Walkers is pleased to announce it has received 44 individual lawyer rankings in the 2022 Legal 500 Caribbean directory and 50 rankings of "Leading Individual", "Next Generation Partner", and/or "Rising Star" in total, more than any other offshore firm.
The guide also ranked 18 practice areas from Walkers' offices in Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands, solidifying Walkers' reputation as the leading law firm in the Legal 500 Caribbean Guide.
Eight practice areas are ranked as Tier 1 practices, with Walkers' other 10 practice areas all ranking in Tier 2. The following practice areas achieved the top tier rating:
- Bermuda – Regulatory & Compliance
"Ability to tackle complex regulatory considerations and structures by providing commercial and practical solutions."
- British Virgin Islands - Dispute Resolution
"The team combines huge intellectual rigour with the very best in commercial acumen and client care."
- British Virgin Islands - Trusts / Private Client
"They have a very intelligent, but also intensely practical team, which is the perfect blend."
- Cayman Islands - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets
"The Walkers team is able to provide excellent advice on any number of complex structures."
- Cayman Islands - Dispute Resolution
"The Cayman practice is superb. Real strength in width and depth. They are very clued into complex issues worldwide and provide a superb service to clients. They are also exceptionally hard-working!"
- Cayman Islands - Investment Funds
"Practical, efficient and responsive. It all begins and ends with the law, but then Walkers goes the extra step to work through with you the practical implications and likely scenarios."
- Cayman Islands – Regulatory & Compliance
"We have found Walkers support on Cayman regulatory matters to be exceptionally helpful – they are very responsive and able to provide contextual as well as pragmatic advice."
- Cayman Islands - Trusts / Private Client
"The Walkers team is the only one in the market, that I’m aware of, which combines leading trust and estate advice with expertise in other disciplines such as capital markets, compliance and fintech. Superb."
Within Walkers' 44 lawyer rankings, 17 of the firm's attorneys received the top "Leading Individual" rating from Legal 500:
Bermuda:
- Jonathan Betts - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets and Corporate & Commercial
- Kevin Taylor - Dispute Resolution
- Sarah Demerling – Insurance & Reinsurance
- Peter Dunlop – Insurance / Reinsurance
British Virgin Islands:
- Oliver Clifton - Dispute Resolution
- Rosalind Nicholson - Dispute Resolution
Cayman Islands:
- James Burch - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets
- Philip Paschalides - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets
- Rob Jackson - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets and Corporate & Commercial
- David Collins - Corporate & Commercial
- Matthew Goucke – Dispute Resolution
- Neil Lupton – Dispute Resolution
- Shelley White – Dispute Resolution
- Colette Wilkins – Dispute Resolution
- Rolf Lindsay – Investment Funds
- Caroline Williams – Investment Funds
- Lucy Frew – Regulatory & Compliance
- David Pytches – Trusts / Private Client
A further 14 lawyers received the "Next Generation Partners" ranking – highlighting the strength and depth of Walkers' bench:
Bermuda:
- Adam Bathgate - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets
- Natalie Neto – Corporate & Commercial
British Virgin Islands:
- Matthew Cowman - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets and Corporate & Commercial
- Omonike Robinson-Pickering – Banking, Finance & Capital Markets
- Murray Laing – Dispute Resolution
- Ian Tucker – Dispute Resolution
Cayman Islands:
- Justin Hart – Corporate & Commercial
- Rupert Bell – Dispute Resolution
- Andrew Barker – Investment Funds
- Bicrom Das – Investment Funds
- Theo Lefkos – Investment Funds
- Tony de Quintal – Regulatory & Compliance
- Monique Bhullar – Trusts / Private Client
An additional 13 lawyers across Walkers' three Americas offices also received the "Rising Star" accolade:
Bermuda:
- Nathalie West - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets
- Rachel Nightingale – Corporate & Commercial
- Melanie Fullerton – Regulatory & Compliance
British Virgin Islands:
- Cate Barbour - Dispute Resolution
- Paul Waldron - Investment Funds
Cayman Islands:
- Sarah Humpleby – Banking, Finance & Capital Markets
- Paul Osborne – Banking, Finance & Capital Markets
- Niall Hanna – Dispute Resolution
- Fiona MacAdam – Dispute Resolution
- Christine Ballantyne-Drewe – Investment Funds
- Matt Bernardo – Investment Funds
- Andrew Howarth – Regulatory & Compliance
- Lucy Diggle - Trusts / Private Client
