CAYMAN ISLANDS Trends and Developments
Trends and Developments Contributed by: Alan Bercow, Jae Shin and Ross McLeod Appleby Appleby is one of the world’s leading full-ser - vice international law firms, with global teams of legal specialists advising public and private companies, financial institutions, and private individuals. Appleby has offices in ten highly regarded, well-regulated global locations, in - cluding the key international jurisdictions of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cay - man Islands, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Mauritius, and the Seychelles, as well as the in - ternational financial centres of Hong Kong and Shanghai. Appleby’s Cayman Islands dispute
resolution team has six partners and 12 other lawyers, and is a specialist team known for act - ing on the largest, most sensitive cases before the Cayman courts. The team acts for clients from across the globe as well as for important clients in the Cayman Islands and regularly rep - resents blue-chip firms and high net worth indi - viduals in the highest-profile and highest-stakes litigation. This ranges across a number of prac - tice areas, including fraud, insolvency, profes - sional liability, funds, and cryptocurrency.
Authors
Alan Bercow is a partner at the dispute resolution department in Appleby’s Cayman Islands office. Alan joined Appleby in November 2023 from Stephenson Harwood in
Jae Shin is an associate at the dispute resolution department in Appleby’s Cayman Islands office and has substantial experience acting for and advising high- profile clients across a wide
London, where he was a partner and co-head of the fraud and asset recovery team. Alan has acted in some of the largest fraud cases before the English courts. His clients include companies, directors, high net worth individuals, and insolvency practitioners. Alan has significant experience of cases involving insolvency and his practice involves high- value, complex fraud and asset recovery claims, often including freezing orders, disclosure orders, anti-suit injunctions, and gagging orders. Alan is a fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.
range of commercial disputes. His experience spans insolvency disputes, claims in relation to directors’ duties and regulatory investigations, as well as advising on litigation risks for various corporate clients involved in M&A. Prior to practising in the Cayman Islands, Jae was a member of the disputes and investigations team at Gilbert + Tobin in Sydney, Australia. He is a native speaker of Korean and is fluent in Japanese.
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