspects of business. Clients range from financial institutions, commodity trading companies, SME in various sectors and private individuals, He also advises sport governing bodies in ethics, disciplinary or governance matters.
Philippe Boss’ expertise covers white-collar crime prosecution and defense, freezing of assets, asset tracing, international assistance in criminal, administrative and civil matters, assistance to plaintiffs, witnesses and targeted individuals in hearings, forensic searches, internal hearings, commercial litigation and arbitration, governance advice, ethics and disciplinary proceedings, enforcement of foreign awards, protection of media reputation and crisis management.
He is member of International Shooting Sport Federation Integrity Unit: Adjudicatory Board; Juge suppléant au Tribunal neutre du canton de Vaud; Chairman of the Independent Monitoring Group, International Weightlifting Federation (IWF); Arbitrator and mediator of the Sport Resolution’s International Panel; Chairman within the Arbitral Tribunal of the Self-regulatory Organisation of the Swiss Federation of Lawyers and the Swiss Federation of Notaries; Board member of the Tennis-Club Stade-Lausanne; Board member of the Vaud Bar Association (2022-2025).

Master of Laws and member of the Sofia Bar Association since 2009, Radoslav Shulev is the founder and managing partner of Shulev & Partners LLC (based in Sofia).
He assists individuals and companies in a broad range of legal matters, with a particular focus on cross-border cases, criminal law implications and international legal cooperation.
His practice includes advising and representing clients in matters involving extradition, immigration, mutual legal assistance and proceedings with international elements, providing strategic support to both Bulgarian and foreign clients.
As founder of the firm, he also coordinates the work of the office across its main areas of activity, ensuring an integrated approach to complex cases that may involve criminal, civil, commercial, family, property, labour, medical and enforcement law issues.
His experience in multidisciplinary and international matters enables him to assist clients involved in proceedings or legal situations in Bulgaria where domestic law intersects with foreign jurisdictions, international cooperation mechanisms and fundamental rights protection.

Mg.iur. Raivo Klotins has over 15 years experience as a criminal defence attorney.
His practice areas include but not limited to white collar crimes and extradition cases.
He often travels abroad in order to gain new knowledge in criminal and criminal procedure law.
Before starting his practice as an attorney Raivo served at different diplomatic posts abroad.

Raphaël Dokhan is a criminal defence lawyer admitted to both the Paris Bar and the Israel Bar, with a practice centred on the intersection of French and Israeli criminal justice systems.
He advises and represents clients in extradition proceedings between France and Israel, international arrest warrants, enforcement of foreign criminal judgments, mutual legal assistance, and all forms of cross-border judicial cooperation.
His work encompasses both incoming and outgoing extradition requests, parallel criminal proceedings across jurisdictions, and the procedural safeguards available to individuals facing transnational enforcement. Raphaël holds a Master's degree in private law from Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University.
He practised for several years at a firm admitted before the French Cour de cassation, where he contributed to proceedings before the Criminal Chamber of the Cour de cassation, the Constitutional Council, and the European Court of Human Rights. In 2010, he won the advocacy competition of the Bar of the Cour de cassation and was elected Premier Secrétaire of the Conférence des avocats au Conseil d'État et à la Cour de cassation — one of the most prestigious distinctions in French advocacy.
In Israel, he gained experience within the Criminal Department of the State Attorney's Office before the Supreme Court and is appointed as a legal expert in criminal law by Israeli judicial authorities. He has taught criminal law and criminal procedure at Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne University and at the Master's programme of Paris-Est University.
Raphaël Dokhan offers clients a rare combination: deep fluency in both French and Israeli criminal procedure, and first-hand experience on both sides of the extradition process.

Rebecca specialises in extradition and cross-border criminal matters. She advises individuals, families and family offices facing complex criminal investigations, extradition proceedings and cross-border enforcement action with an international dimension.
Her practice focuses on extradition, INTERPOL and mutual legal assistance (MLA) requests, as well as wider cross-border enforcement issues. Many of her cases involve sensitive issues and require careful coordination across multiple jurisdictions, often alongside reputational or political considerations. Her work frequently involves matters where criminal proceedings intersect with reputational, political or diplomatic considerations.
Rebecca also represents clients in serious and complex financial crime matters, including allegations of fraud, bribery and corruption, and in investigations conducted by agencies such as the Serious Fraud Office and Financial Conduct Authority. She is particularly experienced in cases involving parallel proceedings or competing enforcement interests in different jurisdictions.
She has extensive experience acting in extradition cases involving requests from the United States, EU member states, India and jurisdictions across the Middle East and the CIS. She regularly leads high-stakes matters raising complex issues of international law, human rights and abuse of process.
Rebecca works closely with private client advisers, trustees and reputation specialists when managing cross-border criminal risk for individuals and families.
She is ranked as a Star Individual for Extradition by Chambers and Partners and as a Leading Partner in Legal 500.
Rebecca is co-author of Extradition Law: A Practitioner’s Guide, one of the leading texts in the field, and contributes regularly to legal and policy discussions on cross-border criminal enforcement.
She holds a PhD in the History of Art from the University of Bristol.

