Dispute resolution

Sam is head of Carey Olsen's dispute resolution and insolvency and restructuring practice in the Cayman Islands. He has extensive experience litigating with a primary focus on the financial services sector. Sam also has particular expertise in the field of insolvency and restructuring and is regularly instructed to act for liquidators and receivers (including foreign appointees), management, security holders, investors, and unsecured creditors in relation to both contentious and non-contentious matters. Sam is ranked consistently by the independent legal directories and is quoted as being "an accomplished litigator" who is "responsive, proactive and gives good advice". Sam is also noted for being a "really good operator in Cayman, he knows the jurisdiction" (Chambers Global and Who's Who Legal).

James is a partner of Maples and Calder's Dispute Resolution & Insolvency team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office.  He has extensive experience in commercial litigation, insolvency, corporate recovery, reconstructions, and schemes of arrangement. He specialises in insolvency-related issues, advising financial institutions, investors and insolvency administrators. James has particular expertise in assisting investors, creditors, managers and independent directors of distressed funds.

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Laura is head of the Litigation, Regulatory and Insolvency & Restructuring groups in the Cayman Islands. Laura has extensive experience in acting for a variety of corporate clients and individuals focusing on commercial litigation, insolvency and restructuring, licensing and other regulatory matters. Clients are based in the Cayman Islands, USA and Europe and include Big Four Accountancy Practices, Hotels, Retail Stores, entities in the Funds and Insurance sectors and Statutory and Regulatory bodies. Many matters in which Laura has been involved have a multi-jurisdiction component.

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Stephen is Managing Partner and head of the Dispute Resolution department in the Cayman Islands. He has a demonstrated history of advocacy in the practice of corporate and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on offshore insolvency and restructuring of companies. Stephen's practice has a strong focus on company law including corporate insolvency; schemes of arrangements; capital reductions; shareholder disputes; director's liability; international asset tracing; the enforcement of foreign judgments; worldwide Mareva injunctions, Anton Piller orders, and Norwich Pharmacal orders. Stephen has significant contentious litigation experience arising from the representation of both liquidators, shareholders and creditors of companies and hedge funds including the claw back of fraudulent conveyances and undue preferences, allegations of investment fraud and investment manager disputes. Since his appointment as Head of Dispute Resolution, Stephen has grown the team from two to eight lawyers, all with a strong background in insolvency and restructuring matters. Prior to joining the firm Stephen spent two and a half years in Miami as a member of a boutique litigation firm in the United States which focused on cross border insolvency and trust disputes.

Partner, Head of Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring

Caroline is a partner of Maples and Calder's Dispute Resolution & Insolvency team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. Caroline advises on all aspects of cross border and domestic insolvency and restructuring issues, in particular contentious and non-contentious restructurings, liquidations, schemes of arrangement and fund wind downs. She advises debtors and key stakeholders in financially distressed circumstances, including banks, funds, bondholders, directors, investors and insolvency practitioners. Caroline also has extensive commercial litigation experience in financial services disputes including appraisal rights/fair value cases and shareholder, board and investment funds disputes. She is an experienced advocate, who regularly appears in the Cayman Islands courts.

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Luke is a partner of Maples and Calder's Dispute Resolution & Insolvency team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office.  He has a broad range of experience in commercial litigation, arbitration and restructuring and insolvency matters, with a particular emphasis on complex and multi-jurisdictional cases.  Luke also has considerable experience in banking and finance and investment fund disputes, company law and trust disputes and regularly advises financial institutions, investors and insolvency practitioners on contentious matters and insolvencies.

