The Chief Justice, The Hon. Justice Margaret Ramsay-Hale, was called to the Jamaican Bar in 1991. After qualifying, she worked in private practice as an attorney-at-law and as a crown prosecutor before being appointed to the Bench in 1995 as Judge of the Family Court in St. James, Jamaica.
Between 1998 and 2011, she served as Magistrate and Chief Magistrate of the Cayman Islands. She was instrumental in establishing problem-solving courts that deal with domestic violence and provide treatment-based alternatives to criminal sanctions for persons with serious mental illness and substance use disorders who have come into conflict with the law and is committed to pursuing evidence-based initiatives in the justice sector.
In 2011, she was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of the Turks and Caicos Islands, the first woman to hold the post. In another first, she was appointed Chief Justice of the Turks and Caicos Islands and remained in that post until she returned to the Cayman Islands in 2020. In 2022, in yet another historically significant appointment, Ramsay-Hale was appointed Chief Justice of the Cayman Islands, the first woman to hold that office. She sits in every division of the Grand Court, including the Financial Services Division.
Chief Justice Ramsay-Hale is also an Honorary Bencher of Gray’s Inn.
Throughout her distinguished career, she has been involved in legal education and judicial training. She served for 10 years at the Cayman Islands Law School as a part-time lecturer in criminal law, and is a frequent speaker at local, regional and international conferences and seminars.
Beyond her legal and judicial work, Chief Justice Ramsay-Hale has been deeply committed to community service. She has been an honorary member of the Rotary Club in the Cayman Islands for over 20 years and chaired the mentoring organisation, Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Cayman Islands for a decade.
She read economics at the London School of Economics, and law at the University of the West Indies, obtaining her Certificate of Legal Education at the Norman Manley Law School in October of 1991.
She is a devoted mother of three.

The Hon. Justice Asif has been a judge of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands since 1 January 2024. He is authorised to sit in all divisions but currently sits in both the Financial Services Division and the Civil Division. Prior to accepting a judicial appointment, Justice Asif was in independent practice as a barrister in London, at 4 New Square Chambers, from 1989 to 2011, specialising in in professional negligence, clinical negligence and personal injury, insurance claims and product liability – mainly related to pharmaceutical products and medical devices. He was appointed as Queen’s Counsel in 2010. In 2011, Justice Asif joined the American law firm, Kobre & Kim, initially working in their London office and moving to their Cayman Islands’ office in 2014. He undertook a wide range of commercial disputes and international judgment and arbitration award enforcement work at Kobre & Kim.

Justice Asif has a strong scientific and mathematical background, and has been an early adopter of technology throughout his life. He is looking forward to seeing how the use of AI develops across the legal profession in the next few years.

Jose Carrizo is a Partner and heads the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department of the firm leading a team that advises clients extensively in the area of commercial litigation, corporate dispute resolution and criminal law. Mr. Carrizo has been involved in complex matters, especially in the fields of civil, criminal, administrative, commercial, banking, insolvency and insurance law.

Andrew specialises in all aspects of Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands international wealth structuring for individuals and financial institutions.

He is well recognised with awards and distinctions, including a STEP Founder's Award and being named in the 2023 Private Client Global Elite; a "Leading Individual" in Who's Who Legal 2023; as "highly praised" in Chambers High Net Worth 2024; as "a seasoned professional" in the IFLR1000 2023 and he is named in the 2022 Citiwealth 100 International Private Client Litigation Lawyers.

Legal 500 Caribbean 2024 notes that he is the "go-to lawyer for any
trust related matters under the laws of the Cayman Islands".

Spencer Vickers

Co-Chairperson of RISA Cayman

Spencer is a Co-Chairperson of RISA Cayman. RISA Cayman is the INSOL chapter for the Cayman Islands and has over 400 members.  Focusing on delivering educational and networking events, RISA Cayman’s mandate is to investigate and share best practices amongst industry practitioners in the fields of insolvency, restructuring and litigation.

Outside of his role at RISA Cayman, Spencer is a Partner in the Cayman Islands Litigation & Restructuring team at Conyers.  He has over a decade of experience advising clients on a range of insolvency, restructuring and cross-border litigation matters, including regulatory disputes. This includes frequently advising insolvency practitioners, creditors of distressed entities and shareholders.  Spencer is an experienced advocate, appearing before the Grand Court and Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands on a regular basis.

Aurélie Conrad Hari co-heads the Litigation practice of Bär & Karrer. She has a broad experience in handlingcomplex multi-jurisdictional disputes in fi nancial, banking and commercial disputes. She also specializes in privateclients' assistance and representation.
Her practice encompasses shareholders' and employment disputes, insolvency as well as asset recovery, with therecognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards. She also frequently acts as counselrepresenting parties in commercial arbitration related to various industries, eg, sale, distribution, agency,construction (including power plants) and energy. Additionally, she conducts internal investigation on specifi c factfi ndings and compliance issues upon instructions from clients or supervisory authorities.
Aurélie Conrad Hari is a regular speaker and publisher on topics of her expertise. She is co-chair of the offi cers ofthe commissions committee and member of the Extended Bureau of the International Young Lawyers Associationand chairs the Expert Forum on Dispute Resolution established by the Geneva Bar Association in 2017.
Who's Who Legal lists her as a leading lawyer in litigation, asset recovery and as a future leader in arbitration. Sheis also recognized by Chambers and Partners and Legal500 for her litigation practice as well as by Leaders League,the Global Elite Private Client Directory as well as Citywealth where she is featured in in the IFC Powerwomen Top200 since 2018.

Graeme heads the Firm's Private Wealth Disputes team. He advises trustees, executors and beneficiaries in relation to a broad range of disputes. Graeme is recognised in the legal directories as a leader in contentious trust and estates matters. He practises in both domestic and international trust and succession disputes - recent cases have involved parties located in multiple onshore and offshore jurisdictions around the world. Graeme regularly works alongside his colleagues in the family and private client teams on complex multi-jurisdictional issues. He also has a growing practice in IFA disputes and handles fraud and professional negligence cases relating to trust, tax and succession matters.

Graeme has been recognised in WWL: Thought Leaders Private Client 2024.

Graeme is admitted to practise in England and Wales.

Brian Simms KC is the Senior Partner of the firm and the head of its Litigation and Insolvency & Restructuring Groups. He is one of the Bahamas’ leading advocates and has vast experience in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, in addition to having appeared a number of times in the Privy Council.

He was made a Queen’s Counsel in 2009 and is instructed in the most substantial Bahamian and international offshore cases.  

Consistently ranked in Band 1 by Chambers Global and Chambers High-Net-Worth, Brian is praised for the quality of his work and expertise in commercial litigation, trust disputes, insolvency and fraud cases. He is described by clients as “a top offshore Silk” and “the best litigation lawyer in the Bahamas”.

Alison is head of our Guernsey Insolvency & Dispute Resolution Practice Group. She has considerable experience in trust, contentious probate as well as general corporate disputes.

I am a partner in the Dispute Resolution team. My practice focuses on domestic and cross-border litigation and dispute resolution.

At the trial level, Nick has recovered nearly a billion dollars for his clients. His clients have avoided claims for many hundred millions more through successful defense verdicts or arbitration awards. Nick also argued and won at the United States Supreme Court in Yegiazaryan v. Smagin, a case about an international RICO conspiracy to prevent enforcement of a $150 million arbitration award.

Nick’s success has been widely recognized. He was named as a 2023 40 Under 40 honoree by Bloomberg News. He is also one of just a dozen finalists for the National Law Journal’s Winning Litigator award, which honors the most significant nationwide victories in 2022 and 2023.

Quentin is a partner of Maples and Calder’s Dispute Resolution & Insolvency team in the Maples Group’s Cayman Islands office. His practice covers all aspects of financial/commercial disputes (including investment fund disputes and distressed situations), technology disputes (including trade secret, software, licensing, and IP), commercial litigation, arbitration, and restructuring matters. He also has extensive experience in relation to family offices and advising ultra high net worth individuals on contentious trusts matters.

Quentin joined the Maples Group in 2021.  He previously was a barrister in both London and Australia.

Clients in Legal 500 describe him as ‘highly intelligent and gets straight to the point’ and ‘very down to earth and practical, seeing the big picture as well as the detail, and a pleasure to deal with.’ 

James practices commercial litigation, arbitration and ADR and has specific expertise in complex litigation, high value asset recovery, enforcement and financial services litigation.

He has resolved business critical disputes before the DIFC, onshore UAE and English Courts and under the rules of the Dubai International Arbitration Centre (DIAC), the Abu Dhabi Commercial Conciliation and Arbitration Centre (ADCCAC), the ICC Court of Arbitration, the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), and the DIFC-LCIA.

Sharif is a Tier 1 Commercial Chancery Silk and a former economist and derivatives trader. The breadth and depth of his practice is such that he is recognised in eight practice areas in Chambers & Partners UK Bar, six practice areas in Legal 500 and five practice areas in Chambers Global. As a former investment banker, he has market-leading expertise in banking and financial services (including regulatory matters) and valuation disputes. He is well known in the market as a court advocate and arbitration counsel in commercial, banking and finance, company, insolvency, partnership and commercial fraud litigation. He has been involved in some of the largest commercial disputes in recent years (see in particular, the Hewlett-Packard/Autonomy and The Republic of Mozambique/Credit Suisse litigation). Sharif has a particular specialism in cross-examining experts on complex financial products or valuation issues.

James is a litigation partner resident in New York and Washington. He focuses his practice on international disputes and cross-border enforcement and asset recovery, representing clients in a broad range of international and domestic conflicts before US courts and arbitral tribunals. A significant portion of his practice includes the enforcement of arbitral awards and foreign judgments against sovereign and commercial entities in the US and globally. James also has experience in multi-jurisdictional asset recovery proceedings involving allegations of fraud.

Josh Rievman specializes in the litigation and arbitration of commercial disputes. Josh has successfully represented clients in jury and non-jury trials in New York State and federal courts, in state and federal appellate proceedings and in arbitration locally and internationally. Josh also counsels employees and employers with respect to separation, onboarding and internal investigations, as well as claims for discrimination and retaliation.
Josh represents clients on a broad range of issues, including in actions arising out of domestic and international commercial transactions, breach of contract, breach of fiduciary duty, unfair competition, licensing, products liability, trademark, securities, partnerships, banking transactions, transportation, technology, professional sports contracts and bankruptcy.

Tatiana leverages high-level experience in international, comparative, and human rights law to assist clients in avoiding, navigating, and resolving complex, cross-border disputes primarily involving investments in emerging markets, space and satellite technology, and renewable energies.

Named to “DC's Power Women of Law” List by DCA Live (2024), Tatiana specializes in developing a comprehensive understanding of her clients’ business goals and needs to craft tailored strategies to win high-stakes, bet-the-company litigations and arbitrations, adhere to internal and external stakeholder expectations, and avoid incurring reputational or operational risk.

Prior to joining Wiley, Tatiana served as a Legal Adviser to Judge Rosemary Barkett on the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal in the Hague, advising on complex, politically sensitive state-to-state cases, and as a law clerk to the Honorable M. Margaret McKeown, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.

Scott Berman has a varied practice in complex commercial disputes, particularly in securities, investment fund, and bankruptcy litigation. He regularly handles matters involving securities fraud, common law fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of contract, fraudulent conveyance, and other claims arising from complex transactions.

