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Walkers Leads Legal 500 2023 Offshore Lawyer Rankings

Nov 14, 2022

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Walkers is proud to receive 44 individual lawyer rankings in the 2023 Legal 500 Caribbean directory and 46 Leading Individual, Next Generation Partner, and Rising Star rankings in total, more than any other offshore firm.

The guide ranks 18 practice areas across Walkers' offices in Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands, solidifying Walkers' reputation as the leading law firm in the Legal 500 Caribbean Guide. Eight practice areas are ranked as Tier 1 practices, with Walkers' other 10 practice areas all ranking in Tier 2.

Cayman Islands Managing Partner Tim Buckley said: "The ranking of so many of our lawyers and practices underlines the strength and depth of our teams across Bermuda, the BVI and the Cayman Islands and our focus on providing high quality, responsive service to our clients.".

Walkers' top tier rankings with verbatim client comments:

  • Bermuda – Regulatory & Compliance

"Walkers have provided us with advice which is always on time and succinct. The team is very responsive and provides helpful input on complex matters."

  • British Virgin Islands - Dispute Resolution

"Without doubt, the team… is outstanding and the best on the BVI. They are extremely hard-working and get results that no one else would get. They take on the toughest of cases and always fight to win."

  • British Virgin Islands - Trusts / Private Client

"In addition to its structuring and probate capabilities Walkers BVI is noted for the depth of its contentious trusts offering, representing numerous high-net-worth individuals and family companies in a host of claims and proceedings in a range of court settings."

  • Cayman Islands - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets

"The Walkers team has helped us to navigate through issues in both an unfamiliar jurisdiction and an unfamiliar area of the law for us. Their responsiveness, thoroughness, and ability to explain the issues is highly valued."

  • Cayman Islands - Dispute Resolution

"Provide insolvency and restructuring legal advice and support on complex offshore financial issues in a consistently articulate, precise and prompt manner whether orally, in writing or before the Grand Court or Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands or the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London."

  • Cayman Islands - Investment Funds

"Walkers' sizeable investment funds practice is routinely engaged by a stellar roster of blue-chip asset managers, which turn to the team for its eminent capabilities in big-ticket financings, listings, SPAC launches, and other fund formations."

  • Cayman Islands – Regulatory & Compliance

"Noted for the depth of its standalone regulatory practice, Walkers is engaged by a significant number of leading merchant banks, investment banks and asset managers for assistance with a range of high-profile, multi-jurisdictional projects."

  • Cayman Islands - Trusts / Private Client

"The Walkers private client team are fantastic to deal with and are the only cohesive team in the sector with the technical bandwidth to cover the full spectrum of private client disciplines – they are one of the few firms that recognise that this includes classic intergenerational planning as well as transactional solutions for liquidity events and a superb digital assets team based in Cayman."

  • Walkers' 44 individual lawyer rankings in full

Nineteen of the firm's attorneys received the top "Leading Individual" rating from Legal 500:


Bermuda:

  • Kevin Taylor - Dispute Resolution
  • Steven White - Dispute Resolution
  • Sarah Demerling – Insurance & Reinsurance

British Virgin Islands:

  • Oliver Clifton - Dispute Resolution
  • Rosalind Nicholson - Dispute Resolution and

Cayman Islands:

  • James Burch - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets
  • Philip Paschalides - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets
  • Rob Jackson - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets and Corporate & Commercial
  • David Collins - Corporate & Commercial
  • Matthew Goucke – Dispute Resolution
  • Neil Lupton – Dispute Resolution
  • Shelley White – Dispute Resolution
  • Rolf Lindsay – Investment Funds
  • Caroline Williams – Investment Funds
  • Lucy Frew – Regulatory & Compliance
  • Juliana Tang - Regulatory & Compliance

A further 16 lawyers received the "Next Generation Partners" ranking – highlighting the strength and depth of Walkers' team:

Bermuda:

  • Adam Bathgate - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets
  • Natalie Neto – Corporate & Commercial

British Virgin Islands:

  • Matthew Cowman - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets and Corporate & Commercial
  • Omonike Robinson-Pickering – Banking, Finance & Capital Markets
  • Murray Laing – Dispute Resolution
  • Iain Tucker – Dispute Resolution
  • Rosalind Nicholson – Trusts / Private Client

Cayman Islands:

  • Sarah Humpleby – Banking, Finance & Capital
  • Justin Hart – Corporate & Commercial
  • Rupert Bell – Dispute Resolution
  • Andrew Barker – Investment Funds
  • Bicrom Das – Investment Funds
  • Theo Lefkos – Investment Funds
  • Tony de Quintal – Regulatory & Compliance
  • Andrew Howarth - Regulatory & Compliance
  • Monique Bhullar – Trusts / Private Client

An additional 10 lawyers across Walkers' three Americas offices also received the "Rising Star" accolade:

Bermuda:

  • Nathalie West - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets
  • Rachel Nightingale – Corporate & Commercial
  • Melanie Fullerton – Regulatory & Compliance

British Virgin Islands:

  • Cate Barbour - Dispute Resolution
  • Paul Waldron - Investment Funds

Cayman Islands:

  • Niall Hanna – Dispute Resolution
  • Fiona MacAdam – Dispute Resolution
  • Christine Ballantyne-Drewe – Investment Funds
  • Matt Bernardo – Investment Funds
  • Lucy Diggle - Trusts / Private Client
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