Robert J. Currie, KC, is Professor of Law and Viscount Bennett Professor of Law at the Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University.
He is a specialist in international and transnational criminal law, with research interests including transnational criminal law, international criminal law, social media law, international litigation, international law, cyberbullying, evidence, extradition, civil procedure and criminal law.
Professor Currie holds a BA Honours from St FX, an MA from Carleton, an LLB from Dalhousie and an LLM from Edinburgh. He was admitted to the Nova Scotia Bar in 2000. His teaching includes International Law, Evidence, Jessup Moot, International Criminal Law and Comparative Criminal Law.
His research focuses on international and transnational criminal law, an area in which he also teaches a seminar course. His 2010 book, International and Transnational Criminal Law, was shortlisted for the Walter Owen Book Prize for Outstanding Legal Literature in 2011, and the fourth edition will be published in 2026. He has authored and co-authored numerous articles and comments in this field, and his work is regularly cited by Canadian courts, including the Supreme Court of Canada.
His selected publications include Transnational and Cross-Border Criminal Law: Canadian Perspectives, Wrongful Extradition: Reforming the Committal Phase of Canada’s Extradition Law, International & Transnational Criminal Law, co-authored with Joseph Rikhof, Cross-Border Evidence Gathering in Transnational Crime Cases: Is the Microsoft Ireland Case the “Next Frontier”?, Electronic Devices at the Border: The Next Frontier of Canadian Search and Seizure Law?, the Routledge Handbook of Transnational Criminal Law, co-edited with N. Boister, and Law Beyond Borders: Extraterritorial Jurisdiction in an Age of Globalization, co-authored with S. Coughlan and others.
Professor Currie has received several awards and honours. In 2023, he was appointed His Majesty’s Counsel Learned in the Law, received the Charles D. Gonthier Research Fellowship from the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice, and was co-recipient of the Governor General’s Innovation Award. In 2021, he was named Dalhousie Distinguished Research Professor, and in 2008 he received the Dalhousie Law Students’ Society and Alumni Association Award for Excellence in Teaching.
His service and activity include coaching the Schulich School of Law’s Jessup Moot team, serving as Director of the Law and Technology Institute from 2010 to 2017, membership on the Board of Directors of the International Society for the Reform of Criminal Law, serving as a Faculty Associate of the Marine and Environmental Law Institute, membership of the Faculty for the Federation of Law Societies’ National Criminal Law Program, and serving as Vice-President and a Commissioner of the Law Reform Commission of Nova Scotia. He is also a member of the Executive Board of the Canadian Council on International Law.

Saad Khan is an International Legal Consultant and Attorney with experience in cross-border disputes, international arbitration, criminal defence, corporate advisory, regulatory compliance, constitutional practice and immigration matters.
He advises individuals, businesses, and international clients on complex legal issues involving multiple jurisdictions, delivering strategic, practical, and commercially focused legal solutions.
He is also the Founder of SK Global Legal, a legal consulting and litigation support firm serving law firms, businesses, and private clients across the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, and other international jurisdictions. He previously served as State Counsel at the Advocate General's Office, where he represented and advised the Government in constitutional, administrative, criminal, and public law litigation before the High Courts of Pakistan. Saad Khan was recognized as the Best Trial Lawyer of the Year (2025–2026) by the Bar Association Peshawar High Court, in recognition of his advocacy, courtroom excellence, and contributions to the legal profession. He was awarded Lifetime Membership of the Association.
Saad is also a Member of the International Bar Association (IBA), American Bar Association (ABA), Hong Kong International Arbitration Centre (HKIAC-HK45), International Association of Young Lawyers (AIJA), and life time member of the High Court Bar Association Pakistan