Scott represents both plaintiffs and defendants in state and federal courts, including at trial and arbitration, and has significant experience handling cross-border disputes. He also acts as an arbitrator in cases involving financial disputes and has twenty years of experience serving as a mediator.

Nina Marino co-founded Kaplan Marino, PC with partner Richard Kaplan in 1998 to create a platform for the firm's then-burgeoning white-collar practice. Since then, Nina has devoted her practice exclusively to white-collar and complex criminal defense achieving global recognition for her successful representation of individuals. Nina Marino recognized by Chambers USA, says, “Nina Marino has cultivated an excellent reputation in the market for her skillful representation of senior executives in white-collar criminal litigation.”.” Forbes Advisor says, “Nina Marino is frequently recognized as one of the best criminal defense attorneys in California.” Clients say, "she is dogged in getting to the bottom of things, but she's smart and flexible. She is very focused on her clients' interests, and she is really top-notch.”

Jolie is a Partner in Wiggin and Dana’s Litigation Department and Health Care Practice Group. Jolie is a seasoned litigator, former federal prosecutor, and skilled negotiator with extensive experience in health care investigations, litigation, and alternative dispute resolution. Her practice focuses on representing and advising clients regarding federal investigations, internal investigations, and in complex civil litigation, including civil rights, contractual disputes, and guardianship proceedings.

Previously, Jolie served for almost a decade as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Eastern District of New York, including as Chief of Healthcare Fraud. Drawing upon her background in investigating and prosecuting fraud matters, Jolie now represents clients in investigations and at trials, arbitrations and mediations.  

Ian Herbert represents global companies, executives, and trustees through government investigations and related litigation. Mr. Herbert has handled all aspects of multi-jurisdictional investigations, including complex legal analysis, global litigation strategy, and factual development. A member of the firm's Trust and Family Office and Anti-Money Laundering practice groups, Mr. Herbert has experience advising both individuals and entities, including multinational corporations, offshore trustees and financial services companies on a range of issues, including foreign bribery, tax fraud, and other financial crimes. 

As a former Senior Trial Counsel at the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC), he was entrusted with some of the most sophisticated and noteworthy cases that the federal government prosecuted in the last decade. During his nine year tenure at the SEC, he earned multiple awards for exemplary service and served as first chair for numerous trials. This included acting as lead counsel in the litigation against Wing Chau and Harding Advisory LLC - relating to CDO asset selection in the run-up to the financial crisis - resulting in a major conviction against one of the characters lampooned in the film “The Big Short.”  Howard was also the lead trial counsel in the prosecution of Kareem Serageldin, another figure referenced in “The Big Short”, involving the mismarking of certain mortgage-backed assets, by Credit Suisse, in the wake of the financial crisis.

Katherine R. Catanese assists troubled companies facing critical points in their businesses in solving problems related to financial distress and restructuring. She also represents investors and other parties in fraud-based litigation arising in the insolvency space. She is a partner and vice chair in the firm’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring Group, as well as a member of the Bankruptcy and Health Care Restructuring sub team.

Katie effectively and efficiently handles various cross-border fraud matters. She represents companies, investors, and hedge funds — both onshore and offshore — in bankruptcy ligation including involuntary bankruptcies and Chapter 15 bankruptcies. In this regard, she is skilled in litigating jurisdiction, fraudulent transfer, alter ego, and related litigation involving the intersection between U.S. and offshore entities. She assisted in filing an involuntary petition for a group of hedge fund creditors and then assisted in procuring a settlement in that bankruptcy that resolved over a dozen lawsuits in the U.S. and offshore and is liquidating the remaining hedge fund assets. See In re Stillwater Asset Backed Offshore Fund, Ltd., 485 B.R. 498 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2013) (where the court granted the involuntary petition against an offshore fund whose creditors were offered ineffective DIKs).

Joel Cohen has over two decades of experience in the dispute, forensic, and insolvency practice areas, most specifically focused in the financial services and asset management industries. His experience encompasses a number of significant cross-border insolvency and litigation matters, where he has served as financial advisor and consulting expert to fiduciaries, court-appointed receivers, monitors, offshore liquidators, bankruptcy, and litigation trustees. He has assisted these clients in a variety of litigation consulting services, including asset tracing, fraud, Ponzi schemes, industry custom and practice for investment managers, and forensic analysis. Joel has also led several internal investigations within the context of family office, investment advisors, and various corporate structures.

Paige is a senior associate in the Dispute Resolution Group in New York.

Her practice focuses on commercial and investor-State arbitrations, as well as on litigation in the United States (including, but not limited to, arbitration-related litigation).  She advises clients in a wide variety of sectors, including financial services, oil and gas, mining, and manufacturing, and has acted in arbitrations under ICSID, UNCITRAL, ICC, AAA, and ICDR rules.

She has been recognized as a Rising Star by Legal500, has received the 2024 Lexology Client Choice Award for Litigation and the 2023 Women In Business Law Arbitration Rising Star Award.  She is an editor of the Kluwer Arbitration Blog.

Paige received her JD cum laude from Harvard Law School and her BA magna cum laude from Tufts University.  She speaks English and French fluently and is admitted to practice in New York and several federal courts in the United States

Marcus Dearle is a 26-year veteran of Withers in London and Hong Kong (1990-2016) and has over 35 years of experience acting in complex domestic and international family law cases. Marcus has specialist expertise, in particular, acting for trustees in HNW and UHNW divorce and trust cases, advising on HNW and UHNW pre- and post-nuptial agreements (PNAs) and dealing with international divorce litigation involving PNAs and trusts. He has recognised pioneering expertise in international surrogacy law and medico-legal/fertility law issues.

Lucas Moore has represented high net worth individuals, funds, banks and corporates in international litigation and arbitration for 20 years. Lucas’ practice includes claims arising in financial services, international trade, trust, fraud, contentious insolvency, corporate governance/shareholder issues and reputational issues.

Damián Vallejo is a partner at Dunning Rievman & MacDonald LLP in New York. He is a dispute resolution attorney with experience in civil and common-law legal systems, and represents clients in investment treaty and international commercial arbitrations conducted under the major international arbitration rules. Damián also represents clients on commercial disputes before US courts and advises on arbitration-related litigation matters and the enforcement and challenge of arbitral awards. He also acts as due diligence counsel for funds involved in litigation and arbitration finance, and acts as arbitrator.

Damián is an adjunct professor at Fordham Law School in New York and currently serves as the Vice President of the New York and Washington, D.C. Chapter of the Spanish Arbitration Club. He is a member of the Chartered Instituted of Arbitrators (CIArb) and of the European Chinese Arbitrators Association (ECCA).

Matt Kaiser, a partner at Kaiser PLLC and former assistant federal public defender, represents clients in white collar criminal matters and represents lawyers and their clients in legal ethics matters. In his white-collar practice, Matt frequently represents clients in white-collar, political, and cross border investigations. In his ethics practice, Matt brings claims against law firms on behalf of commercial clients, serves as an expert witness, and advises lawyers and law firms. Matt has been recognized by Chambers and Legal 500, among others. He is an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown University Law Center, a co-Chair of the Criminal Law Committee of the International Bar Association, and a past President of the Bar Association of DC.

Jose Carrizo is a Partner and heads the Litigation and Dispute Resolution Department of the firm leading a team that advises clients extensively in the area of commercial litigation, corporate dispute resolution and criminal law. Mr. Carrizo has been involved in complex matters, especially in the fields of civil, criminal, administrative, commercial, banking, insolvency and insurance law.

Zack Bluestone’s practice focuses on commercial litigation and asset recovery, as well as judgment enforcement, including matters with cross-border components.

Zack represents plaintiffs and defendants in all manners of commercial litigation, and with an emphasis on creditor’s rights, including fraud and fraudulent transfers, business disputes, and contentious real estate matters. Zack’s clients include public and private credit insurers, such as the U.S. Export-Import Bank, and other quasi-governmental and private export credit agencies in Europe and Asia, as well as publicly traded companies, real estate developers, small and medium sized businesses, and high net worth individuals.

As a seasoned litigator, Zack advises clients on complex disputes in court proceedings and arbitration. Recent successful engagements include a complete victory on behalf of a D.C.-based commercial real estate developer where he obtained dismissal, with prejudice, of a nine-count lawsuit demanding $21 million in damages, pursuing claims of fraud, misrepresentation, and breach of contract. Zack also successfully executed on a judgment, based on a California arbitral award against the U.S. assets of a leading Spanish wine distributor. Zack led the team seizing nearly $2 million before the monies could be channeled out of the U.S.

Alissa Nann focuses her practice on corporate bankruptcy and restructuring, offering practical business solutions for entities and individuals impacted by distress-related situations. She represents parties on all sides of a bankruptcy — debtors, creditors and creditors’ committees, secured lenders, estate fiduciaries, and purchasers of distressed assets — both in chapter 11 and out-of-court workouts. She has significant experience with bankruptcy-related litigation, both in the U.S. and internationally, including representing liquidators in chapter 15 bankruptcy cases, in cross-border litigations involving fraud and insolvency issues, and in related asset-tracing and recovery. Alissa also counsels companies on bankruptcy alternatives such as private sales, dissolutions, and structured wind downs.

Prior to joining Foley, Alissa served as a law clerk to the Hon. Shelley C. Chapman (ret.), United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Southern District of New York.

Andrea E. Smith is a partner in the New York office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and admitted to practice in both New York and California. Ms. Smith Co-Chairs Gibson Dunn’s Transnational Litigation Practice Group and is a member of the firm’s International Arbitration, Environmental Litigation and Mass Tort, Class Action and Appellate Practice Groups.

Ms. Smith is a high-stakes trial lawyer whose victories include billion dollar matters in both international and domestic forums. Her international work spans Central, South and North America at both the trial and appellate levels. Domestically, she represents clients in an array of industries nationwide, including oil and gas, food and agriculture, aerospace, technology, accounting, real estate and financial services. She has also served as trial counsel for state and local governments.

Charlene focuses her practice on international arbitration and multi-jurisdictional cross-border disputes. She enforces arbitral awards and foreign judgments in US courts and coordinates global asset recovery campaigns against sovereign and non-sovereign debtors. She is fluent in matters involving foreign sovereign immunity and other complex jurisdictional issues that arise when litigating foreign disputes in US courts. She has substantial experience with discovery under 28 U.S.C. § 1782 and other litigation tools in aid of foreign disputes. 

Charlene also represents clients in a broad range of contract and treaty-based conflicts in arbitration, including energy sector disputes that involve parties from Latin America, Europe and Asia. She advises clients concerning dispute risk related to foreign direct investment in developing nations. 

Charlene has spoken and published articles on issues related to sovereign immunity, the enforcement of arbitral awards, arbitral jurisdiction and other issues relevant to international arbitration and cross-border litigation.

Matthew is a commercial and insurance litigator and is experienced in a wide variety of commercial dispute resolution areas including: shareholder disputes; banking; financial markets (including ISDA transactions); fraud; contractual disputes; international sale of goods and commodities disputes; regulatory and investigatory work. Matthew also handles reputation, privacy and defamation issues for a range of high profile clients.

Matthew has advised on and conducted arbitrations under the arbitral rules of several institutions including UNCITRAL, LCIA, ICC, LMAA, LME and OHADA.

