Biography

Litigation

• Advising on litigation strategy for disputes involving Cayman-registered entities and mining assets in West Africa, including potential winding-up proceedings, freezing injunctions, and receivership.
• Acting on a judicial review matter in the BVI.
• Acting on a large BVI arbitration involving a multi-jurisdictional shareholder dispute.
• Advising on a contentious regulatory matter involving funds in the Cayman Islands.

Liquidation and Restructuring

• Advising on aspects of the high profile crypto liquidation, Three Arrows Capital.
• Acting as BVI counsel for the joint liquidators on the restructuring of a high value multi-national shipping group.
• Acting for the shareholders of the Washington Special Opportunity Fund in highly contested winding up proceedings in the Cayman Islands.
• Advising the liquidators of an international hotels and resorts group across 17 different jurisdictions.
• Acting for a US bank on the winding up of two Cayman funds.
• Advising on the high profile restructuring of General Healthcare Group, UK’s largest private hospital group, which includes 35 hospitals and debt of circa £2.1 billion.
• Advising on two complex and contentious European bank insolvencies with interests in the Cayman Islands.
• Advising on the Cayman law aspects of a complex global restructuring for a North African oil services group.

Asset Recovery and Shareholder Disputes

• Advising on a multi-jurisdictional default in relation to bonds worth over €300 million and the movement of assets beyond the reach of creditors.
• Advising on asset recovery in relation to digital currency assets stolen in a hacking event.
• Advising a privately held oil services business in east Africa in relation to a series of purported share transfers.
• Advising Indian, African and Middle Eastern family offices on the recovering of assets.

British Virgin Islands
2013

Cayman Islands
2012

England & Wales
2008

Ireland
2005

New York
2005

Trinity College (LLB)
2000