The Cayman Islands litigation team specialises in complex high value commercial litigation and insolvency, both advocacy and advisory work. The eleven member team is headed by Christopher Russell, an acknowledged leader with many years experience at the English Bar and at the Cayman Bar, and other members of the team have wide experience, either at the Bar in England, or with major City of London or Australian law firms.

The firm is increasingly involved in cross-border litigation, in particular with the U.S., England, Hong Kong and The Peoples’ Republic of China, and in the enforcement of foreign judgments. The team handles many of the highest profile and highest value commercial disputes coming before the Cayman Islands Courts.

Services

• Corporate insolvency and winding up, compulsory and voluntary; corporate re-structuring.
  
  
• Hedge fund disputes, and restructuring; claims by investors and creditors.
  
  
• Corporate disputes; claims by and against directors, auditors and professional service providers, in particular in the Hedge Fund context.
  
  
• Shareholder disputes and claims, including derivative actions.
  
  
• Cross-border commercial disputes.
  
  
• Asset tracing; recovery and injunctions.
  
  
• Enforcement of foreign judgments.
  
  
• Trust litigation; claims by and against beneficiaries and trustees, and protectors, foreign judgment creditors’ access to Cayman trust assets of the debtor; Hastings-Bass applications.
  
  
• Professional negligence, in particular lawyers, auditors, accountants and valuers.
  
  
• Insurance disputes.
  
  
• Alternative Dispute Resolution (Arbitration and Mediation).
  
  
• Partnership disputes and insolvency.
  
  
• Banking and finance litigation.
  
  
• Judicial review of administrative decisions.
  
  
• Property disputes.