He acts for underwriters, brokers and insureds on the Lloyd’s, London and international markets. Matthew has acted as coverage and defence counsel in respect of, inter alia, D&O and fidelity policies. He also has substantial experience of bringing and defending solicitors’, accountants’, tax advisers', architects’ and insurance brokers’ negligence claims.

Matthew’s work often has an international element and he has advised clients across numerous territories in Europe, former Soviet Union, North America, Asia, Middle East, Africa and Latin America.

Matthew speaks fluent Spanish and Portuguese.

Emily is an experienced litigator recognized for her wide-ranging white-collar expertise, with notable strength in healthcare and securities cases as well as all types of government investigations. She also maintains a dynamic practice representing and strategically advising companies and individuals in complex civil litigation involving healthcare, business, and environmental litigation, as well as administrative and regulatory matters.

Emily’s recent experience includes representation of potential defendants in federal environmental, cybersecurity, medical billing, public corruption, export compliance, and tax fraud investigations, and successful plea negotiation for a client facing up to thirty years in prison for federal wire and bank fraud charges resulting in a sentence of probation and home confinement. She also regularly negotiates business resolutions in complex civil cases with millions of dollars at stake, defends doctors, dentists, and nurses before state disciplinary boards, and has helped students accused of academic, behavioral, and other infractions resolve situations with the administrative and academic conduct boards.

Shaul is a partner at BCL specialising in business crime and regulatory enforcement. Recommended in Chambers UK, Chambers HNW and The Legal 500, he is also ranked as an expert in Who’s Who Legal (Business Crime Defence and Investigations) and is listed by Global Investigations Review as one of the world’s leading young investigations specialists.

Shaul specialises in acting for individuals and companies in complex cross-border matters. He has extensive experience advising on multi-jurisdictional corruption and fraud investigations, asset recovery proceedings (in the UK and overseas), and extradition proceedings (in particular, politically motivated requests). He has acted in numerous high-profile investigations and prosecutions brought by the SFO and many other UK and overseas enforcement authorities.

Henrique Forssell is one of the founding partners of DFA, with extensive experience in advising trustees, foreign liquidators and financial institutions in the identification of bankruptcy and banking frauds of national repercussion. Over the last ten years, he has been apointed by several judicial authorities to some of the most relevant proceedings of international recovery of assets in Brazil. Since 2011 he has been a member of FraudNet, an organization established by the International Chamber of Commerce that selects highly qualified and experienced lawyers in recovery of assets in each country. He was named as a reference lawyer in Brazil in the area of recovery of defrauded assets by English magazine Who’s Who Legal. He is also a member of INSOL (International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals).

Alex Stolyar prosecutes and defends high-stakes breach-of-fiduciary-duty and contractual disputes. He has diverse experience representing both plaintiffs and defendants in all phases of complex commercial litigation in state and federal courts, as well as alternative dispute resolution proceedings.

Alex focuses his practice on disputes between majority and minority shareholders, limited and general partners, founders and investors, joint venturers, trustees and beneficiaries, and other principals and their fiduciaries. He also advises nonprofit and corporate directors regarding their fiduciary obligations, and is a sought after speaker on fiduciary duties.

Throughout his career, Alex’s clients have included Fortune 500 companies, a major foreign government and multiple international conglomerates. He has litigated cases in jurisdictions across the country involving a broad range of legal issues, including breach of contract, fraud, RICO, trademark and copyright infringement, probate and commercial real estate disputes.

Most recently, Alex defended the former trustees of a $500 million trust in connection with surcharge claims for alleged breach of fiduciary obligations during their administration of the trust. In addition, he prosecuted a $50 million lawsuit against an international hotel management company for breaches of its fiduciary obligations to one of its principals.

Alex has also represented clients, including major Russian and European oil companies, in multiple international litigations involving various jurisdictional, cross-border discovery, and complex conflict of laws issues. Alex serves as the Co-Chair of the Firm’s Cross-Border Discovery Practice Group.

Alex has served on the board of directors for the Beverly Hills Bar Association and is one of the founders of the Los Angeles East European Bar Association. He is also a contributing author to California Business Litigation, a two-volume attorney’s handbook published by Continuing Education of the Bar.

Dr. Alexander Amann LL.M. (UCLA) is founder and owner of Amann Partners Attorneys at Law.  He is specialized in asset recovery, private enforcement, collective redress, unfair competition law, criminal law, and litigation funding matters.  Dr. Amann represents individual clients in high stake asset recovery disputes but also thousands of victims in various investors and consumer damages cases in Liechtenstein, Austria and Switzerland.

Lynsey Barron is a Chambers USA-ranked attorney in Atlanta, Georgia specializing in white-collar criminal defense and appeals. She is a former Assistant United States Attorney who specialized in financial fraud and public corruption crimes. She also has an active internal investigations practice. 

Before starting her own law practice in 2021, she was a partner at the law firm Miller & Martin PLLC and head of the firm's white collar criminal defense practice. She spent several years in Jones Day's Atlanta office practicing white collar criminal defense and commercial litigation. In addition to her Big Law experience, Lynsey was in-house counsel for United Parcel Service (UPS), where she managed compliance, investigations, data privacy, and cyber security. She has significant experience managing internal investigations; ethics and compliance issues including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S. (CFIUS), and international trade regulation and compliance. 

Lynsey is also a Visiting Assistant Professor of Practice at Emory University School of Law where she teaches White Collar Crime, Federal Criminal Practice, and Sentencing Law and Policy. She clerked for Judge Beverly B. Martin on the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. 

Dr. Hannes Arnold is senior partner of GASSER PARTNER Rechtsanwälte, formerly Batliner Gasser, one of the leading law firms in Liechtenstein and a Chambers Global top tier firm, which was established in 1954.
Dr. Arnold is admitted to the Liechtenstein and Austrian Bar and specializes in Corporate Law, Company Law as well as banking and financial markets law. He advises high net worth individuals in a variety of estate planning, asset structuring and litigation matters. Dr. Arnold has handled complex asset tracing endeavours and enforcement of international judgements with respect to Liechtenstein structures and has broad experience in challenging and defending Liechtenstein private wealth structures in international and cross border litigation and arbitration.

Marcelo Lucidi is experienced both in the transnational area, in projects of reorganization and purchase of publicly and closely-held companies, and in strategic civil litigation with a focus on insolvency. He has advised investors in the purchase of assets and Isolated Production Units of companies in judicial reorganization or under bankruptcy regime. In the area of international recovery of assets, he advises financial institutions, trustees and a variety of creditors in identifying and recovering assets diverted as a result of bankruptcy and capital markets frauds in Brazil and abroad.

Piers Plumptre is an English qualified partner working in the London office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher. Piers is a member of the Dispute Resolution and International Arbitration Groups.

Piers’s practice includes international arbitration and enforcement, complex commercial litigation, financial services disputes, and international fraud and white-collar crime. Piers’ arbitration practice encompasses both commercial and investor-state cases, under all major institutional rules. The cases Piers handles are almost exclusively multi-jurisdictional, and he is admitted to practice in the BVI as well as England and Wales. Fitting that pattern, Piers regularly acts for clients seeking to enforce judgments and arbitral awards, in the English courts and elsewhere. He has a particular expertise in cases involving states and state-owned entities.

Benoît specialises in litigation, including civil, criminal and regulatory litigation before all Swiss courts and authorities. He represents HNWIs, corporate clients as well as foreign States.

Recommended for his “strong technical knowledge” (Legal 500, EMEA) Benoît acts in both domestic and cross-border/international commercial disputes and fraud litigation, typically dealing with both the civil and criminal litigation streams. An important aspect of this is formulating an efficient litigation strategy to maximise respective benefits, also providing external communication support when needed. He notably has vast experience representing victims of financial crimes before Swiss criminal authorities for asset recovery purposes.

Benoît also has a keen interest in asset recovery and insolvency matters as well as enforcement proceedings. He regularly domesticates foreign judgments, awards and orders, particularly in cross-border insolvency matters. Where required, he also advises on asset protection strategies before, during and after litigation.

Admitted to practice law in the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong and Australia, Robert True specializes in large, multi-jurisdictional dispute projects, particularly those concerning financial services, fraud and insolvency. Inherent in Robert’s work is the need to build strong co-counsel relationships with local firms-of-record, to balance often competing local-law considerations and to develop and implement a cogent case theory in concurrent suits.

Robert’s clients are often the liquidators of failed investment vehicles, as well as listed and private companies. He also acts for financiers and private equity, and is experienced in both plaintiff and defendant litigation work.

Notable past cases include acting for liquidators of the US$2.6B Canadian listed Sino Forest Corporation fraud in proceedings brought against valuers for negligence in Singapore, against wrongdoers in Canada and against auditors and dishonest assisters in Hong Kong, and for the liquidators of the GFC era Weavering Macro Fixed Income Fund in proceedings for fraud and negligence brought against auditors in the Cayman Islands.

An internationally renowned leader in high-profile, cross-border cases – focusing on OFAC Sanctions, CFIUS, the FCPA, and global asset recovery and due diligence – Robert Appleton advises and defends international and U.S. companies, organizations and individuals in sensitive government investigations, before US regulatory bodies and criminal litigation. Robert is a highly accomplished OFAC Sanctions leader and focuses on recent Russia and China sanctions.

Robert is known for his skill in assisting clients with complex cross-border international challenges and potential issues with U.S. regulators – US Treasury Department (OFAC), Department of Commerce (DOC), Bureau of Industry & Security (BIS), Department of Justice (DOJ) and Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Robert has steep OFAC Treasury sanctions experience and regularly represents clients before the DOJ, the US Treasury Department, Commerce and the SEC. Robert routinely represents clients to gain CFIUS approvals for “covered” transactions and regularly makes and supports CFIUS filings on behalf of clients in consultation with the Olshan M&A team.

Tomislav Šunjka is the founder and principal of ŠunjkaLaw, an independent, specialized law firm in Serbia focused on asset tracing and recovery. With a robust background in business law, Tomislav’s deep understanding of transactions, bank transfers, and financial arrangements gives his asset recovery practice a unique edge. Recognized as a leading authority in complex investigations and litigation, he combines strategic thinking with an unwavering focus, delivering unrivaled expertise to every case.
Tomislav’s extensive knowledge of foreign and extraterritorial anti-corruption laws solidifies his role as a top-tier expert in international contexts. His skills as an extraordinary case manager make him highly sought after for multi-jurisdictional cases, with clients engaging him even beyond Serbian borders. He represents victims of financial fraud and is adept in cases of bankruptcy, financial crime, and corruption, as well as civil and commercial disputes, high-level political and business crimes related to anti-corruption and asset recovery.
Mr. Šunjka is the founding Co-chair of the International Bar Association (IBA) Asset Recovery Committee and an elected member of the IBA Legal Practice Division (LPD) Council. A certified auditor in ISO standards 37001 (Anti-bribery) and 37301 (Compliance), he collaborates with renowned organizations such as the UNCITRAL Working Group on Asset Recovery in Insolvency, the World Bank Stolen Asset Recovery Initiative (StAR), and the World Economic Forum Gatekeepers project. His expertise is further acknowledged by his membership in ICC FraudNet, a global network ranked in Chambers Global’s civil fraud section, where he contributes to cases involving white-collar crime, compliance, corporate internal investigations, and enforcement of judgments and awards.

