Jason began advising on Cayman Islands law in 2004 while working at another leading Cayman Islands law firm. In late 2012, he left that firm to help set up the Cayman Islands office of another offshore firm. Two years later, in 2014, he joined Walkers as a partner.

Prior to moving to the Cayman Islands, Jason worked for Freshfields in London.

Admitted In:
Cayman Islands
England and Wales (not practising)

Qualifications:
LLB, University of Natal, South Africa
BA (Politics and Law), University of Natal, South Africa

2022 Chambers Global - Notable Practitioner - Investment Funds

2021 IFLR 1000 - Rising Star

2021 Chambers Global Guide - Notable Practitioner - Investment Funds - "He is very responsive and knowledgeable but also practical and commercial," reported one source, adding: "He is very conscious of achieving the client's objective."

2020 Chambers Global Guide - Notable Practitioner - Investment Funds

2020 IFLR 1000 - Rising Star

2019 Chambers Global Guide - Notable Practitioner - Investment Funds

2019 IFLR 1000 - Rising Star

2018 Chambers Global Guide - Notable Practitioner - Investment Funds - "A careful, thoughtful and responsive lawyer."

2018 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer - Corporate & Commercial

2018 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer - Investment Funds

2018 IFLR 1000 - Rising Star

2017 Chambers Global Guide - Notable Practitioner - Investment Funds

2017 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer - Investment Funds

2017 IFLR 1000 - Rising Star

2016 Chambers Global Guide - Notable Practitioner - Investment Funds - "Jason Allison is extremely knowledgeable, and very good at presenting things in a user-friendly way."

2016 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer - Investment Funds

2016 IFLR 1000 - Rising Star

Jason is a Notary Public in the Cayman Islands and a member of the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association.

MATTERS

• Walkers Advises New Unicorn, Facily, on $135 Million Series D-1 Round Financing - Walkers has acted as Cayman Islands counsel to Facily, a Latin American social commerce platform, in...
  
• Walkers acts as Cayman Islands Counsel on Waystone Exit from MML - Walkers is pleased to announce that it acted as Cayman Islands counsel to a prominent sell-side inve...
  
• Walkers acts for Moneda Asset Management SpA on its merger with NASDAQ-listed Pátria Investments Limited - Walkers has advised Moneda Asset Management SpA, a leading asset management firm based in Chile, on ...
  
• Walkers (Cayman) acts for Reckitt on the sale of its Infant Formula and Child Nutrition business in China to Primavera Capital Group - Walkers' Cayman Islands office is pleased to have acted as Cayman Islands counsel to Reckitt Benckis...
  
• Walkers Acts as Cayman Islands Counsel to Ace Convergence Acquisition Corp. in Business Combination with Achronix Semiconductor Corporation - Walkers were pleased to act as Cayman Islands counsel to Ace Convergence Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: ...
  
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NEWS

• Walkers' Integrated Global Legal, Tax and Professional Services Highlighted in 2021 IFLR1000 Rankings - Walkers reinforces its position as a leading law firm with the most recent IFLR 1000 legal directory...
  
• Forty Walkers Staff Celebrate Long-Service - Employees at Walkers' Cayman office were recognised recently for their commitment to the firm during...
  
• Walkers – Most Ranked Practices in Offshore (Chambers Global) - Walkers' practice groups have received the highest number of rankings for an offshore law firm in th...
  
• Walkers Fundamentals Private Equity Trends - Part 3 - From our vantage point as advisers to many of the world’s top investment fund managers and financi...
  
• Walkers Fundamentals Hedge Fund Trends - Part 2 - HEDGE FUNDS - PART 2   From our vantage point as advisers to many of the world’s top in...
  
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ARTICLES

• Walkers Fundamentals White Paper 2021 – Closed-Ended Funds Part 2 - It has been another twelve months in which the extraordinary has become the norm, the unthinkable th...
  
• Walkers Fundamentals White Paper 2021 – Closed-Ended Funds Part 1 - It has been another twelve months in which the extraordinary has become the norm, the unthinkable th...
  
• Walkers Fundamentals White Paper 2021 – Hedge Funds - Welcome to Walkers’ 2021 Fundamentals White Paper Series, in which we discuss certain trends ident...
  
• Podcast: Year of the SPAC - It's Rise and Future Prospects -  2020 is a year that will be memorable for many years, particularly as a result of the number o...
  
• Walkers Fundamentals White Paper 2020 – Hedge Funds Part 1 - Welcome to Walkers’ 2020 Fundamentals White Paper Series, in which we discuss certain trends ident...
  
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EVENTS

• Walkers Virtual Fundamentals 2021 Seminar - Please join us on Tuesday 9 November for a live broadcast of Walkers Fundamentals where we will expl...
  
• Walkers Virtual Fundamentals Seminar - Please join us for pre-event networking, followed by a live broadcast of Walkers Fundamentals a...
  
• Walkers to Sponsor Women in Fund Finance - Walkers is proud to be sponsoring the Women in Fund Finance Networking Boat Trip on February 12 in M...
  
• Walkers to Sponsor Global Fund Finance Symposium 2020 - Walkers is pleased to be a silver sponsor at the 10th annual Global Fund Finance Symposium taking pl...
  
• Walkers Sponsors GAIM Ops Cayman 2019 - Walkers will once again be a headline sponsor of the GAIM Ops Cayman conference from April 28 -...
  
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ADVISORY

• Updates to the Cayman Islands Companies Law and LLC Law - The Companies Law (as amended) and the Limited Liability Companies Law (as amended) of the Cayman Is...
  
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