Partner at Knauer Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten mbB, Sören Schomburg advises national and international clients in the areas of commercial criminal law and tax criminal law, international criminal law, and extradition law. He has extensive experience in complex, frequently transnational internal investigations and with respect to search and seizure, especially raids involving data confiscation.
He defends clients throughout Germany, in Europe and before the European Court of Justice (ECJ), and against INTERPOL.
His longstanding experience and networking in these areas enable him to provide clearly targeted advice and defence strategies to clients. He represents national and international companies and their managers.
He has authored numerous specialist publications on commercial criminal law, on INTERPOL warrants, and on the European Arrest Warrant. In addition, he regularly holds lectures at legal conferences on topics related to international legal assistance in criminal matters and on INTERPOL.
After his studies at Humboldt-Universität in Berlin and King′s College in London, he completed his postgraduate legal clerkship at the German Federal Foreign Office and a law firm in Tokyo, among others, and worked at a leading law firm in the area of commercial criminal law. In 2011, he joined the law firm named Ufer Knauer at the time, where he was appointed partner in 2020.
In 2023, he joined forces with Prof. Christoph Knauer and Dr. Björn Boerger to found the law firm Knauer Partner.
Sören Schomburg advises clients in German, English, Danish, and French.

Thúlio Nogueira is a founding partner of Drummond & Nogueira Advocacia, a criminal defence firm based in São Paulo, where he focuses on high-complexity criminal matters.
He is currently a Ph.D. candidate in Criminal Procedure at the University of São Paulo (USP) and holds a Master’s degree in Law from PUC Minas.
He also specialised in Economic Criminal Law through the Coimbra/IBCCRIM programme.
He is the author of works published by Editora Marcial Pons.

Principal associate at Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & Associados.
Tiago advises and represents clients in cases involving property and economic-financial criminal law, as well as transnational and European criminal law, particularly in matters of prevention and in criminal litigation relating to property, tax, subsidy and cyber fraud, corruption and other offences committed by public officials or political office-holders, and money laundering, including cases falling within the competence of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office.
Currently, his practice has also been focusing on preventive advice and representing clients in cases of international judicial cooperation in criminal matters, notably regarding extradition, the European arrest warrant, mutual legal assistance, as well as challenging the processing of data by Interpol concerning wanted persons.
Tiago also has experience in criminal proceedings relating to defamation and freedom of expression, child abduction and domestic violence, and offences against life or physical integrity.
Tiago was an Assistant Teacher at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra, as part of the Department of Criminal Law, where he taught Criminal Law. Previously, he was a Teaching Assistant, having contributed to the Criminal Procedural Law course at the Faculty of Law of the University of Coimbra. He currently collaborates with Duarte Santana Lopes in teaching the Interdisciplinary Legal Practice course at the Nova University School of Law.

Prof. Dr. Vahit Bıçak is a Turkish attorney, expert of criminal law, criminal procedure law, and evidence law, and an internationally recognised practitioner specialising in extradition, INTERPOL Red Notices, cross-border criminal investigations, international judicial cooperation, white-collar crime, anti-money laundering (AML), sanctions-related proceedings, cybercrime, and transnational financial offences.
He is the Founder and Chairman of Bıçak Law Firm, a full-service law firm headquartered in Ankara with an additional office in Istanbul. The firm advises domestic and international clients in complex criminal, regulatory, compliance, and cross-border dispute matters involving multiple jurisdictions and international enforcement authorities.
Prof. Dr. Bıçak has more than three decades of professional experience in criminal law, criminal procedure law, international criminal cooperation, organised crime, financial crime, compliance, and regulatory investigations. His practice focuses particularly on extradition proceedings, INTERPOL Red Notice matters, European Arrest Warrant-related issues, international fraud investigations, money laundering and asset tracing, sanctions and export control investigations, cybercrime and digital evidence, corporate criminal liability, crossborder economic and business crimes, and international criminal defense and judicial cooperation.
He regularly advises individuals, executives, companies, and foreign legal teams in matters involving parallel criminal investigations, provisional arrests, mutual legal assistance, international arrest requests, and transnational financial enforcement proceedings.
Prof. Dr. Bıçak is widely recognised as a leading practitioner in Türkiye in the field of business criminal law and white-collar crime. He has advised on legislative and regulatory matters concerning fraud, corruption, bribery, anti-money laundering compliance, insider dealing, cybercrime, tax-related offences, financial misconduct, and organised criminal structures.
Prof. Dr. Bıçak graduated from the Faculty of Law of Ankara University and obtained his Ph.D. in Law from the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom with a thesis concerning improperly obtained evidence and criminal procedure safeguards.
Throughout his academic and professional career, he has served as a visiting scholar and lecturer at several internationally recognised institutions, including the City University of New York and Fordham Law School in the United States, Lyon II University Faculty of Law in France, and the University of Maribor in Slovenia.
He has also held academic positions at leading Turkish universities, including Hacettepe University, Gazi University, Ankara Hacı Bayram Veli University, Bilkent University, Atılım University, and Başkent University. Since 1990, he has lectured extensively on criminal law, criminal procedure law, evidence law, organised crime, financial crime, international criminal cooperation, cybercrime, and business criminal law.
Prof. Dr. Bıçak has authored numerous academic and professional publications concerning criminal law, constitutional law, anti-money laundering regulation, cybercrime, evidence law, and comparative legal systems. His international publications include contributions to comparative legal publications and international legal guides relating to anti-money laundering, constitutional law, cybersecurity, and regulatory enforcement.
He currently serves as the Türkiye Ambassador of the International Sanctions & Export Control Society (ISECS) and as the White-Collar Crime Law Representative for Türkiye at Cross Border Advisory Solutions.
Under his leadership, Bıçak Law Firm maintains active international cooperation with foreign law firms, compliance professionals, academics, and legal practitioners across multiple jurisdictions in matters involving extradition, sanctions, INTERPOL, financial crime, cyber investigations, and international regulatory enforcement. Prof. Dr. Bıçak is fluent in Turkish and English.