Cody G. Reedman is an accomplished bankruptcy, insolvency, and litigation lawyer. After articling with senior bankruptcy and insolvency lawyer Murray K. Morrison at Morrison & Co. Law Corporation, he has built a practice that combines litigation experience with practical business solutions for clients facing financial challenges or complex disputes.
 

Cody has achieved notable success at Canada's highest court, appearing as lead counsel in a landmark case at the intersection of securities and bankruptcy law. In Poonian v. British Columbia (Securities Commission), 2024 SCC 28, a precedent-setting Supreme Court of Canada decision addressing whether administrative monetary penalties and disgorgement orders survive a discharge from bankruptcy. He currently serves as appellant counsel in Piekut v. His Majesty the King in Right of Canada as Represented by the Minister of National Revenue, another Supreme Court of Canada matter that will resolve important statutory interpretation issues regarding the automatic discharge of government student loans in bankruptcy.

While Cody regularly handles complex commercial matters and precedent-setting cases, he routinely assists bankrupts seeking their discharge from bankruptcy, having achieved exceptional results in both opposed and unopposed discharge applications. This expertise in personal bankruptcy matters continues alongside his growing commercial practice, where he and his team at Reedman Law assist businesses and professionals with sophisticated insolvency issues, restructuring, and complex litigation. His deep understanding of insolvency law, from routine consumer proposals to precedent-setting appeals, allows him to offer sophisticated legal solutions while remaining accessible to clients and referring professionals across British Columbia, Alberta, and Yukon.

Baruch Baigel is the head of Dispute Resolution at Asserson Law Offices. Baruch, a Cambridge and Harvard law school graduate, is a UK-qualified solicitor-advocate and International Arbitrator with extensive experience in England, Europe and the Middle East. 

Baruch has become the go-to name for complex, high-value cross-border claims and defences in the English Court, with particular expertise in Civil Fraud and Asset Recovery. 

Baruch has acted for several household name brands in business-defining cases including the Leviev, Fishman and Steinmetz Groups. 

Over the last decade, three of Baruch’s cases were listed among the Top 20 cases of the year by the Lawyer, including the UK Madoff litigation, the solar panel industry compensation claim under A1P1 of the HRA and a £200m negligence claim against a major UK firm of solicitors. 

Baruch also sits as Israel’s delegate on the ICC Commission on arbitration and ADR is a member of the ICC task force addressing fraud and corruption in arbitration and is on the panel of arbitrators at VIAC, SIAC and AIAC

Gemma is a partner and solicitor advocate with Baker McKenzie's Dispute Resolution team and our market-leading Private Wealth litigation group in London. Gemma has experience in advising clients engaged in disputes related to private wealth, succession and trusts. In such disputes, she acts for trustees, executors, protectors, beneficiaries and interested third parties and is very familiar with all the major offshore jurisdictions. Gemma is a full member of STEP and ACTAPS, and a regular speaker at international conferences about wealth litigation.

Gabriela Ruiz is the managing partner of King & Ruiz's Miami office and leads the firm’s Latin America practice. She is a highly-regarded litigator and seasoned trial lawyer who represents individual and corporate clients in domestic and cross-border disputes. Her practice includes complex commercial litigation, international judgment enforcement, asset recovery, and white collar defense. Gabriela has been recognized and ranked for her excellent legal work and client service by numerous research firms and publications, including Chambers and Latinvex.

Alexander Cook KC has a litigation-focussed commercial Chancery practice, with a significant emphasis on high value disputes in England & Wales and offshore. His work encompasses all aspects of commercial litigation and arbitration, civil fraud, company law, insolvency, and actions under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA).

Consistently ranked as a leading practitioner in the legal directories, Alexander is recommended in 7 practice areas across the 2024 editions (including in commercial litigation, company, civil fraud, insolvency and the English Bar offshore), being described as “a client’s dream”, “everything that you want in a barrister”, “technically brilliant” with an “encyclopaedic knowledge of case law”, “clear, decisive and commercial”, advocacy which is “assured, secure, persuasive”, and “written work…beyond compare”.

Sunil Abraham is a partner at Cecil Abraham & Partners. He specialises in Corporate and Commercial, Banking and Securities, Fraud Litigation and Asset Recovery disputes as well as in Arbitration disputes. He has significant advocacy experience before the High Court of Malaya, Court of Appeal of Malaysia and Federal Court of Malaysia, as well as before arbitral tribunals under various institutional rules.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (UK) and a Fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Arbitrators.

Dato’ Sunil Abraham regularly sits as an arbitrator in commercial and infrastructure related disputes.

He has served as the co-chair of the Asia Pacific Regional Forum of the International Bar Association (IBA), co-chair of the Asia Pacific Arbitration Group of the IBA and as a member of the Management Board of the IBA

He has been recognised as a leading individual by Legal 500 Asia Pacific, Benchmark Litigation and Asialaw Profiles as well as being ranked by Chambers & Partners Asia Pacific in the area of dispute resolution. He has also been recognised in Who’s Who Legal for Commercial Litigation and Arbitration. In 2016, he was named by Asian Legal Business in the Top 40 Under 40 Practitioners in Asia.

Ziva, a solicitor-advocate, advises clients on dispute resolution issues, including complex trust disputes, contested estates and commercial disputes containing fiduciary elements. She counsels individuals and companies on the conduct and the avoidance of disputes and has extensive experience in cross-jurisdictional and international litigation.

David Jandrasits is a Partner and Attorney at Law in Liechtenstein at Schwärzler Attorneys at Law. Key specializations are Trust/Foundation/Corporate Law including all aspects of related Litigation and Dispute Resolution, as well as Asset Recovery. The main areas of activity relate to Private Clients and Private Client Litigation, Disputes regarding Foundation and Trust Law, Banking and Finance, Capital Market Law, Asset Recovery, Cross-Border Commercial/Corporate Litigation as well as White Collar Crime, Trustee Assets Tracing, Anti Money Laundering, Investor Protection.

Described by clients as a "real international statesman," Steve Davidson handles high-profile arbitrations and complex business litigation across the globe. As a recognized leader in international disputes and judgment enforcement by Global Arbitration Review, Legal 500, and others, including Chambers USA as a Band 1 ranked lawyer in International Arbitration/Judgment Enforcement, Steve serves as lead counsel to Fortune 500 corporations and other large companies abroad in cases involving complicated and sensitive contractual issues and business matters. Clients such as BNSF, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, Nokia Solutions and Networks, American Airlines, and Credit Suisse call on Steve to litigate knotty issues through trial, master difficult facts, and pursue all available avenues to obtain a recovery. His cases typically encompass multiple fora and several potential parties and claims, presenting complex enforcement questions. He has handled numerous bench and jury trials.

In the area of international arbitration, Steve has been successful as lead counsel in a number of commercial and investment treaty cases. He has developed a mastery in arbitrations involving complex technologies, in particular telecoms. In 2020, he was featured prominently in GAR’s recognition of Steptoe on its exclusive 100 list: "The modern arbitration practice took root when Steven Davidson in Washington, DC helped Motorola launch multiple claims against Turkish businessman Cem Uzan, his family and companies. That dispute led to successful enforcement proceedings and the second ICSID claim ever filed against Turkey, which the firm settled in the mid-2000s." Steve has also served as an arbitrator in ICC cases.

Steve's success in worldwide enforcement of court judgments and arbitral awards, including provisional and pre-judgment remedies, has been heralded in several prestigious publications. Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll described Steve in his New York Times bestselling book Private Empire: ExxonMobil and American Power as "one of the world’s leading specialists in the art of seizing and liquidating assets on behalf of large, aggrieved companies." In connection with his work on behalf of ExxonMobil against Venezuela, Mr. Coll wrote: "For the Steptoe attorneys the late-December Friday afternoon seizure of $300 million belonging to Hugo Chavez's government was like hitting a walk-off home run in the bottom of the ninth before a full house at Yankee Stadium."

Michael Baratz focuses on all aspects of commercial litigation, arbitration, and mediation, as well as judgment enforcement, including many matters with a cross-border emphasis.

Complex Litigation and Arbitration

Michael regularly litigates all phases of commercial disputes in federal and state courts around the country through trial and appeal. He also frequently represents clients in proceedings before a variety of arbitral bodies, including the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID); the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC); the Zurich Chamber of Commerce (ZCC); the American Arbitration Association (AAA); and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA).

Judgment Enforcement

Michael represents clients in connection with their efforts to obtain recognition and enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards in courts around the world, and in seeking pre-judgment remedies in these matters.

Barbara advises companies and individuals on a wide range of criminal, regulatory and civil matters, including matters involving the U.S. Department of Justice, the Securities and Exchange Commission, state and local prosecutors’ offices, and other domestic and international enforcement and regulatory agencies.

A seasoned former federal prosecutor who is fluent in Spanish and proficient in Portuguese, Barbara represented the U.S. Department of Justice for more than eleven years, domestically and in Latin America, in international investigations and complex criminal matters. Barbara has unique insight into the workings of multi-national and multi-agency investigations and prosecutions. Chambers and Partners ranked Barbara as one of South Florida’s top attorneys for White Collar Crime and Government Investigations, describing her as “intelligent, creative, compassionate and responsive” and noting that her “vision and service to clients are excellent.”

Featured in the Legal 500’s Hall of Fame and described as “incredibly empathetic and really good to work with” in Chambers Private Wealth Disputes, 2024, Roberta is Head of the Trust and Estate Disputes team.

She has an excellent reputation in representing high net worth individuals, family offices, trustees, protectors, executors and beneficiaries. With wide-ranging expertise covering validity issues, breach of trust, removal applications, construction arguments, freezing injunctions, asset tracing and recovery, Roberta advises on the full remit of estate disputes.

Roberta’s supportive and constructive approach to litigation inspires confidence in her clients. Noted for being sympathetic and calm, she fiercely defends her clients’ best interests, while always considering the wider and long-term implications for their personal, financial and commercial interests. Roberta also works closely with her family and private client colleagues, often advising on divorce issues, post and pre-nuptial agreements, and on stress testing trust structures.

Her reputation as a leader in her field was recognised recently by her appointment as a member of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS) committee.

Michael leads a team that represent a wide and varied client base including leading trust companies and corporate service providers, trustees, family offices, beneficiaries, HNW and UHNW individuals (and their corporates) in a broad range of heavyweight commercial, trust and family disputes.

Michael qualified in 1993, joined Penningtons Manches Cooper in 2002 and became a partner in 2003. He specialises in domestic and international trust and estate litigation including disputed wills, breach of trust claims, administration of estate disputes, and claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.

In addition, Michael advises on contentious applications in the Court of Protection, succession planning and acting for charities. He has also represented clients in numerous mediations, as well as reported cases, in getting their disputes resolved and regularly gives evidence as an expert witness in court proceedings outside the UK.

Michael is a member of STEP, the world's leading organisation for private wealth professionals, the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS) and the Charity Law Association. He has been included by Citywealth in its Leaders Lists for the last four years and is a named individual in Spear's 500.

Annually recommended by the legal directories, The Legal 500 cites him as 'easy to work with and looks after the lay client’s concerns while dealing unobtrusively with the difficulties that arise. Michael Cash has very sound knowledge of the law as well as a good sense of litigation tactics'.