Partner, Co-Head of Cayman Islands Litigation & Restructuring

Partner. Rocco is an experienced offshore commercial litigator, specialising in international insolvency and restructuring, and investment fund disputes. He has extensive experience conducting complex cross-border litigation, often involving fraud and asset tracing. Rocco is recognised as a thought leader and leading practitioner in section 238 “fair value” petitions, and has acted for dissenting shareholders in most of the major cases, including 58.com Limited, eHi Car Services Ltd, Bitauto Holdings Limited, Nord Anglia Education, iKang Healthcare Group, Qunar Cayman Islands Ltd, Zhaopin Limited, and Kongzhong Corporation. Rocco is recognised by Legal 500 as a Next Generation Partner and has been recommended by Legal 500 since 2016.  He has been praised by his clients and peers for his strong technical skills and strategic and commercial acumen. Prior to joining Collas Crill in 2019, Rocco spent six years at another leading law firm in the Cayman Islands.  Before this, he gained valuable practical investment fund experience acting as European Head of Legal Affairs for one of the world’s largest hedge fund service providers.

Partner. Jennifer is a commercial litigator specialising in cross-border insolvency and restructuring . Jennifer has extensive experience advising on various issues arising in complex cross-border insolvencies, most notably arising from her engagement by the provisional liquidators to a number of Lehman Brothers entities in the Asia-Pacific region, and more recently in connection with the liquidation of Caledonian Bank Limited.   Jennifer has assisted in advising on restructurings of SIVs, RMBS vehicles and other structured products adversely affected by the financial and liquidity crises touching on a range of jurisdictions. Related to her insolvency work, Jennifer has regularly advised on matters concerning asset-tracing and recovery. Prior to moving to Cayman, Jennifer worked at Mayer Brown JSM, Hong Kong in their Asian restructuring team. Before moving to Hong Kong in 2012, Jennifer was a senior associate in London specialising in contentious insolvency matters, having joined Mayer Brown International LLP in 2007 following completion of pupillage at South Square Chambers. In addition to her time in private practice, Jennifer has spent extended periods of time on secondment to banking clients in both London and Hong Kong. Notable Engagements: Advising the liquidators of nine Lehman Brothers Hong Kong entities on a range of issues and reported cases arising (2009-2016) Advising the Vietnamese ship building corporation, Vinashin, on issues concerning an English law scheme of arrangement Advising the receivers in restructuring the Golden Key. SIV Advising the liquidity providers of the Cheyne Finance SIV Advising the liquidator of New Cap Reinsurance on an application under s426 Insolvency Act 1986 for the purpose of instigating clawback actions

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Nick is of counsel at Maples and Calder's Dispute Resolution & Insolvency team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. He provides a wide range of advice on international restructurings, contentious and non-contentious insolvency issues, structured finance and derivatives.  He specialises in cross-border insolvency, schemes of arrangement and structuring transactions to mitigate against the risks of insolvency.

Adam is an associate of Maples and Calder's Financial Services Regulation and Dispute Resolution & Insolvency teams in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office.  Adam regularly represents retail and investment banks, trustees, investment funds and other financial institutions.  He has a broad range of litigation experience, with an emphasis on complex, multi-jurisdictional matters involving banking, finance, investment funds, company law and trusts disputes.  Adam's regulatory practice has a particular focus on economic sanctions, but also includes advising on cross border conduct of business, duties of confidentiality, anti-corruption and bribery, licensing, record retention and mandatory reporting and information exchange.  He regularly appears in the Grand Court and Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands.

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Partner, Co-Head of Cayman Islands Litigation & Restructuring

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Partner and Co-Head

Peter is a partner in the dispute resolution and litigation team in the Cayman Islands. He advises on all aspects of insolvency litigation, general banking and commercial litigation and non-contentious insolvency and restructurings.

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Malachi is an associate of Maples and Calder's Dispute Resolution & Insolvency team in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office.  He has extensive experience in commercial litigation and ADR across a broad range of financial and commercial disputes (in a number of jurisdictions), including disputes relating to commercial contracts, partnerships, trust deeds, shareholder agreements, as well as disputes involving banks and other financial institutions.  Malachi is also an experienced advocate; in addition to acting for multi-national clients in international arbitrations, he has also advised clients on litigation arising from cross-border insolvencies.