Prior to joining Walkers, Fiona worked in the Finance department at Latham & Watkins in London where she specialised in restructuring and turnaround work.  Fiona 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
PgDL, LPC, The University of Law, Guildford, England

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

2017 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer - Dispute Resolution

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

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

Fiona is an active member of the Cayman Islands network of the International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation Ltd. (IWIRC) and is currently on the board of directors.

ARTICLES

• Off with his head! An offshore perspective – Is the “headcount test” heading for the guillotine? - A Cayman Islands scheme of arrangement is a powerful and flexible tool frequently used to implement ...
  
• A Brave New Crypto World - Blockchain technology has provided us with new creative opportunities. From alternative democratic a...
  
• Recognising and Assisting Foreign Officeholders in Guernsey and the Cayman Islands - In the increasingly internationalised corporate world, complex cross-border structures which include...
  
• Cayman Islands Schemes of Arrangement: An Alternative Tool For Cross-Border Restructuring - Cross-border restructurings often present a number of challenging issues for practitioners not least...
  
• A Welcome Stay in the Islands: Moratoriums in the Cayman Islands - Winston Churchill once said, “to improve is to change so to be perfect is to change often”. With...
  
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NEWS

• China Shanshui: The beginning of the end or the end of the beginning? - The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal has recently overturned the Order of Justice Mangatal dated 19 Oc...
  
• Cayman Islands Scheme of Arrangement involving DIP financing - The recent restructuring of Schahin II Finance Company (SPV) Limited (a Cayman Islands incorporated ...
  
• Costs Orders: Insolvency v litigation proceedings - In the recent judgment In the matter of Abraaj Holdings (FSD 95 of 2018, Unreported 4 January 2019),...
  
• Primeo appeals the Grand Court's dismissal of its $2bn administrator and custodian claims - In August 2017, following a trial lasting almost 4 months, the Grand Court handed down its judgment ...
  
• Walkers advises on the successful onshoring of Phoenix Group Holdings by way of a Cayman Islands scheme of arrangement - Walkers were delighted to have acted as Cayman Islands counsel, alongside Freshfields Bruckhaus Deri...
  
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EVENTS

• Fiona MacAdam to speak at the GRR Live Offshore Conference in Grand Cayman - Fiona MacAdam, Senior Counsel in the Insolvency and Dispute Resolution Group, will be speaking as a ...
  
• Fiona MacAdam to speak at RISA South Square Conference in Grand Cayman - Fiona MacAdam, Senior Counsel in the Insolvency and Dispute Resolution Group at Walkers, will be spe...
  
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ADVISORY

• 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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MATTERS

• 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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