Admitted In:
British Virgin Islands
Cayman Islands
England and Wales (not practising)
Ireland
New York (not practising)

Qualifications:
Bachelor of Laws (LLB), Trinity College Dublin
Diploma in Insolvency and Corporate Restructuring (Law Society of Ireland)

2018 Legal 500 - (Offshore) Recommended Lawyer

2017 Legal 500 - (Offshore) Recommended Lawyer

"a trusted and responsive adviser, who is extremely user-friendly and proactive on any matter he advises on"

2016 Legal 500 - (Offshore) Recommended Lawyer

"always responsive and available to help"

​2015 Legal 500 - Insolvency specialist and 'up-and-coming star in the making', senior counsel John O'Driscoll joined the London office in 2014.

​John is a member of INSOL, R3, the Law Society of England & Wales, the Law Society of Ireland and the New York Bar Association.

NEWS

• Walkers Wins Restructuring & Insolvency Firm of the Year at Who's Who Legal Awards - On Thursday 16 May 2019 Walkers collected the Restructuring & Insolvency Firm of the Year award at t...
  
• Walkers IDR Among Top Global Law Firms in GRR 30 - Walkers' Global Insolvency & Dispute Resolution Group has been ranked as the 13th strongest global l...
  
• Walkers Wins Best Global Asset Recovery Firm at Who's Who Legal Awards - On Tuesday 8 May Walkers collected the Asset Recovery Global Firm of the Year award at the Who's Who...
  
• The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Returns to BVI in January 2018 - The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court has issued a court notice and announced that the Commercial Divi...
  
• Walkers Leads Offshore Litigation - The Lawyer Offshore Litigation Report - Walkers has appeared in the latest The Lawyer Offshore Litigation Report. In the report, Walkers was...
  
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ARTICLES

• To Stat Demand, or Not To Stat Demand, That is the Question - A Brief Guide and Comparison of Statutory Demands in the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islan...
  
• The Offshore Angle: An Expert's Perspective - In this edition of Vannin Capital’s In Conversation Series, London Managing Director, Rosemary Ioa...
  
• How China Supercharged the Offshore Market in Cayman and BVI - When Walkers was launched as an offshore law firm in 1964 in the small British dependency of the Cay...
  
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EVENTS

• Colette Wilkins to Speak at INSOL New York 2018 - Partner Colette Wilkins is to speak (and Walkers is to sponsor) the 2018 INSOL International An...
  
• Walkers to Sponsor INSOL New York Offshore Day - Walkers is delighted to be sponsoring the INSOL offshore meeting on Sunday 29 April, the perfect sta...
  
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ADVISORY

• Restructuring Ocean Rig - Treading Ultra-Deep Water in the Cayman Islands - The Cayman Court recently sanctioned schemes of arrangement for four companies within the Ocean Rig ...
  
• Increasing Numbers of “De-envelopings” Set to Continue - This bulletin is an update to our previous circular dated 25 October 2016 as regards the UK governme...
  
• Members claims under the BVI Business Companies Act - Walkers Partners Rosalind Nicholson and John O’Driscoll and associate Cate Barbour acted for the s...
  
• United Kingdom Inheritance Tax Changes - To De-Envelope Or Not? - Summary: • the United Kingdom (“UK”) government has recently confirmed that non-domiciles who ...
  
• When Shall Sometimes Means May... - ...The Tension Between Agreements To Arbitrate And Winding Up Proceedings.   One of the key d...
  
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MEMO

• (Cayman) Setting Aside a Charge upon Insolvency - The Companies Law (2018 Revision) (the "Companies Law") applies only to companies formed and registe...
  
• (BVI) Insolvent Liquidations of BVI Companies - This note sets out the key aspects of liquidating insolvent companies in the British Virgin Islands ...
  
• (Cayman) Enforcement of Foreign Judgments - The purpose of this briefing note is to consider the availability of, and procedure for, enforcement...
  
• (Cayman) Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards - The purpose of this briefing note is to consider the availability of, and procedure for, enforcement...
  
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MATTERS

• Walkers London advised on the high profile restructuring of General Healthcare Group - Walkers London advised on the high profile restructuring of General Healthcare Group, the UK's large...
  
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