Described as willing to ‘move heaven and earth to deliver for clients’, the insolvency and dispute practice at Walkers routinely handles a broad range of cross-border contentious proceedings, encompassing insurance, insolvency and commercial litigation. Practice co-head Kevin Taylor frequently takes on cases before the Supreme Court of Bermuda and the Bermuda Court of Appeal, specialising in commercial disputes involving high-value asset recovery work, corporate governance issues and liquidation proceedings. Fellow co-head Peter Dunlop has notable experience in complex insurance arbitrations, often with a multi-jurisdictional dimension. The team also benefits from experienced commercial litigation, insolvency and trusts disputes lawyer Steven White; senior associate Nicholas Howard, who has a strong background in public law and commercial disputes matters; and associate Izabella Arnold, who is noted for her ’encyclopedic knowledge’.

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Testimonials

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‘A strong team across the whole range of capabilities, specialisms and skill sets which collaborates and works well to provide a seamless excellent service to the client.’
‘Peter Dunlop, partner, is a punchy litigator with strong adversarial skills a very good strategic and tactical nous and very sound judgment upon whom clients can rely with confidence.'
‘I have found the Walkers team extremely easy to work with. They are collaborative, quick to volunteer solutions and to take full ownership of matters. They approach the matter in an innovative way, proposing clear strategic thinking and guidance. The team clearly works well together and is able to draw on the wider expertise of the Walkers' office to support, where needed and in the best interests of the client.'
‘I have worked extensively with Peter Dunlop. He has an impressive and extensive knowledge of the Bermudan litigation procedural rules, is proactive and great to work with. His wide experience of litigation in Bermuda is invaluable when litigating in the Bermudan courts.'
'Peter Dunlop has been ably supported throughout by Izabella Arnold who is great to work with, performs well above her years and is destined to go onto great things at the Bermudan Bar. Her drafting is exceptional, and she has a complete and encyclopedic knowledge of the file.’
‘Peter Dunlop is an exceptional leader, who is a pleasure to work with and who makes great use of his associates and the people around him. He really builds a team and develops others. I would recommend him to anyone, and be 100% confident they would thank me!’
‘A strong team from top to bottom.’
‘Peter Dunlop and Izabella Arnold are responsive and tactically astute.’

Key clients

Credit Suisse Life (Bermuda)
Alvarez Marsal Asia Limited
Athene Holding Ltd.
BlockFi International Ltd.
CITGO Petroleum Corporation
Bermuda Monetary Authority
Credit Suisse Insurance Linked Strategies Limited
Deloitte Advisory Ltd
EY (Bermuda) Ltd and EY (Cayman) Ltd
Hong Kong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC)
Jewel Bank
Norwegian Cruise Lines
PriceWaterhouseCoopers
Princess Cruise Lines
Shandong Steel
Teneo Bermuda
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Work highlights

Represented BlockFi International Ltd. in relation to the ongoing restructuring of the BlockFi group of companies being primarily conducted out of the US Chapter 11 proceedings.
Advised the joint provisional liquidators of Genting Hong Kong Limited and Dream Cruises Holding Limited on a significant insolvency in the cruise ship industry.
Represented Credit Suisse Life (Bermuda) Limited in the appeal of a damages judgment to pay $607m to bank client after the Chief Justice ruled in March 2022 that CSLB had turned a “blind eye” to a convicted fraudster's misuse of money.