Insolvency & Dispute Resolution

Walkers' insolvency and dispute resolution group offers Bermuda, British Virgin Islands (BVI), Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Irish and Jersey law advice on all aspects of litigation, restructuring, insolvency, corporate recovery and dispute resolution.

  • We have dedicated teams in Bermuda,  the BVI, Cayman Islands, Dubai, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jersey and Singapore advising on all aspects of litigation, restructuring, insolvency, corporate recovery and dispute resolution.
  • We have dedicated teams offering insolvency and corporate recovery advice in Hong Kong and Singapore. We have on-the-ground capability in London and Dubai.
  • Our lawyers have full rights of audience in the courts of Bermuda, BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Ireland and Jersey. They appear regularly in appeal courts, as well as before the Privy Council in London.
  • Our group works closely with many of the leading international law and accounting firms, who regularly instruct us on complex cross-border cases and restructuring transactions to provide local law advice.
  • We are experienced in, and can co-ordinate, multi-jurisdictional litigation.

We are internationally recognised as having the premier insolvency and corporate recovery team amongst the International Financial Centre law firms.

We have played a leading role in the development of insolvency law in a number of the jurisdictions in which we operate. We have taken a leading role in formulating structures and techniques to assist distressed companies to refinance and/or restructure themselves.

We advise existing stakeholders, creditors, debtors, private equity and hedge funds, insolvency practitioners and other advisors in the following areas:

  • Banking disputes
  • Commercial and corporate disputes
  • Complex cross-border restructurings
  • Conflict of laws
  • Contentious and non-contentious insolvencies
  • Contentious banking and financial issues
  • Corporate winding-up (liquidation)
  • Distressed collective investment vehicles
  • Distressed situations
  • Enforcement proceedings
  • Fraud and asset tracing
  • Insolvency litigation
  • Insurance
  • IP litigation, protection and enforcement
  • Professional negligence
  • Refinancing and reconstruction
  • Schemes of arrangement
  • Trust litigation

We provide expertise in both international and local arbitration. Among our team are qualified arbitrators and trained mediators.

 

2022 Who's Who Legal – Asset Recovery Law Firm of the Year, Restructuring & Insolvency Law Firm of the Year & Best Commercial Litigation Firm

2022 Global Restructuring Review - Top 10

2021 Global Restructuring Review - Top 10

2020 Global Restructuring Review - Top 20

2020 Legal 500 - Dispute Resolution (BVI, Cayman Islands)

2019 Global Restructuring Review - Top 30

2019 Who’s Who Legal - Insolvency and Restructuring Firm of the Year

2018 Global Restructuring Review - Top 30

2018 Who's Who Legal - Asset Recovery Firm of the Year

2018 IFLR Asia Awards - Restructuring Deal of the Year

2017 Who's Who Legal - Asset Recovery Firm of the Year


BERMUDA
Kevin TaylorManaging PartnerT +1 441 242 1510kevin.taylor@walkersglobal.com
Steven WhitePartnerT +1 441 242 1562 steven.white@walkersglobal.com

BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
Oliver CliftonPartnerT +1 284 852 2246oliver.clifton@walkersglobal.com
Murray LaingPartnerT +1 284 852 2226 murray.laing@walkersglobal.com
Rosalind NicholsonPartnerT +1 284 852 2237rosalind.nicholson@walkersglobal.com
Iain TuckerPartnerT +1 284 852 2230iain.tucker@walkersglobal.com

CAYMAN ISLANDS
Rupert BellPartnerT +1 345 914 4203rupert.bell@walkersglobal.com
Nick DunnePartnerT +1 345 814 4548nick.dunne@walkersglobal.com
Matthew GouckePartnerT +1 345 914 6332matthew.goucke@walkersglobal.com
Barnaby GowriePartnerT +1 345 914 6365barnaby.gowrie@walkersglobal.com
Neil LuptonPartnerT +1 345 914 4286neil.lupton@walkersglobal.com
Shelley WhitePartnerT +1 345 914 4205shelley.white@walkersglobal.com

DUBAI
Luke PetithPartnerT +971 4 363 7926luke.petith@walkersglobal.com

GUERNSEY
Sarah BrehautPartnerT +44 (0)1481 748 930sarah.brehaut@walkersglobal.com
Adam ColePartnerT +44 (0) 1481 748 912adam.cole@walkersglobal.com
Alison OzannePartnerT +44 (0) 1481 748 905alison.ozanne@walkersglobal.com

HONG KONG
John CrookPartnerT +852 2596 3344john.crook@walkersglobal.com
Tom PughPartnerT +852 2596 3466tom.pugh@walkersglobal.com
Victoria RaymondPartnerT +852 2596 3367victoria.raymond@walkersglobal.com
Colette Wilkins KCPartnerT +852 2596 3307colette.wilkins@walkersglobal.com

IRELAND
William GreensmythPartnerT +353 1 470 6679william.greensmyth@walkersglobal.com

JERSEY
Richard HoldenPartnerT 44 (0) 1534 700 823 richard.holden@walkersglobal.com
Nigel SandersPartnerT +44 (0) 1534 700 862nigel.sanders@walkersglobal.com
Marc SeddonPartnerT +44 (0)1534 700 761marc.seddon@walkersglobal.com

LONDON
Jan GolaszewskiPartnerT +44 (0)20 7220 4999jan.golaszewski@walkersglobal.com

SINGAPORE
Adam HinksPartnerT +65 6603 1657adam.hinks@walkersglobal.com
Gareth Murphy PartnerT +65 6603 1693gareth.murphy@walkersglobal.com

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