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Walkers' continued excellence recognised in IFLR Caribbean 2025 guide

Aug 1, 2025

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Walkers has once again achieved top-tier results in the IFLR Caribbean 2025 Guide, reinforcing our position as a leading law firm in the region.

Our Cayman Islands office has been awarded Tier 1 across three categories: Financial and Corporate, Investment Funds and Financial Services Regulatory, with 29 lawyers individually recognised. The newly introduced Financial Services Regulatory category recognised partners Lucy Frew as Highly Regarded Practitioner and  Andrew Howarth as Notable Practitioner.  
 
Our Bermuda office has achieved Tier 1 recognition in the Financial and Corporate category, with five lawyers ranked individually.  

Our British Virgin Islands (BVI) office maintained its Tier 1 ranking in Financial and Corporate and Tier 2 in Investment Funds, with four lawyers receiving individual recognition. 

Ingrid Pierce, Global Managing Partner, commented: "These results demonstrate that our teams continue to deliver consistent, high-quality advice to clients across Corporate, M&A, Finance, Asset Management & Investment Funds. I’m especially pleased to see so many of my colleagues recognised in the Guide."
 
Across the Caribbean, 29 partners received individual rankings.

Cayman Islands:

  • Market Leaders: Ingrid Pierce and Caroline Williams
  • Women Leaders: Ingrid Pierce, Prasana and Caroline Williams 
  • Highly Regarded: Rob Jackson, James Burch, Lucy Frew, Melissa Lim, Tim Ludford-Thomas and James Melen
  • Notable Practitioners: Jason Allison, Justin Hart, Andrew Howarth, Paul Osborne and Joanne Ziegler
  • Rising Star Partners: Hugh Anderson, Andrew Barker, Matt Bernardo, Christine Ballantyne-Drewe, Bicrom Das and Sarah Humpleby 

Bermuda:

  • Highly Regarded: Adam Bathgate and Natalie Neto 
  • Rising Star Partners: Rachel Nightingale and Nathalie West
  • Rising Star: Benjamin Green 

BVI:

  • Highly Regarded: Matthew Cowman 
  • Rising Star Partners: Alex Drysdale, Paul Waldron and Omonike Robinson Pickering
Asset Management & Investment FundsCorporate, Mergers & AcquisitionsFinanceRegulatory & ComplianceBermudaBritish Virgin IslandsCayman Islands

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Ingrid Pierce
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Matthew Cowman
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Kevin Taylor
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