AFB Seminar: Fraud and Asset Tracing

This AFB session, in partnership with DLA Piper will cover the current types of fraudulent behaviour and fraud disputes trending in the financial sector. It will also outline practical steps that banks should take in the wake of identifying fraud and/or when responding to suspected fraud or recovering misappropriated assets.

Why attend?

Speakers will share recent case insights, common challenges banks face when dealing with complex frauds, and effective strategies for collaborating with legal advisers and enforcement authorities for the successful preservation and recovery of assets.

The session will offer an opportunity to gain practical guidance, stay ahead of emerging fraud risks, and strengthen responses to financial crime.

Who should attend?

Members working in the legal, compliance and risk functions.

Speakers

Sohail Ali is a Partner in the International Disputes team at DLA Piper, specialising in the Financial Services sector. He advises on high-stakes, complex disputes and has significant experience on fraud and asset recovery matters. Sohail has previously done client secondments at Goldman Sachs, Barclays Capital and Lloyds Banking Group. He is described by clients as “a formidable intellect, peerless for his generation, an exceptional strategist and an absolute pleasure to deal with”.

Saima Hanif KC is a leading barrister who specialises in financial services, sanctions, regulatory and contentious enforcement matters. She was listed in the Global 2025 100 Women in Investigations review and nominated as The Lawyer’s Hot 100 (2022) and Barrister of the Year (2021). She sits as a Judge at the Astana International Financial Centre and has also been appointed as a senior decision maker by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission.  Directories have described her as a “fantastic litigator“, “absolutely unshakeable” and the “go-to silk for financial services and sanctions work”.

Please note you will receive confirmation of your booking via email within 24 hours. Should you not receive a confirmation, please contact AFB to double-check if your booking was successful.

Logistics

Fee: Included in AFB membership
Location: DLA Piper, 160 Aldersgate Street, London, EC1A 4HT
Date: Wednesday 29 April 2026
Time: 08:30 – 10:30 (Registration, networking and light breakfast 08:30 – 09:00)

There will be ample opportunity for questions throughout the session; however, if you would like to submit a question before or have any areas that you would like the session to address, please send them to the AFB at secretariat@foreignbanks.org.uk.

You will receive final event details a week before the event.

Please note that you will only be deemed to have attended (for CPD points) if you have made yourself known at registration and attend 50% or more of the session.