Anthony is a partner with Baker McKenzie's Dispute Resolution team and chair of the market-leading Trusts Disputes group in London. Anthony specialises in advising clients engaged in disputes related to private wealth, succession, trusts and private banking. In such disputes, he acts for trustees, executors, protectors, beneficiaries and interested third parties and is very familiar with all the major offshore jurisdictions.

After reading law at the University of Geneva (Switzerland), I was admitted to the Bar as a qualified „avocat“ in 1988.

I have been practising as attorney uninterruptedly since that date, first as an associate in Geneva and Zurich and thereafter, from 1998 as a partner in an international law firm based in Switzerland, except when I engaged in post- graduate studies which led to a Master in European law from the University of Lausanne in 1994.

A large part of my career was spent in the United Kingdom since from 1999 to 2009, I was the resident partner in charge of my firm‘s London office.

I have issued numerous opinions on Swiss law, with an emphasis on matters presenting international ramifications, banking and finance including shipping finance.

I represent parties before both State and arbitral jurisdictions, including in a counsel selection, strategy definition and/or coordination role in pluri-jurisdictional cases. I have also acted as a Swiss law expert before State or arbitral courts on a number of occasions, including appearing before the High Court of Justice in London.

I have developed a strong practice in cross- border insolvencies, including the recognition and declaration of enforceability of foreign bankruptcy decrees, and including handling criminal aspects when the case arises. I am fluent in German, French, English and Italian and have reasonable command of Spanish and (written) Dutch.

Mark Wilson is head of Gateley’s Complex and International Recovery Work unit.
He has more than 30 years’ experience in all aspects of corporate insolvency, turnaround, and restructuring.
Mark specialises in contentious insolvency, fraud, and professional liability matters, with significant experience in auditor liability claims, as well as bringing claims against, and defending, insolvency practitioners. 
Using his experience to assess risk and quickly identify the viability of claims and defences, Mark has acted for various high-profile, multinational clients, including professional services business, liquidators, and administrators.
He has ranked as a Band 1 lawyer for Restructuring and Insolvency in Chambers and Partners UK 2025, with testimonials highlighting his “insightful analysis, sage advice and commercial acumen”, as well as his “very good strategic overview of where cases are going”.
Mark is also described as a “an absolute titan in his field of contentious insolvency” with “evident intellectual horsepower” and is recognised as a leading partner in Insolvency & Corporate Recovery by Legal 500.

Madlyn is a partner on our restructuring and insolvency team.

Madlyn has more than 25 years of experience representing companies, lending groups, syndicate agents,  global financial institutions, and private credit investors in complex US domestic and cross-border out-of-court restructurings, prepackaged Chapter 11 cases and contentious Chapter 11 cases as well as related litigation matters. She has substantial cross-border insolvency experience (including Chapter 15 cases and parallel proceedings).

Madlyn is regularly called upon by her clients to act as “first chair” trial counsel in contentious restructuring matters and insolvency related litigations. She has deep expertise in metals and mining, energy and infrastructure, consumer products, financial services, agriculture, entertainment, media, communications, shipping, and health care (including device manufacturing and distribution).

Madlyn is ranked as a leading attorney in Chambers USA, Best Lawyers and Expert Guides – Women in Business Law. She has also been named the “Best in Insolvency and Restructuring” – Americas Women in Business Law Awards (2016) by Euromoney. She is a member of Freshfields’ Finance and Risk Committee.

Danielle’s commercial litigation, international arbitration and ADR practice focuses on complex (often cross-border) disputes involving insolvency, fraud, trusts, contract, media, IP, professional negligence claims, corporate and regulatory issues, shareholder disputes and group litigation. Danielle’s experience includes obtaining urgent injunctive relief and freezing orders in the English courts. Much of her work is in emerging areas within the TMT, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain, Energy, Banking and Professional Services sectors.

Alex D. Moglia is founder and president of Moglia Advisors. He serves as chief restructuring officer, turnaround and financial advisor, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, bankruptcy trustee, liquidating trustee, examiner, expert witness, and M&A advisor. Prior to founding Moglia Advisors, Alex was an investment banker at Continental National Bank, and Director of Acquisitions at CNW Corporation, a diversified publicly-traded company. Early in his career, and prior to leaving the practice of law, he was a corporate attorney at Winston & Strawn.

Alex is a member of the International Committee of the National Association of Bankruptcy Trustees, and was a delegate at a recent United Nations conference in Vienna, Austria, on bankruptcy and asset recovery.

An attorney in the Philadelphia office of Marks & Sokolov, Tom represents Western and Russian clients in complex commercial disputes including civil RICO, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, Convention on the International Sale of Goods, construction litigation, legal malpractice, lender liability, securities fraud, insurance defense and maritime matters. Tom has successfully and effectively litigated numerous complex and high-profile commercial disputes.  

He has represented plaintiff and defense sides in numerous federal and state courts at the trial level and appellate level, and in several arbitrations. He has extensive experience in 28 U.S.C. §1782 matters which permit foreign litigants to take discovery in the United States for use in their home forums.  He has also drafted and negotiated consulting, employment, financing, joint venture, loan, procurement, purchase, sales, real estate and member/shareholder agreements.  

Tom is admitted in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, the U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Colorado, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Alan advises individuals and families on succession planning as well as specialising in charities, third sector and philanthropy.

On succession planning, Alan helps with wills, trusts, powers of attorney, family business work, inheritance tax-related matters, wealth structures, international succession and the full range of lifetime planning and assistance after someone dies. After death work also includes legal rights and challenges to wills by disappointed beneficiaries and others. Alan has been recognised as a ‘Legal Influencer – Private Client (UK)’ at the Lexology Marketing Awards.

On charities, third sector and philanthropy, Alan’s work includes setting up charities, OSCR-related work, variations, reorganisations and mergers of charities, governance, trustee training, grantmaking and grant-giving administration, funding arrangements, gifting, legacies and gifts in will services. In this area, Alan advises individuals, families, charities (of all sizes and types), public sector bodies as well as corporates on CSR and ESG matters. Alan is a member of the Law Society of Scotland’s charity law committee.

Rebecca Hume represents clients on complex commercial disputes and multi-jurisdictional insolvency cases. She is particularly skilled at cross-border debtor disputes, international fraud, asset tracing and recovery, and international judgement and award enforcement.

Rebecca's assignments often involve complex hedge funds and private equity structures. She is a solicitor often called upon to help clients realise value in distressed situations where there is large-scale fraud or wrongdoing.  Rebecca strategises to find creative solutions to trace and recover assets and monetise claims. Her clientele includes insolvency practitioners and foreign office holders of bankrupt estates, directors and officers, fund managers and administrators, investors and HNWIs located in onshore and offshore jurisdictions.

Rebecca spent over 12 years working offshore and was admitted to practice in the Cayman Islands and the BVI. As well as being involved in complex assignments in these jurisdictions, she frequently co-counsels with other law firms, particularly in the US and Europe.  She has pursued cases in many jurisdictions including the US, The Bahamas, Bermuda, Hong Kong and the PRC, successfully assisting her clients in the recovery of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Rebecca regularly speaks at domestic and international conferences. She is on the Advisory Board of the ThoughtLeaders4 FIRE International Conference on fraud and asset recovery, and on the steering committee of Cambridge Forum's International Enforcement of Judgements and Awards Forum.

Rebecca is Europe Networks Director of IWIRC (International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation). She also sits on the IWIRC UNCITRAL Committee and is a member of the Europe Network. She is a member of R3 Association of Business Recovery professionals, INSOL and 100WF.

Jorge is a litigation partner in the RBMS Dispute Resolution Team. For over 20 years, Jorge had been dealing with complex cross border disputes, with a special focus on litigation, arbitration and asset-tracing and recovery. He is also experienced in representing liquidators and creditors in complex cross-border restructuring and insolvency cases, both onshore and in offshore jurisdictions. He also handled complex fraud cases involving ponzi schemes across jurisdictions as well as the liquidation of financial institutions.
Jorge has been listed in legal 500 on several occasions and has acted in international arbitrations in some of the major institutions such as ICSID and ICC.

Richard F. Albert represents clients in white collar criminal and regulatory matters, and in civil litigation. He has defended a wide range of matters involving allegations of securities fraud, including claims of market manipulation, insider trading, and accounting violations, as well as alleged antitrust violations, healthcare fraud, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act violations, money laundering, tax fraud, and obstruction of justice. He also has conducted internal investigations and represented public companies, banks, brokerage firms, hedge funds, and their executives in complex civil litigation and arbitration.

Named a leading lawyer by Chambers USA: America’s Leading Lawyers for Business in the area of Litigation: White Collar Crime & Government Investigations, he has been described as a “ferocious cross examiner” and a “fantastic all-around white-collar lawyer” who “has a great way with clients and prosecutors, and very good judgment.” Benchmark Litigation: The Definitive Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms & Attorneys has recognized Rich as a “Litigation Star” in the area of White-Collar Crime/Enforcement/Investigations. The Legal 500 United States has recommended him in the areas of White Collar Criminal Defense and Securities Litigation. Who’s Who Legal – The International Who’s Who of Business Lawyers has recognized Rich as a leading business crime defense and investigations lawyer.

Rich is a Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and a co-author of the “White Collar Crime” column in the New York Law Journal. He regularly speaks at continuing legal education seminars on white collar criminal defense and legal ethics.  In 2018, Rich was honored with a Burton Award for Distinguished Legal Writing.

Rich serves on the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Society, and on the Board of the Federal Bar Foundation of the Federal Bar Council. He is also a former board member of the New York Council of Defense Lawyers.

For years Rich represented indigent defendants as a member of the federal Criminal Justice Act Panel.  Earlier in his career, he served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, where he conducted a broad range of criminal investigations and trials.

William is a partner in Kingsley Napley’s Dispute Resolution team, based in London.  He deals mainly with civil fraud litigation and asset recovery.  He is Listed in Who's Who Legal Investigation Guide 2023 as Recommended Leaders in Their Field. He is also recommended in the Who's Who Legal: Asset Recovery Global Guide 2024, Who's Who Legal: Investigations Global Guide 2024, and is listed as a Thought Leader in the Who's Who Legal: GIR - Asset Recovery 2024 Guide. 
 
William has specialised in commercial litigation with a particular focus on civil fraud actions since he qualified. He has extensive and wide-ranging litigation experience, having acted in cases involving contractual disputes, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of trust, and insolvency-related litigation.  He is listed in the global directory “Who’s Who of Asset Recovery”, and is ranked in Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500. 

William has acted in many international fraud cases throughout his career, involving the recovery of assets concealed in offshore jurisdictions. He is highly experienced in using freezing injunctions, search orders and disclosure orders in international fraud investigations.  He acts as a supervising solicitor in the execution of search orders.

William's main areas of expertise are civil fraud (often involving multiple jurisdictions), internal fraud investigations, general commercial litigation, (including shareholder disputes) and contentious and fraud related insolvency litigation.

Dr. Diora Ziyaeva is a Partner in the Firm's Commercial Litigation group and US Region Co-Lead in Mining and Natural Resources. Her main areas of practice include investment treaty arbitration, international commercial arbitration, complex commercial litigation and public international law.

Licensed in New York and Uzbekistan and fluent in seven languages, Diora is recognized within the legal community as one of the top international lawyers of her generation. She sits as arbitrator and serves as counsel in a broad range of international matters and is a Member of the ICC International Court of Arbitration.

