Southern Forum 2025
REGIONAL FORUM - Join us for the Southern Forum 2025. Once more bringing together insolvency, restructuring, and turnaround professionals from the Southern regions.
Outline
We are delighted to announce the R3 Southern Forum 2025, will be held at the Marriott Bournemouth Highcliff.
Once more bringing together insolvency, restructuring, and turnaround professionals from the Southern & Thames Valley, South West & Wales, and London & South East regions.
This year, we can promise an interesting and comprehensive roster of speakers and topics, relevant to our colleagues in the profession.
Gala dinner
Included with the Southern Forum ticket, the gala dinner will be hosted on Thursday 20 March. The evening will start with a welcome drinks reception followed by a three-course dinner.
Charity raffle
We are honoured to be raising funds for this fantastic charity at the Southern Forum Gala dinner.
If your firm would like to donate a raffle prize, please contact [email protected]
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Accommodation
This will be available for delegates on Thursday 20 March. We encourage all those registering and requiring accommodation to book as soon as possible as spaces are limited.
For more information on sponsorship opportunities contact [email protected]
Thanks to our sponsors
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Isadore Goldman | Lambert Smith Hampton | ||||
Programme |
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09.00 - 09:30 | Registration |
09.30 – 09.35 |
Welcome and Opening of Southern Forum Speaker: Neil Stewart, Associate Director, Manolete Partners PLC and R3 Southern & Thames Valley Chair |
09.35 - 10.10 |
An Extinction Event: How Cyber Crime can turn a business’s lights off Current and developing threats, trends, the size of the problem and approaches to minimising the risks • A review of current and developing threats and industry trends • Why a Cyber Incident can contribute to the insolvency of an organisation (with case study examples) • Where Cyber Risk comes from • How to reduce the risk of Cyber Crime • Cyber Resilience (responding to an incident) Speaker: William Taaffe, COO, Lockdown Cyber Security Chair: Neil Stewart, Associate Director, Manolete Partners PLC and R3 Southern & Thames Valley Chair |
10.10 - 10.40 |
The evolving world of advice to boards on directors' duties post BHS Speaker: Joseph Curl KC, Barrister, South Square Chair: Nick Oliver, Director, Isadore Goldman |
10.40 – 11.10 | Morning break |
11.10 – 11.40 |
R3 Update Speakers: Ben Luxford, Head of Technical, R3 Ceara Roopchand, Policy and Public Affairs Manager, R3 Tom Russell, Director, James Cowper Kreston and R3 Vice President |
11.40 - 12:10 |
New Professionals - Enhancing communication in the present to enable growth for the future Exploring how a strategic approach to communication can cultivate a positive workplace environment, elevate staff performance, and establish a robust framework for succes. Speakers: Mark Osgood, Partner, Dispute Resolution, Restructuring & Insolvency, Trethowans Jude Whitlingum, Senior Administrator, Quantuma Anthony Young, Corporate Restructuring, Evelyn Partners Nikita Uttamsingh, Trainee Solicitor, Isadore Goldman Chair: Charlotte Boatman, Associate - Restructuring, Trethowans LLP |
12.10 - 12.45 |
LinkedIn & Networking Speaker: James Potter, Director, The LinkedIn man Chair: Mike Pavitt, Partner - Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency; Commercial Disputes, Paris Smith |
12.45 – 14:00 | Networking Lunch |
14.00 – 14.30 | Second Legal Update |
14.30 - 15.10 |
Dragons’ Den: Game-changing tools for the Industry Pitching for your vote will be: Speakers: Michael Locke, Prism 339 Monica Kapur, IG Construct Christopher Lester, IG Construct Andy Butler, Solomonic Hosted by: Caleb Bompas, Associate Director, Manolete Partners PLC |
15.10 – 15.40 | Afternoon break |
15.40 - 16.10 |
Reviving The Body Shop: Overcoming challenges in a sustainable turnaround Speaker: Steve Baluchi, Director, FRP Advisory Chair: Melia Hirst, Partner, Restructuring, Trethowans LLP |
16.10 - 17.00 |
Keynote - Geopolitics and the future Speaker: Tobias Ellwood, former British Army Officer, senior UK Parliamentarian and now writer and commentator on National Security & Foreign Policy issues. Chair: Melia Hirst, Partner, Restructuring, Trethowans LLP |
17.00 - 17.05 | Close |
18.30 – 19.30 | Drinks Reception |
19.30 - late |
Gala dinner Master of Ceremonies: Colin Phillips, member of the Magic Circle |
Please note programme sessions, times and speakers are subject to change.
Confirmed speakers |
Organisation |
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Steve Baluchi | FRP Advisory | View bio |
Charlotte Boatman | Trethowans LLP | View bio |
Caleb Bompas | Manolete Partners PLC | View bio |
Andy Butler | Solomonic | View bio |
Joseph Curl KC | South Square | View bio |
Tobias Ellwood | Former British Army Officer, senior UK Parliamentarian and now writer and commentator on National Security & Foreign Policy issues. | View bio |
Melia Hirst | Trethowans LLP | View bio |
Michael Lock | Prism 339 | View bio |
Ben Luxford | R3 | View bio |
Nick Oliver | Isadore Goldman | View bio |
Mark Osgood | Trethowans LLP | View bio |
Mike Pavitt | Paris Smith | View bio |
James Potter | The LinkedIn Man | View bio |
Ceara Roopchand | R3 | View bio |
Tom Russell | James Cowper Kreston, R3 Vice President | View bio |
Neil Stewart | Manolete Partners PLC | View bio |
William Taaffe | Lockdown Cyber Security | View bio |
Nikita Uttamsingh | Isadore goldman | View bio |
Jude Whitlingum | Quantuma | View bio |
Anthony Young | Evelyn Partners | View bio |
Ticket | Price (excl VAT) |
Member - Earlybird full ticket including Forum & Gala dinner (A saving of £50 on the full rate until 10 January 2025) | £345 |
Member - New Professional | £125 |
Member - Group Ticket for 3 people - Members only | £790 |
Non-Member - New professional full ticket + membership deal | £175 |
Non-Member - full ticket including Forum & Gala dinner | £495 |
Accommodation (member and non-member) - 20 March | £116 |
Main Sponsor | Main Sponsor | ||||
Isadore Goldman | Lambert Smith Hampton | ||||
20 March 2025 - 9:00 - 23:00
Marriott Bournemouth Highcliff, 105 St Michael's Rd, W Cliff Rd, Bournemouth BH2 5DU

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