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Blake Egelton

Senior Counsel

Cayman Islands

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Blake Egelton

Blake Egelton is a senior counsel based in the Cayman Islands office.

He joined Walkers in 2019 and is a member of the Insolvency and Dispute Resolution Group, specialising in contentious and non-contentious insolvency matters and general offshore disputes.

Blake has broad experience advising large corporate and institutional clients on a wide range of high value and high profile international and cross-border disputes.

Experience and recent work

Prior to joining Walkers, Blake worked at Clyde & Co Australia in their Sydney office in the Litigation and Insurance groups. Blake undertook two external secondments and an internal secondment to New York, before relocating to Perth, Australia for a large international arbitration.

In 2018, Blake joined Clyde & Co's London office in its Professional and Financial Disputes team.

Qualifications

Admitted in:

  • Cayman Islands
  • Supreme Court of New South Wales (not practising)

Education:

  • Graduate Certificate in Professional Legal Practice, University of Technology, Sydney
  • Juris Doctor, University of Technology, Sydney
  • Masters of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney
  • Bachelor of Exercise Science, Australian Catholic University, Sydney

 

Blake is a member of the Law Society of New South Wales and was a member of the Australia Insurance Law Assocation Young Professionals Education Committee (2016 - 2018).
2017, Lawyers Weekly – Finalist, 30 under 30 Awards, Australia
2016, Insurance Business – recognised as an industry "Young Gun", Australia

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