Over the course of her career, Diora has represented States, corporations, and individuals in disputes under the rules of all the major arbitral institutions, as well as several regional institutions. Diora advises parties in international litigations involving proceedings in foreign and domestic courts, including the United States Supreme Court. She also advises governments, investment firms and asset managers about mitigating risks, evaluating investments in international claims and arbitration awards.

Duane leads Pallas’s New York practice. He represents clients in complex commercial litigation, with a particular focus on restructuring disputes, contested issues in bankruptcy, and cross-border litigation. An experienced trial lawyer, Duane is regularly called upon to provide courtroom leadership for creditors, institutional shareholders, and fund principals in cases where litigation drives recoveries.

Duane is recognised as a leading lawyer in both General Commercial Litigation and Bankruptcy/Restructuring by Chambers USA, where clients describe him as “an extremely talented lawyer,” “thoughtful, quick-witted and commercial,” and “an advocate you want on your side.” He has also been recognised in Lawdragon’s 500 Global Plaintiff Lawyers Guide and by the New York Law Journal and Law360, both of which have named him a “Rising Star.”

In the area of restructuring litigation, Duane has represented ad hoc groups of creditors in a number of significant corporate bankruptcies, including the Chapter 11 cases of Intelsat S.A. and LBI Media, in each case serving as trial counsel in multi-week hearings on contested plans of reorganisation.

In cross-border disputes, Duane has helped recover billions of dollars for institutional investors, including through Section 1782 discovery proceedings that have led to precedent-setting decisions in district and appellate courts throughout the United States.

Marlyn Narkis Assis joined the firm in 2006 when she obtained her certificate of competence, becoming associate in 2012. During her practice at MDU Legal, she gained valuable experience as corporate lawyer, specializing in corporate law, commercial law, real estate, trademark law, migration, health law and public procurement.

Her practice focuses on legal counsel and on supporting local and international companies in all the stages of the business, including the preparation of corporate documents and other issues related to the daily legal needs of the companies such as negotiating contracts, obtaining permits, licenses, or other administrative proceedings with the Panamanian authorities. She assists clients with the legal aspects of real estate and development transactions. She also acts as lawyer in a banking institution, by supervising their proceedings of due diligence.

She has represented our clients in legal affairs related to the Public Procurement Sector, including the preparation of public offers, legal assistance during the bidding procedures, claiming and defending the interests of the clients before the corresponding instances, legal support in the review and governmental contract negotiations, counsel in the writing and review of construction contracts and legal support during the development of projects, including her relationship with contractors and public institutions. Marlyn is the current treasurer of the Latin-American Chapter of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (“IWIRC”) and was acknowledged as a leading attorney in transactions law by Chambers Global and Chambers Latin America.

Renowned in High-End Legal Circles

Richard Kaplan stands at the pinnacle of criminal defense law, trusted by discerning clients in big law, elite legal boutiques, and governmental spheres. With over 36 years of unparalleled expertise, Richard has garnered acclaim for his adept handling of complex legal challenges, often achieving outright dismissals. His clientele includes esteemed lawyers, referred by judges and political figures who recognize his mastery in mental health aspects of defense. Richard is sought after for his profound insights into factual intricacies, making him a coveted consultant among legal peers. Confidentiality is the cornerstone of his practice, underpinning his trusted relationships with colleagues and clients alike.

Brianna represents plaintiffs and defendants at all stages of complex commercial litigation. She has particular experience in antitrust, capital markets, and cross border litigation. 

Brianna’s recent experience includes representing institutional investors in connection with appraisal litigation in the Cayman Islands, Bermuda, and Japan, including in precedent-setting Section 1782 discovery proceedings in federal courts across the United States.

Brianna formerly clerked for Judge Charles R. Wilson of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. 

Shan Greer is an international arbitrator and mediator associated with Arbitra International in London and serves as the Chief Executive Officer of the BVI International Arbitration Centre. Since assuming this role in January 2023, she has leveraged over two decades of experience to promote excellence in arbitration and dispute resolution globally.

Renowned for her pragmatic and commercially astute approach, Shan has advised and represented clients across a broad range of industries in diverse jurisdictions, including the Caribbean, Europe, and North America. Her ability to handle complex disputes with efficiency and fairness has positioned her as a trusted leader in the field.

Shan holds a Master’s degree in Construction Law and Dispute Resolution from King’s College London and is dually qualified as a barrister and solicitor in England, with admissions to practice in Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, and Belize.

A sought-after arbitrator, adjudicator, and mediator, Shan’s practice includes ad hoc, institutional, international, and domestic arbitrations, seamlessly bridging civil and common law systems. Her dedication to equitable and effective dispute resolution has earned her widespread recognition and respect.

Shan’s deep expertise and strategic insights make her a valuable voice in advancing arbitration and dispute resolution, particularly within the offshore sector.

Peter has first-chaired more than 40 trials and arbitrations and has practiced actively in both New York and California.  His broad commercial and financial practice has included disputes over the interpretation and enforcement of complex financial contracts,  contracts for the development of natural resources, major construction contracts as well as adversary proceedings in bankruptcy court.   He has also maintained a substantial focus on insurance and reinsurance, including several matters involving Bermuda Segregated Account vehicles.  Peter has been named a “Thought Leader” by Who’s Who of International Arbitration.  Prior to forming Chaffetz Lindsey in 2009, Peter served as the Global Head of Litigation for Clifford Chance, leading that firm’s 600+ lawyer litigation practice and serving on the firm’s global management committee.

Alan J. Lipkin regularly advises debtors, committees or groups of creditors, noteholders, and equity holders, major creditors and shareholders, landlords,  and other key parties in chapter 11 and chapter 7 cases and out-of-court workouts.

In addition to his bankruptcy and restructuring expertise, Alan also has substantial experience in insurance insolvency and bank insolvency matters as well as in addressing potential bankruptcy and insolvency issues in structured finance and other complex transactions.

Alan has lectured and authored articles on several business reorganization topics including current bankruptcy issues in mass tort cases, real estate bankruptcies, representation of high-yield bondholders and equity committees, the application of fraudulent transfer statutes to leveraged buy-out transactions, and the bankruptcy laws of emerging growth countries. Alan has spoken on bankruptcy matters concerning Current Bankruptcy Issues in Mass Tort Cases at an ARIAS conference, Bitcoin and Blockchain at a New York City Bar Association CLE, and regarding chapter 11 and workouts to the New York Society of Security Analysts. He also has taught a Strafford CLE course on Fraudulent Conveyance Exposure for Intercorporate Guaranties and a New York Bar Association CLE course on Discovery in Cases under Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code.

Before joining Chaffetz Lindsey, Alan was a partner and founding member of the Business Reorganization & Restructuring Department at Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP. He began his legal career as a law clerk to Chief Judge Almeric L. Christian (U.S. District Court for the Virgin Islands).

Peter has dedicated his career to delivering exceptional trust and administration services, building lasting partnerships with high-net-worth individuals, their families, and advisors worldwide.

With over 30 years of experience, Peter specialises in complex trust litigation, asset recovery, and transforming underperforming trusts. His expertise also spans the development of philanthropic initiatives and managing significant business assets held within trust structures. As a former barrister with an extensive background in private and commercial trusts, Peter’s career has been built on his vast knowledge of the international trust sector.

Tameka Davis is a Partner in the British Virgin Islands Litigation & Restructuring practice. Tameka was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2003 and joined Conyers in 2009. After a brief stint at the International Bar Association, she joined private practice in Jamaica before moving offshore to Anguilla in 2005. She has over 11 years experience in offshore commercial litigation.

Tameka’s practice includes international insolvency, bringing and defending unfair prejudice, breach of contract, conspiracy and asset tracing claims, obtaining and resisting interim relief including disclosure and urgent injunctive relief, and commencing and resisting forum convenien applications. She is particularly skilled at civil procedure and the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards in the BVI. Tameka appears in the Commercial Division of the High Court of the Virgin Islands and the Court of Appeal.

Tameka has advised many notable entities including, Bacardi International Limited, JSC Kazatomprom a state-owned uranium mining enterprise in Kazakhstan and since 2009, JSC BTA Bank, a Kazakhstan Bank. The latter specifically in relation to its ongoing efforts to recover billions of dollars misappropriated from it by its former chairman Mr Mukhtar Ablyazov. Tameka has also acted in a matter concerning a state-owned aluminum processing plant in Tajikistan and owners of a luxury resort in Anguilla. Tameka has advised and acted for BVI licensed insolvency practitioners, a California Court-Appointed trustee and high net worth individuals, amongst others.

Kateryna Honcharenko joined Opus 2 in 2024 as a senior consultant in the EMEA region, specialising in legal technology and international dispute resolution. Immediately prior Kateryna worked as an Arbitration Professional Practice manager at the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (Ciarb) in London, where she led and contributed to numerous legal research and thought leadership initiatives, with a particular focus on international commercial arbitration, cybersecurity, technology and artificial intelligence.  

She has extensive experience in developing soft law instruments, including Ciarb Guidance Note on Remote Dispute Resolution Proceedings and Ciarb Framework Guideline on the Use of Technology in International Arbitration. Additionally, she has authored numerous academic articles and served as production editor on Arbitration: The Journal of International Arbitration, Mediation and Dispute Management. 

She is a frequent conference speaker and led the Ciarb delegation to the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Working Group II on Dispute Settlement for nearly three years.

Kateryna holds dual LL.M. degrees: in Comparative and International Dispute Resolution from Queen Mary University of London, and in International Trade Regulation from the Institute of International Relations at Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv, where she also did her LL.B. in International Private Law. Kateryna's early career included training at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine and with the Litigation Department at Integrites in Kyiv, where she contributed to various cases involving bankruptcy, antitrust and intellectual property.

John Fritzgerald Wilson K.C. is an accomplished commercial litigator who is renowned for his problem-solving skills and ability to advocate effectively for his clients.  He completed his LLB with honours at the University of Buckingham in England. John then attended BPP Law School, where he became one of the few Bahamians to ever receive honours on the Michalemus Bar exams. He was admitted to the English Bar in July of 1994 and called to Bahamas Bar in September 1994.

Catherine Hammerson-Jones is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution team at Rosenblatt.

Catherine is a highly regarded commercial litigator with a leading practice in fraud and banking litigation. Catherine acts for a diverse range of clients in high value, complex and multi-jurisdictional litigation, ranging from financial services disputes incorporating Quincecare claims, fraud and asset recovery to contractual and company disputes, negligence claims and insolvency-related litigation.

Catherine advises corporations, insolvency practitioners, financial institutions and high net worth individuals on matters involving investment fraud and complex investigations, company law, regulatory matters, breaches of directors’/trustees’ duties and general financial and banking disputes.

Prior to qualifying as a solicitor, Catherine spent over a decade working as a banker, specialising in M&A, Leverage Finance, Restructurings and Investment Funds. The technical and cross-industry expertise places Catherine in a unique position to add value when advising clients on complex litigation, involving intricate financial instruments, investment fraud and multi-layered corporate structures.

James Nicholson has close to 30 years of experience as a consultant in matters of finance, strategy and economics. Since 2005, James’ work has primarily involved issues of the identification and valuation of lost profits, and the valuation of businesses, financial assets including shareholdings, other assets and wasted costs.

James has testified more than 50 times before the high courts of the Cayman Islands, England and Wales, Malaysia and Singapore, the Singapore International Commercial Court (“ICC”) and commercial and investment treaty arbitration tribunals.

