Karen Kelly will present on white collar crime, international forfeiture, and tax topics at the 43rd International Symposium on Economic Crime hosted by the Centre of Geopolitics of the University of Cambridge and taking place at the University's Jesus College campus in Cambridge, England, August 23-30, 2026.
Featuring over 600 speakers from around the globe, including scholars, regulators, judges, security and intelligence professionals, and legislators, the symposium provides in-depth analysis and discussion of the white collar and financial crime threats facing economies and institutions around the world. For 2026, the symposium will focus on strategies to identify and interdict criminal wealth, with an emphasis on asset recovery.
Kostelanetz LLP represents clients in white collar criminal, corporate, and regulatory investigations, and many of our attorneys have served as Department of Justice prosecutors, including at the Southern District of New York and at the Tax Division, as well as prosecutors within the Securities and Exchange Commission and at state attorneys' offices. In addition, two former Chiefs of the IRS Criminal Investigation serve as Special Investigators at the firm. This rich experience gives Kostelanetz unique insight into the government’s perspective, as well as the ability to effectively represent clients in every phase of a white-collar criminal investigation and during regulatory enforcement actions.
You can learn more about the Cambridge symposium and find registration information here. Information on Karen’s panel is below.
Monday, August 24, 2026, 2:30 pm BST
Plenary Workshop 2 — No Place to Hide: The Extraterritorial Reach of U.S. Civil Forfeiture and Other Noncriminal Procedures
Karen will speak at a session on the U.S. government’s asset forfeiture laws and their international reach. Other speakers include session chair Ian Comisky of Fox Rothschild LLP and fellow panelists Larry A. Campagna of Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry and Keith Oliver of Peters and Peters.
About Karen
The immediate past head of the Justice Department’s Tax Division, Karen joined Kostelanetz after more than 30 years of federal and state trial practice, including prosecuting tax and white-collar crime. Her practice focuses on representing individuals and entities in government investigations, including in criminal tax and white-collar matters.
