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)

2020 Chambers and Partners UK Guide - Notable Practitioner: 

"very well networked, good on strategy, commercial and pragmatic."

2020 Legal 500 - (Offshore) Leading Lawyer

2019 Legal 500 - (Offshore) Recommended Lawyer

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'

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

ADVISORY

• Court of Appeal Provides Clarity on the Weight to be Accorded to the Views of Shareholders on the Identity of Liquidators - The Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands has confirmed that once it has been established that a sol...
  
• Liquidators Granted Sanction to make Interim Distributions to Unsecured Creditors Despite Competing Proprietary Claim - In a significant ruling dated 1 October 2019 in the matter of Saad Investments Company Limited (in o...
  
• Liquidators Granted Sanction to Settle Creditor Claim Despite Competing Existing Proprietary Claim - In a reasoned ruling dated 30 September 2019 in the matter of Saad Investments Company Limited (in o...
  
• Respecting Stakeholder Wishes - The Grand Court confirms that the "golden thread" of insolvency law is woven into the fabric of Sect...
  
• 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 ...
  
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NEWS

• Walkers (London) ranked top tier for BVI and Cayman law by both Chambers and Legal 500 - Walkers (London based) BVI and Cayman law teams have been ranked in the very top tier by both Chambe...
  
• Walkers London Retains Top Tier Ranking in Legal 500 UK - Walkers (London based) BVI and Cayman law teams have retained their Tier 1 ranking in the latest edi...
  
• Walkers ranked top tier by Legal 500 - London, Jersey & Guernsey - Walkers' London office continues to enjoy its standing as the pre-eminent offshore law firm based in...
  
• Walkers IDR Among Top Global Law Firms in GRR 30 - Walkers' Global Insolvency & Dispute Resolution Group has moved up the rankings in the latest Global...
  
• 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...
  
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EVENTS

• Fraud and Financial Crime – Risk and Regulation Conference 2019 - A changing world means that risk and regulation aren't just for compliance teams - these issues are ...
  
• 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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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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MEMO

• (Cayman) Setting Aside a Charge upon Insolvency - The Companies Law (2018 Revision) (the "Companies Law") applies only to companies formed and registe...
  
• (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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