James is a member of the ICC Commission on Arbitration and ADR, a member of the Executive Committee of the Foundation for International Arbitration Advocacy (“FIAA”), co-chair of the Delos Damages MOOC launched in March 2023 and from 2014 to 2021 was president of the Standing Committee of the ICC’s International Centre for ADR.

Since 2015, James has been identified by Who’s Who Legal as one of the five to 10 ‘Most Highly Regarded Individuals’ and ‘Global Elite Thought Leaders’ in his region in its listings of the leading expert witnesses active in international arbitration.

Within FTI Consulting, James leads the firm's 45-strong Asia damages expert witness team and co-ordinates the firm's International Arbitration practice globally. Previously, James founded and led for 12 years FTI Consulting's 20-strong Paris Disputes team.

I am a Partner in the Litigation and Insolvency team in our Cayman Islands office with extensive experience in insolvency and restructuring matters, valuation disputes and fraud and asset tracing.

I am instructed by financial institutions in respect of the largest and most complex disputes currently before the Courts.

In the last decade, I have acted in most of the major insolvency matters including Madoff, Sphinx, Belmont and DD Growth and currently act for the creditors in the liquidations of Platinum Partners, the Direct Lending Income Fund and the collapse of the Abraaj Group. I led the team in the Arcapita Bank restructuring and have advised in other high profile matters including Zohar Funds, Luckin Coffee, China Fishery Group, Ocean Rig and Founding Partners. I have also acted for the dissenters in fair value appraisal cases such as Nord Anglia and currently represent a large dissenter group in the appraisal of Sina Corporation.

Melanie is a Partner in Kingsley Napley’s Dispute Resolution team, based in London.  Melanie advises on corporate, commercial and individual disputes and represents clients in litigation, arbitration and mediation/ADR. 

A significant part of Melanie’s work centres on contentious Information Law matters including intellectual property disputes, contentious Data Protection advice, Cyber-Response and Reputation Management.  Melanie also has significant experience acting for individuals, families and family businesses in contentious trusts and probate matters, and shareholder and succession disputes.  Much of her work involves advising in relation to disputes which sit at the intersection of personal and corporate lives.  

Melanie has considerable experience acting in cross-border litigation and has been involved in global disputes involving clients or litigation in the Middle East, USA, Cayman Islands, Jersey, Guernsey, South Africa and Europe. 

Melanie is a fluent (ish) German speaker, sits on the Board of International Women’s Forum UK (IWF UK) and is Immediate-Past Vice-Chair of The Law Society’s Civil Justice Committee tasked with reviewing and promoting improvements in civil justice.

Esmond is Counsel in the Private Client & Trusts team. Esmond’s practice focuses on advising international high-net worth individuals and families on their wealth planning needs and in assisting trustees and private banks on all aspects of trusts including creation, restructuring, administration and succession planning. He also specialises in Wills & Probate and advises on estate planning matters

Josh Lewison specialises in private client and insolvency litigation. He has extensive court experience, onshore and offshore, including High Court trial experience and appeals at all levels up to the Court of Appeal. In addition, he is experienced in non-contentious private client matters, particularly trusts and tax. Josh is recognised as a leading junior by both Chambers UK Bar and The Legal 500 UK Bar. He is also admitted to the state bar of California.

Shelley specialises in complex multi-jurisdictional proceedings involving breach of fiduciary duty, fraud and asset recovery.

Based in the British Virgin Islands and heading up the Withers BVI office, Sara-Jane is recognised by Chambers Global and Legal 500 BVI as a leader in her field, advising on a wide range of matters from commercial, contractual and finance disputes to insolvency, fraud and asset tracing. Sara-Jane also advises on probate and trust matters, both contentious and non-contentious.

Liam is a partner in our Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring Group where he specialises in cross-border insolvency, restructuring and litigation, with extensive experience in shareholder and investment fund disputes. He joined Campbells in 2015, having previously worked in the British Virgin Islands and London. As part of his practice, Liam advises on both Cayman Islands and BVI law and maintains a practicing certificate in both jurisdictions. Liam has considerable experience of disputes arising out of Hong Kong and the PRC having spent two years practicing in Campbells’ Hong Kong office.

David is a Partner in our BVI office. He is a BVI and English barrister, litigator and CEDR accredited mediator. David has also been admitted as Cayman attorney (presently non-practising). He is an Associate Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

David has extensive experience of high value, complex international disputes and, in particular, insolvency, trust, shareholder and fraud litigation and advocacy. David routinely advises and works with insolvency practitioners, other law firms, financial institutions and corporate and commercial clients throughout the world. He has a particular interest in disputes and insolvencies involving novel asset classes and cryptocurrency.

Kirsten is a Senior Associate in the Insolvency and Corporate Disputes team, currently on secondment in our Cayman office. She advises clients on contentious matters in various areas of law, including contractual disputes, torts and general commercial disputes.

Kirsten also advises on dispute prevention and risk mitigation measures, such as effective contract drafting and negotiation, and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. She has a particular focus on securing the best solution in the circumstances, whether through litigation or otherwise.

Nick is head of Ogier's BVI Practice and the BVI office head of Dispute Resolution. He is a barrister with more than a decade's experience in dispute resolution in the BVI, in particular in director and shareholder disputes, insolvency and restructuring, fraud and asset tracing, trust and estates litigation, and general corporate and commercial disputes. He previously was a commercial and chancery barrister in London.

Sarah is a Counsel in the firm’s litigation department and is based in the Cayman office.  She advises clients on a broad range of complex commercial and insolvency/restructuring related litigation and dispute resolution matters.

She is the co-author and editor of both editions of a Practical Guide to Insolvency Litigation (Sweet & Maxwell, 2016 and 2018) and contributed a Cayman Islands section to the 2022 edition.

Stephen is Managing Partner of our Cayman office and global head of the Insolvency and Corporate Disputes team. 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 is qualified in South Africa, England and Wales, Cayman and BVI.

Alexia is Counsel in our commercial litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice.

Alexia has acted in multiple high-profile, high-value cases in London, the Cayman Islands and Singapore. Her case highlights include the Madoff liquidation, Algosaibi Brothers litigation, Axiom Legal Financing Fund receivership, Acorn International Ltd. and China Branding Group.

Alexia has a wide range of experience representing clients in complex multi-jurisdictional disputes, insolvencies, shareholder and fund disputes, fraud and asset tracing claims and the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards. She regularly advises insolvency practitioners, companies, directors, shareholders, debtors, creditors and high-net-worth individuals.

Before joining Claritas in 2023, Alexia practiced Cayman Islands law at global offshore law firms, Harneys in the Cayman Islands and Walkers in Singapore. She has also practised at leading litigation firms in London, most recently, at DLA Piper.

Alexia originally qualified in England and Wales, as a barrister in 2004, and a solicitor in 2008 (in both cases now non-practising).

Leyza B. Florin, a shareholder at Sequor Law, focuses her practice on a wide range of litigation and insolvency matters, including debt restructuring and representation of creditors, with special emphasis on complex business bankruptcy and commercial litigation matters.

Prior to joining Sequor Law, Leyza was a shareholder at an Am Law 200 firm. Additionally, she was appointed receiver, custodian, trustee and special master in cases in both federal and state courts throughout the state of Florida and has served as a neutral arbiter in an arbitration proceeding. Leyza is also a Florida Supreme Court Certified Civil Mediator.

Her case experience includes acting as lead U.S. counsel to various court-appointed fiduciaries named in multiple jurisdictions throughout the Caribbean for British American Insurance Co., Ltd., in Chapter 15 proceedings, district court proceedings, and pending state court proceedings throughout the state of Florida.

Leyza currently serves as the Secretary of The Florida Bar’s Business Law Section, and as the Finance Director of the International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation. She is past chair of the Bankruptcy/UCC and Diversity Committees of The Florida Bar’s Business Law Section, and a past president of the Bankruptcy Bar of the Southern District of Florida. Leyza launched a bankruptcy clinical program at Florida International University College of Law, where she served as lead adjunct professor. She is a published author and sought-after leader who is regularly invited to present on topics related to her practice.

Leyza has been recognized by Florida Super Lawyers (2010-2018); Florida Trend, Legal Elite (2008-2016, 2018); South Florida Legal Guide, Top Lawyer (2009-2018), and has received multiple other recognitions of note.

Leyza is admitted to all Florida state courts, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, and the United States District Courts for the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida.

Ruth is a Director in the Advisory team, with a focus on insolvency and restructuring, she has worked in offshore insolvency and restructuring since 2016. Prior to joining PwC Cayman, Ruth worked in the UK for a Tier 1 Bank. Ruth has experience with offshore litigation, multi jurisdictional asset recoveries and forensic investigations.

Ruth is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW).

Drew is a Senior Manager in Deloitte’s Forensics practice; with over 14 years of experience, he specializes in complex cross-border investigations across various industries, including financial services. His expertise spans investigations involving allegations of bribery, corruption, theft, accounting irregularities, fraud, embezzlement, money laundering, and other financial crimes and regulatory issues. He has worked on behalf of financial institutions and regulators across Asia, the U.S., Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and the Caribbean.

Drew also has extensive experience in on-chain investigations. His representative engagements include investigating investment fraud schemes such as “pig butchering,” which involved multiple tokens and obfuscation techniques, as well as tracing misappropriated assets from a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO), assisting both the client and law enforcement in following transactions to their ultimate destination exchanges.

As part of a Receivership, Drew utilized advanced blockchain forensic tools to meticulously track and analyze approximately 200 types of digital assets across thousands of transactions suspected to have been misappropriated by a former executive of a now-defunct cryptocurrency exchange. His efforts successfully identified assets and endpoints, enabling their recovery.

Allan Dunlavy has a wealth of legal and advisory experience assisting clients to resolve high stakes situations, with a background in commercial, media, privacy and intellectual property litigation.

He leads our US office and has a particular focus on clients in the United States and Central, Latin and South America. He has an interest in the resilience of online profiles and in helping clients enforce their privacy rights and protect their data against social media platforms and other Big Tech companies.  

Allan is recognised in the Spear’s 500 Best Reputation and Privacy Lawyers Index for 2024. He features as a Tier 1 specialist in his field in the Private Client Global Elite Directory.

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Rachael is Global Senior Partner at Ogier, based in the Cayman Islands Dispute Resolution team. She has particular expertise in contentious trust matters, fund disputes and restructuring and insolvency and is a part of Ogier's multi-disciplinary Restructuring and Insolvency team. Her practice regularly involves fraud and international asset tracing claims. Rachael was named Offshore Litigator of the Year at the Citywealth IFC Awards 2020 and Advisor of the Year in the Wealthbriefing European Awards 2020. Rachael is also part of Ogier's multi-disciplinary Private Equity team. She specialises in PE fund disputes, and has acted as an expert in international arbitration proceedings concerning Cayman PE structures. Rachael was appointed KC in August 2021.

Anthony specialises in all aspects of non-contentious and semi-contentious private trust and estate matters, wealth structuring for high net worth individuals, institutional trustees and family offices together with all related regulatory work and cross-border succession matters. He has particular expertise in the use of Cayman foundation companies and obtaining grants of probate, letters of administration or resealing foreign grants in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.

