BERMUDA Law and Practice Contributed by: Michael Hanson, Keith Robinson, Sam Stevens and Kyle Masters, Carey Olsen
Carey Olsen has the largest dispute resolution and lit- igation practice in Bermuda, comprising 20 fee earn- ers who represent clients across a range of conten- tious and non-contentious matters. The firm is widely recognised for its expertise in both international and domestic cases, including corporate, commercial and civil disputes; investment funds; banking, financial services and trusts litigation; restructuring and insol- vency; fraud and asset tracing claims; employment; and family law matters. Many of the dispute resolu-
tion and litigation practice’s cases have established judicial precedents that are referred to in jurisdictions around the world. In 2019, Carey Olsen established a Bermuda law offering in Hong Kong to offer Ber- muda dispute resolution legal services to clients in the Asian time zone. The firm advises on Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey law across a global network of nine interna- tional offices.
Authors
Michael Hanson is the managing partner of Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited. His core practice is centred on human capital and regulatory law, where he advises the largest insurance and reinsurance, banks and
Sam Stevens is a partner at Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited, specialising in the resolution of complex civil and commercial disputes. He has significant experience handling a wide range of commercial litigation and
professional services businesses on the island. Michael has particular and significant expertise in multi-jurisdictional crisis management, corporate, employment and regulatory investigations, complex executive disputes and executive benefit and incentive programmes. He also has a more general practice advising clients on commercial contract claims, reinsurance and coverage disputes and shareholder disputes.
arbitration matters, with a particular emphasis on shareholder disputes, civil fraud and restructuring and insolvency cases. He has conducted disputes across a broad spectrum of industry sectors, including banking, investment funds, insurance, energy, real estate, logistics, construction and media. Sam has particular experience in the field of international arbitration, and has acted for commercial parties in arbitrations seated in Bermuda, London, Paris, Dubai, Singapore and Kuwait under the auspices of the majority of the world’s major arbitral institutions.
Keith Robinson is a partner and head of the dispute resolution and insolvency team at Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited and has over 20 years’ experience in a wide range of commercial litigation matters,
Kyle Masters is a partner at Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited and has extensive experience in regulatory and compliance law, internal and external risk mitigation, corporate governance, enforcement actions and
including corporate and commercial disputes, arbitration, breach of contract and public law, and restructuring and insolvency matters. He also has expertise in high-value trust litigation and court- approved trust restructurings, having been involved in many of the major trust cases in Bermuda. He has written extensively and is a regular speaker on Bermuda law matters.
business strategy. He has appeared as an advocate in the Bermuda Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, undertaking a wide variety of commercial and civil litigation. He has particular expertise in regulatory matters, including telecommunications and energy law, employment law, and general corporate disputes. He practised in a Bermuda firm specialising in civil and commercial litigation until 2013, when he joined the Bermuda Regulatory Authority. As senior legal advisor, Kyle was responsible for developing and enforcing regulatory rules and statutes on behalf of the Authority.
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