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

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

NEWS

• Walkers Leads Legal 500 2022 Offshore Lawyer Rankings - Walkers is pleased to announce it has received 44 individual lawyer rankings in the 2022 Legal 500 C...
  
• Walkers Acts on IFLR America's Restructuring Deal of the Year 2021 - Walkers is pleased to announce that its Bermuda and Cayman Islands offices have been recognised at t...
  
• Walkers Honours Dedicated Cayman Employees - Walkers' Cayman Islands office recently recognised thirty-four employees for their devotion to the f...
  
• Primeo 诉汇丰银行：开曼群岛上诉法院驳回麦道夫联接基金的上诉 - 开曼群岛上诉法院（以下简称“上诉庭”）驳回了 Primeo Fund（强制清算中）�...
  
• Primeo v HSBC: Cayman Islands Court of Appeal dismisses Madoff Feeder Fund's Appeal - The Cayman Islands Court of Appeal ("CICA") has dismissed the appeal brought by Primeo Fund (in Offi...
  
View All

EVENTS

• 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...
  
• Fiona MacAdam to Speak at ABI's Mid-Level Professional Development Program - Senior counsel Fiona MacAdam is to speak at the American Bankruptcy Institute’s (ABI) Mid-Level Pr...
  
• 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...
  
View All

ARTICLES

• “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...
  
• Walkers Cited by Global Turnaround on Current Bermuda, BVI & Cayman Court Systems - Cayman and the BVI are home to thousands of financing vehicles and funds of every kind from all over...
  
• Walkers Special Issue 2019 – International Corporate Rescue - We are delighted to share with you this special publication containing offshore insolvency and restr...
  
• Validation Orders: the current state of play in the Cayman Islands - ValidationThe Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (the "Grand Court") in the matter of China Shanshui ...
  
View All

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...
  
View All

ADVISORY

• 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 ...
  
View All