Prior to joining Walkers, Sam was a senior associate in the dispute resolution team of Herbert Smith Freehills in Melbourne, Australia. Sam regularly advised financial institutions, listed companies and manufacturers in Australia and across Asia. Sam's practice involved a range of corporate and commercial litigation, with a particular focus on financial services disputes, class actions and regulatory investigations. Sam also assisted clients with obtaining court approvals of schemes of arrangement.

Admitted In:
Cayman Islands
Supreme Court of Victoria (not practising)
High Court of Australia (not practising)

Qualifications:
Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice, College of Law, Victoria, Australia
Bachelor of Laws (Hons), Deakin University, Australia
Bachelor of Commerce (Finance), Deakin University, Australia
Foundation Certificate In International Insolvency Law (FCIIL), Insol International (completed, grade pending)
Accelerated Route to Membership, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (completed, grade pending).

Sam is a member of the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association, the Cayman Islands Restructuring and Insolvency Specialists Association and the Law Institute of Victoria.

ADVISORY

• Guernsey Guide: legal, regulatory, transparency and supervisory framework - Introduction This briefing explains Guernsey’s adoption of rigorous international tax and regulat...
  
• Enforcement of arbitral awards: Bermuda, BVI, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Irish and Jersey law - As the use of arbitration as a means of dispute resolution has grown in popularity, there has been a...
  
• Grand Court warns investment managers that indemnity costs will loom large should they contest the identity of official liquidators in solvent liquidations - OverviewIn a recent decision of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (the "Court") concerning a sup...
  
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ARTICLES

• Grand Court of the Cayman Islands reconfirms Flexible Balance Sheet Insolvency Test for Segregated Portfolios - The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (Kawaley J) handed down a recent decision appointing receivers...
  
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NEWS

• Walkers Advises on the Successful Restructuring of MIE Holdings Corporation by way of a Cayman Islands Scheme of Arrangement - Walkers is delighted to have acted as Cayman Islands legal counsel in respect of the successful debt...
  
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