Prior to joining Walkers, Fiona worked in the Finance department at Latham & Watkins in London where she specialised in restructuring and turnaround work. She has extensive experience of multi-jurisdictional and cross-border restructuring transactions including advising on a number of schemes of arrangement.

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

Qualifications:
BA (Hons), Durham University, England, UK
PgDL, LPC, The University of Law, Guildford, England, UK

2023 Legal 500 - Rising Star - Dispute Resolution

2022 RISA Awards – Winner of Cayman Islands Attorney of the Year 2022 

2022 Legal 500 - Rising Star - Dispute Resolution

2021 Legal 500 - Rising Star - Dispute Resolution

2020 Legal 500 - Rising Star - Dispute Resolution

2019 Legal 500 -  Next Generation Lawyer - Dispute Resolution

2018 IFLR Asia Awards - Restructuring Deal of the Year - Mongolian Mining Restructuring

2018 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer - Dispute Resolution

2018 Author of In-House Lawyer Restructuring & Insolvency: Cayman Islands

2017 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer - Dispute Resolution

2017 Author of In-House Lawyer Restructuring & Insolvency: Cayman Islands

Fiona is a member of the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association and the Law Society of England and Wales.

She is also the past Chair of the Cayman Islands network of the International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation Ltd. (IWIRC).

ADVISORY

• Tales from the Oriente: the first appointment of restructuring officers in the Cayman Islands - Walkers acted as Cayman Islands counsel to Oriente Group Limited (the "Company”) in respect of its...
  
• Introduction of the New Cayman Islands Restructuring Officer Regime - The much-anticipated and welcome reforms to the Cayman Islands restructuring and insolvency legislat...
  
• Guidance from the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands: The Role of Liquidation Committees in the Sanction of Liquidators' Costs and Expenses - Following a recent hearing, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (the "Grand Court") has handed dow...
  
• Avoiding the Nuclear Option - The Cayman Islands Grand Court Appoints Soft Touch Provisional Liquidators to CW Group Holdings Limi...
  
• 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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EVENTS

• Fiona MacAdam to speak at IWIRC Cayman technical panel – Cross-Border Insolvency – on 8 September 2022 - Partner Fiona MacAdam will be speaking on Cross-Border Insolvency at the International Women's ...
  
• Fiona MacAdam to To Speak at CILPA & CIIPA Seminar - The New Cayman Islands Restructuring Officer Regime - Partner Fiona MacAdam will be speaking on a panel at the upcoming CILPA & CIIPA Seminar regarding th...
  
• Walkers to Sponsor GRR Live: Women in Restructuring - Walkers is delighted to be a silver sponsor of the upcoming GRR Live: Women in Restructuring confere...
  
• RISA: Cayman Insolvency Refresher Course 2021 - Walkers is proud to sponsor the Recovery & Insolvency Specialists' Association's Cayman Insolvency R...
  
• Walkers Webinar: Insolvency & Dispute Resolution Spring 2020 - Session 5 - Join us for the fifth session of the Cayman Islands Insolvency & Dispute Resolution Webinar Series.S...
  
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NEWS

• Walkers Leads Legal 500 2023 Offshore Lawyer Rankings - Walkers is proud to receive 44 individual lawyer rankings in the 2023 Legal 500 Caribbean directory ...
  
• First Cayman Restructuring Officers Appointed - Walkers successfully represented Oriente Group Limited (the "Company") in the very first petition in...
  
• Walkers Announces Record Round of Senior Promotions in the Americas for 2022 - Walkers is delighted to announce a record promotions* round for 2022 in its Americas region. Walkers...
  
• Walkers' Senior Lawyer and WPS Promotions 2022 - Walkers has announced its 2022 senior lawyer and WPS promotions*. Forty-seven senior colleagues from...
  
• 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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ARTICLES

• Fiona MacAdam Speaks on Border Crossing Podcast: Cayman Island New Chief Restructuring Officer Regime - Fiona MacAdam has recently featured on the Border Crossing Podcast, hosted by Chip Hoebeke, discussi...
  
• Sea change in the Cayman Islands: A new restructuring officer regime - Legislative reforms to Part V of the Cayman Islands Companies Act will shortly be coming into force&...
  
• INSOL World: New Restructuring Officer Regime to be Introduced into the Cayman Islands - The Cayman Islands continues to be at the forefront of developments in restructuring and insolv...
  
• “Brothers in Arms”: How Certain Companies in Dire Straits can Implement Restructurings with Cayman Islands Assistance - The Cayman Islands has long established itself as one of the leading offshore financial centres by o...
  
• Video: Schemes of Arrangement - One tool often used in the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and the British Virgin Islands to help clients re...
  
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MATTERS

• Walkers Advises Hilong Group on Restructuring - Walkers is pleased to have acted as Cayman Islands legal counsel to the Hilong Group in relation to ...
  
• Walkers Advises Global Indemnity Group in Redomestication - Walkers is pleased to have acted as Cayman Islands counsel to the Global Indemnity group in relation...
  
• Walkers (Cayman) Acts on Shelf Drilling Restructuring - Walkers acted for Shelf Drilling as it undertook a restructuring of certain third party debt obligat...
  
• Walkers (Cayman) Acts on CHC Group Restructuring - Walkers' team advised the senior secured creditor group and eventual owners of CHC Group in relation...
  
• Herald Fund SPC Announces Global Settlement with Madoff Trustee - The Principal Liquidators of Herald Fund SPC (In Official Liquidation) have announced a global settl...
  
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