Vladimir Hrle is a lawyer with 20 years of experience advising on complex cross-border matters at the intersection of international criminal law, extradition, and human rights. He is widely recognised for his work in cases involving international judicial cooperation, including mutual legal assistance, extradition proceedings, and challenges to abusive measures disseminated through INTERPOL’s channels.
In his practice, Vladimir has collaborated with leading regional and international law firms and has been involved in matters engaging international judicial and human rights bodies, including the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, the Committee Against Torture, the Human Rights Committee, and the European Court of Human Rights, as well as various arbitral tribunals. His career has also included extensive collaboration with international organisations and programmes such as the World Bank Group, the European Union, and UNDP. He has led country-level activities within a cross-border ESG governance programme implemented by the International Finance Corporation.
He has advised multinational companies on corporate governance, acted as an external compliance ombudsman, and led the corporate criminal liability component of a major EU-backed anti-corruption initiative. He regularly serves as a legal auditor in large-scale compliance audits and investigations. His broader work includes academic and policy contributions in the fields of corporate integrity, business and human rights, and directors’ criminal liability.
Vladimir is a member of the Advisory Board of the European Criminal Bar Association, where he co-chairs the Anti-Corruption Working Group, and is also a member of the International Bar Association Human Rights Institute. He is actively engaged in a number of international rule of law initiatives, including the Balkans Regional Rule of Law Network of the American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative (founding member), Fair Trials (Legal Experts Advisory Panel), and the International Chamber of Commerce Commission on Corporate Responsibility and Anti-Corruption. He is also a founding member of Lawyers Against Transnational Repression, an international network of practitioners focused on countering the misuse of extradition and INTERPOL mechanisms for political or repressive purposes. In addition, he serves as a regional coordinator of the Roxin Alliance, a partner organisation of the World Bank’s Global Forum on Law, Justice and Development.
Vladimir is Chair of the International Law Department of the Serbian Bar Association Academy for Legal Professionals and a certified trainer within the Council of Europe HELP Programme, regularly delivering training on the European Convention on Human Rights and the case-law of the Strasbourg Court to lawyers, judges, and academics. He has authored numerous publications in the fields of extradition, international criminal law, and human rights.
He holds a postgraduate degree in EU criminal law from the University of Amsterdam, where he conducted research under the supervision of Professor Albert Swart, former judge of the Amsterdam Court of Appeal and ad litem judge at the ICTY.
Vladimir is recognised by Who’s Who Legal as a Global Thought Leader for his “top-notch work on business crime and extradition cases.”