Discover the expertise of Melanie Magnusson, your go-to advisor for Family, Estate, and Tax matters. Melanie's strategic approach not only resolves conflicts but also aims to prevent them whenever possible. With extensive experience, she is well-equipped to guide clients through various out-of-court alternative dispute processes such as negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and collaborative family practice. And when needed, she is prepared to advocate for clients in court applications, trials, and appeals. Benefit from Melanie's 15 years of invaluable experience.

Alex Hall Taylor is a barrister, King's Counsel, partner and head of Carey Olsen’s BVI Dispute Resolution and Litigation team.

Alex has over 20 years' court experience in commercial litigation and dispute resolution across a broad range of commercial, company, shareholder, trusts, insolvency, restructuring, civil fraud, asset tracing, security enforcement, tax, professional liability and fiduciary claims, arbitrations and mediations. He has extensive case management, interlocutory, trial and appellate advocacy experience including before the Privy Council. His practice is principally contentious, involving advocacy, tactical advice and strategic expertise in high value, complex, document heavy matters that are frequently multi-jurisdictional in nature. He is a CEDR-accredited mediator.

Alex is ranked as a leading individual in BVI dispute resolution in the most recent editions of both Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners Global, where he is said to stand out for 'his knowledge, experience and responsiveness' and is described by market sources as 'an exceptionally bright, sensible litigator',  'fantastic' and a 'real delight to work with'.

Alex regularly acts and advises on trusts and shareholder disputes including unfair prejudice claims, alleged breaches of trust or of shareholder agreements, rectification actions, minority squeeze-outs and just and equitable winding up applications as well as on fraud and asset tracing claims and regulatory, corporate investigation, anti-corruption and money-laundering assignments. Alex is often involved in seeking or defeating interim remedies such as injunctions, the appointment of receivers and Norwich Pharmacal relief, often on an urgent basis. He has acted as an expert witness on BVI law, practice and procedure in foreign proceedings.

Henry services clients’ litigation needs arising out of complex cross-border mandates, including commercial disputes and bankruptcy proceedings.

Henry represents companies, financial institutions, financial sponsors and private credit investors in a wide variety of complex cross-border litigation matters pending before federal district, bankruptcy and appellate courts in the United States. A substantial part of Henry’s practice consists of representing foreign representatives and defendants in adversary proceedings brought under Chapters 15 of the Bankruptcy Code.  Henry also represents creditors in contested Chapter 11 cases, as well as in connection with disputed liability management transactions.

Henry has extensive experience prosecuting and opposing 28 U.S.C. § 1782 applications for discovery in support of non-US litigation, as well as taking and opposing discovery in civil and bankruptcy litigation in the United States.

Henry’s pro bono experience consists of representing defendants in civil and criminal cases in state and federal court, including appeals and capital cases.  

Henry has twice been named a "Rising Star" in Legal Media Group’s Expert Guides, which recognizes “the brightest and most talented practitioners in the area of business law and related practices” under the age of 40.

Tom Wright is a Partner in Bedell Cristin's Cayman Islands Insolvency & Dispute Resolution practice, focusing on commercial litigation and contentious restructuring and insolvency matters.

Tom has been practising in the Cayman Islands since 2012 and advises on complex cross-border matters.

He advises clients in London, the US and South America. 

Tom qualified in 2007 and practised in the City for four years before moving offshore.

He previously practised in Bedell Cristin's Cayman Islands litigation team between 2012 and 2020 before returning in August 2024

Carlos de Serpa Pimentel is a partner in the Private Client and Trusts department of the Appleby Group.

Carlos specialises in all aspects of Cayman Islands trust law advice and trust litigation. He regularly advises trustees and ultra-high net worth individuals on the establishment, restructuring and administration of trusts, and the use of private trust companies as well as providing advice to Protectors and beneficiaries on a variety of trust related matters. He also advises on estate planning and administration of estate issues for high net worth individuals. Carlos has substantial experience in relation to Cayman Islands and BVI trust litigation matters, acting on behalf of trustees, beneficiaries and Protectors in Court proceedings. He regularly appears in Court on their behalf as counsel.

Laura specialises in corporate governance, corporate / asset acquisitions and disposals and funding arrangements that include various corporate and partnership structures. Laura has a passion for governance, structuring, sustainability, and the environment. She has a track record of successfully working as part of a team with clients and colleagues. Recommended by Legal 500 Caribbean 2022 as possessing key experience in corporate governance matters and Legal 500 Caribbean 2023 as being a clever lawyer with an in-depth knowledge of Cayman regulations. Regulatory advice relates to the licences required to operate in the Cayman Islands, economic substance, data protection and the regulatory measures required by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA).

Laura regularly works with investment funds and intermediaries to advise on a variety of legal, corporate, regulatory and funds matters, including funds structured as limited liability companies, segregated portfolio companies and exempted limited partnerships. Laura provides legal advice on the whole fund cycle from incorporation to the wind-down of the fund with CIMA and the Registrar of Companies.

Bhavesh is an experienced litigator specialising in commercial litigation, shareholder and company disputes, cross-border insolvency, and contentious trusts and private client matters. Following his degree at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, Bhavesh trained and qualified into the disputes department of Herbert Smith Freehills. During that time he was seconded to RBS and UBS where he worked on the RBS Rights Issue Litigation and LIBOR fixing claims. Since moving offshore, Bhavesh has been admitted to appear in both the Cayman Islands and the BVI. Bhavesh has advised international clients on a variety of high profile matters, including the Abraaj Group’s liquidation, the restructuring of Luckin Coffee, and currently acts as Cayman counsel to Iriving Picard as Madoff Trustee. Bhavesh is recognized and ranked in legal directories for commercial litigation and is listed in Legal Week’s Private Client Global Elite. He is an overseas member of the Chancery Bar Association and of the American Bankruptcy Institute, and serves on committees within INSOL and RISA Cayman.

A trailblazer in the world of insolvencies and fraud investigations, Ken has successfully chased and recovered in excess of three billion dollars for victims of white collar crime.  His diverse experience, including a stint as the head of enforcement for the local financial services regulator, gives him a unique perspective in pursuing assets and untangling the web that can arise from complex offshore structures and limited information. His efforts have resulted in many precedents and new case law in the areas of cross-border recognition, asset recovery and international litigation. Recognition of his dedication and promotion of these fields are denoted by his membership in International Insolvency Institute (III), designation as Cayman’s exclusive insolvency expert for Legal’s Finest, and his annual invitation from the NYU School of Law to speak as a Guest Lecturer.

Chantal Basson is a Clinical Psychologist at Alex's Place, Adoloscent Behavioural Health at the HSA, specialising in attachment focused family therapy, chronic long term health conditions, psychosomatic presentations, neurodiversity, and healing trauma through the developmental of attachment relationships.

Chantal is formerly a Lead Consultant Clinical Psychologist at National Health Services (NHS) in the UK and worked for 10 years in NHS Senior Management and Leadership. She is a qualified Family Therapy Systemic Practitioner, specialising in child and family mental health. She has also taught at multiple universities and across several NHS Trusts during her career to date.

Megan Paget-Brown is the Chief Executive Officer of the Cayman International Mediation and Arbitration Center (CI-MAC), based in George Town, Cayman Islands. In addition to her leadership role at CI-MAC, she is a practicing attorney admitted in the Cayman Islands, the District of Columbia, Missouri, Tennessee, and Wyoming, as well as a solicitor in England & Wales. She focuses her practice on commercial litigation and alternative dispute resolution, corporate governance, digital assets and blockchain technology.

Before beginning her legal career, she worked for a leading market intelligence firm, specializing in financial information and analytics, and also gained experience in the wine industry. She began her legal practice handling criminal matters with the public defender’s office before transitioning to commercial practice.

She holds a B.Sc. in Management and Business (cum laude) from Skidmore College, where her thesis on idiosyncratic risk and hedge fund performance was published in The Journal of Investing (Summer 2013). She earned her J.D. from the University of Richmond School of Law and an LL.M. in International Commercial and Maritime Law (with merit) from Swansea University.

Megan is also a frequent speaker and author on topics related to arbitration, mediation, and international dispute resolution. She has spoken at industry conferences, on podcasts, and contributed to publications on emerging trends in ADR, commercial disputes, and financial regulation.

Changez is a Senior Associate in Marshall Diel & Myers Limited’s commercial litigation team: his special interests are in company, employment and insurance law disputes. He has a sound understanding of litigation strategy and a depth of advocacy experience, having practised as a barrister for 14 years in London (where he was recognized by the directories).

He acts for and against directors, shareholders, companies and insurers, as well as regulators and government bodies.

Holding degrees in English law and French law, Changez is adept at traversing different legal systems and is also a fluent French speaker.

Chizelle is a Partner in our Litigation Group. Her practice focuses on commercial and general litigation claims, including contracts, banking, insolvency, fraud, personal injury, professional negligence, employment and family law.

Chizelle has appeared as junior counsel in the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal in The Bahamas. She has also appeared as junior counsel before the Judicial Committee of Her Majesty’s Privy Council in the decision of Junkanoo Estates Bahamas Ltd et al v UBS (Bahamas) Ltd (In Voluntary Liquidation [2017] UKPC 8. In this landmark case, Chizelle helped to obtain a ruling that clarified the long-standing confusion over the concurrent jurisdictions between the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal, when applying for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal in The Bahamas.

Anna is a senior dispute resolution lawyer qualified in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), England and Wales, and Russia, focusing on complex cross-border disputes.

She has more than a decade of experience acting on cross-border commercial litigation, international arbitration, and matters related to the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and other emerging markets.

In this role, she has acted on a number of litigation proceedings in the BVI, as well as international arbitration proceedings under the London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA), the International Chambers of Commerce (ICC), the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL), the International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) rules and High Court litigation proceedings in England and Wales.

Bryan specialises in family law and in particular acting for international high net worth individuals in financial and children matters, including both financial claims and Children Act proceedings.

Prior to joining Hughes Fowler Carruthers Bryan trained at a city law firm where he gained experience in commercial property, trusts, contentious probate and family law.

Upon qualification in 2010, Bryan joined Hughes Fowler Carruthers and since then has amassed a wealth of experience, which includes High Court and Court of Appeal reported cases. Bryan was appointed to the partnership in April 2018.

Lucy specialises in both contentious and non-contentious international trusts, and private client work.

Based in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), Dan is a partner at MKS Law and a highly-experienced, transnational asset recovery and insolvency lawyer, specialising in complex, cross-border commercial litigation.

Dan brings a wealth of accumulated experience and knowledge to resolving complex, contentious commercial matters, often of a cross-border nature and typically involving a significant element of fraud.

His litigation and trial work has covered a range of international matters for clients from many jurisdictions, including the UK, USA, Brazil, FSU, Hong Kong, PRC, Japan, Nigeria, the Czech Republic and others.

He frequently represents BVI companies in shareholder disputes, striving for quick and cost-effective resolutions for complicated problems. He possesses particular expertise in obtaining offshore disclosure orders and in assisting in 28 USC s.1782 discovery applications in aid of litigation abroad.

Fiona has extensive experience advising debtors, creditors, and insolvency practitioners on restructuring and insolvency matters.
She focuses on cross-border restructuring transactions and advising on both creditor and shareholder schemes of arrangement and formal insolvency procedures in the Cayman Islands. She also has experience of multi-jurisdictional and cross-border restructuring transactions, including advising on a number of schemes of arrangement.