Vânia Costa Ramos is the Managing Partner at Carlos Pinto de Abreu e Associados, a law firm based in Lisbon, Portugal. Vânia heads the firm’s international, European, extradition, and mutual legal assistance practices. She represents clients before Portuguese courts, the Court of Justice of the European Union, the European Court of Human Rights and other regional and international bodies. She provides counsel to both the accused and victims of criminal conduct. In April 2010, Vânia became a member of the Fair Trials Legal Experts Advisory Panel. From February 2016 to March 2022, she served as the Chairperson of Forum Penal, the Association of Portuguese Criminal Lawyers. Since December 2016, Vânia has been a member of the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) where she represents Portugal. In September 2024, Vânia was elected the Chairperson of the European Criminal Bar Association (ECBA). Vânia holds a Master's degree in criminal law and is a Ph.D. candidate in criminal procedure at the University of Lisbon, where she was a teaching assistant. Vânia is actively involved in academic life and is a scientific collaborator at the Free University of Brussels (ULB) and the European Criminal Law Clinic. She is a prolific author and contributor to numerous publications. Her work has appeared in Fair Trials Bulletin, Bulletin of the Order of Advocates (Portugal), Portuguese Journal of Criminal Science, Public Prosecutions Review, Anatomy of Crime, New Journal of European Criminal Law (NJECL) and Transnational Criminal Law Review.

Since its creation in 2002, WJ Avocats has developed a particular expertise in cross-border litigation and a strong presence on the international stage.
It is one of the first French firms to have specialized in International Criminal Law, with a strong expertise in matters of extradition, international and European arrest warrants, withdrawal of INTERPOL notices and mutual legal assistance.
Over the past years, the firm has specialized in sanctions at the international (United Nations and European Union) and domestic level, advising clients on compliance and representing their interests before the relevant judicial or administrative bodies.
Located in Paris, the firm assists and represents French and foreign clients, natural and legal persons (States, NGOs, associations, corporations) both in an advisory capacity and in front of any jurisdictions.
In collaboration with a network of international lawyers, the firm regularly handles the most complex cases, managing not only the legal aspects but also media and public relations.
The firm also advises its private clients in all aspects of the management of their financial and cultural assets.

Yuliia Kuznets is Counsel at VB Partners. She specializes in sanctions and mutual legal assistance.
She specializes in defending clients in complex criminal and anti-corruption proceedings, as well as high-profile court cases with political implications.
She has deep expertise in sanctions law and in advising clients on regulatory and reputational risks. She advises on the application of sanctions and develops individual strategies for responding to sanctions restrictions.
She has significant experience in international legal assistance cases and cross-border investigations. She coordinates defense in multi-jurisdictional proceedings and represents clients’ interests at key stages of communication with foreign law enforcement and judicial institutions.
She was recognized among Rising Leaders: The New Generation of Leaders 2026.
Her clients include Warner Music, BNP Paribas Group, JKX Oil & Gas, former managers of Sense Bank, international financial groups, and multinational corporations.
Her projects include the successful representation of the interests of the former manager of one of the largest international financial groups in the Supreme Court regarding the lifting of personal sanctions. VB Partners were the first to achieve the cancellation of sanctions in court.
She advised an American multinational label within the Big Three of the global music market on sanctions compliance issues.
She represented the interests of a British company engaged in exploration and extraction of minerals in Ukraine regarding the prevention of seizure of assets for state revenue, or nationalization.
She defended top managers of a commercial bank with international capital, ranked among the top 10 banks in Ukraine in terms of assets, in comprehensive criminal proceedings concerning the legalization of UAH 574 million and tax evasion in the amount of UAH 18 million.
She advised on sanctions compliance for one of the largest sports associations in the US, represented in over 200 countries, in an agreement with a provider.

Étienne Arnaud has been admitted to the Paris Bar since 2014.
He is a partner at Mazon Arnaud Deconinck, a firm established in Paris and Marseille, that specializes in all area of criminal law and has a recognized practice in extradition and European arrest warrants.
He studied at Sciences Po, where he obtained a Master’s degree (Master II) in Judicial Careers and trained within highly regarded institutions and leading criminal defence lawyers.
He works on a daily basis in both French and English.

Partner at Wardyński & Partners, Łukasz Lasek handles international commercial disputes and criminal cases involving serious fraud, corruption, and money laundering.
He is a certified mediator at the Mediation Centre at the Polish Bar Council.
In addition to Polish qualifications, he is also admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales (not currently practising).
He is member of: Warsaw Bar Chamber, Law Society of England and Wales, Young Arbitrators Sweden, European Criminal Bar Association, Academy of European Law (ERA), Dean’s Global Advisory Board Indiana University Maurer School of Law (Bloomington, USA) and International Bar Association, Committee Liaison Officer on the Criminal Law Committee.