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Practice Area Key Contacts
Support ServicesBanking & Structured FinanceCompliance & RegulatoryCorporate & CommercialInsolvency & Corporate RestructuringInsurance & ReinsuranceInvestment FundsLitigationArbitration & MediationReal Estate & Local PracticeShipping & AviationTrustsPrivate Equity & Venture CapitalBlockchain & FinTechFraud Litigation & Asset RecoveryProfessional Liability
Alan Craig
Partner, Head of CorporateAlan is a partner and is head of our Corporate Department, where he specialises in the establishment of venture capital funds and related investment vehicles and the structuring and licensing of insurance companies. His practice also includes advising on cross-border corporate finance and M&A transactions. Alan was admitted as an attorney in the Cayman Islands in 1999 and joined Campbells in 2009.
Liam Faulkner
PartnerLiam is a partner in our Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring Group where he specialises in cross-border insolvency, restructuring and litigation, with extensive experience in shareholder and investment fund disputes. He joined Campbells in 2015, having previously worked in the British Virgin Islands and London. As part of his practice, Liam advises on both Cayman Islands and BVI law and maintains a practicing certificate in both jurisdictions. Liam has considerable experience of disputes arising out of Hong Kong and the PRC having spent two years practicing in Campbells’ Hong Kong office.
Shaun Folpp
Managing Partner, Hong KongShaun is a partner in our Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring Group and Managing Partner of our Hong Kong Office. He has extensive experience acting both for and against insolvency practitioners in all forms of external administrations, as well as acting for parties involved in general commercial, financial services and trust disputes, and has been involved in many of the largest offshore disputes to come before the courts of the BVI and Cayman Islands in recent history.
Mark Goodman
PartnerMark is a partner in our Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring Group where he specialises in insolvency, restructuring and investment fund litigation. Mark advises and appears in the Cayman Islands Courts on behalf of provisional and official liquidators, creditors, shareholders, directors, managers and other professional service providers in relation to a broad range of pre and post liquidation disputes. He has acted in litigation involving widely varying commercial contexts and structures, but his practice principally involves distressed and failed investment funds.
Jane Hale
PartnerJane Hale is partner in our Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring Group where she specialises in commercial litigation with a particular focus on fund disputes and partnership and shareholder disputes. She also specialises in contentious and non-contentious cross-border insolvencies and restructurings, advising insolvency practitioners, stakeholders and creditors in a range of distressed and insolvent situations.
Paul Kennedy
PartnerPaul is a partner in our Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring Group, based in the Cayman Islands office. He is one of the leading experts on sanctions and asset freezing measures affecting offshore assets and on the nexus between cross-border fraud and insolvency. Paul is described by directories as the “go-to name for contentious insurance work” including in the captive insurance space and regularly advises professionals and their insurers on liability issues.
Hamid Khanbhai
PartnerHamid is a partner in our Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring group and has extensive experience dealing with large-scale multi-party cross border disputes.
Lily W. Lee
PartnerLily is a partner in our Corporate Department. Her practice focuses on property, estate and private client matters. Prior to joining the firm, Lily was a lecturer at the Cayman Islands Law School, where she taught company and banking law as well as property conveyancing. Lily is also licensed (non-practicing) as an attorney in the province of Ontario, Canada. Lily migrated from Toronto, Canada in 1995 to Cayman and joined Campbells in 2013. Lily is a member of the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association and 100 Women in Hedge Funds. Outside of her work at Campbells, Lily enjoys mentoring interns and is highly involved with the real estate community in Cayman.
Damien Magee
PartnerDamien is a partner in our Corporate Department based in Grand Cayman. He specialises in corporate and commercial law, marine, asset finance and general banking matters. Damien joined Campbells in 2017.
Guy Manning
Partner, Head of Litigation, Insolvency & RestructuringGuy joined Campbells in 2005 and has been head of our Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring Group since 2016. He is ranked by all the major legal directories, has substantial experience as an advocate, and has given expert evidence of Cayman Islands law to various foreign courts. He is also a regular speaker at international insolvency and fund conferences.
In his spare time Guy is a keen adventurer. Among other expeditions, he has climbed the Seven Summits (the highest mountain on each continent), skied to the South Pole and cycled across the United States.
Jenny Nip
Partner, Head of PRC GroupJenny is a partner in our Corporate Department and is based in our Hong Kong office. She is also the Head of PRC Group and is responsible for the China practice of the firm. Jenny joined us in 2018 and specialises in all areas of corporate transactions including capital market transactions, mergers & acquisitions, take-private deals and downstream private equity financing and investment deals.
Andrew Pullinger
PartnerAndrew is a partner in our Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring Group, where he specialises in commercial litigation, international arbitration and alternative dispute resolution. He has a wealth of experience acting for clients in a variety of complex and high value disputes, typically with a cross-border element.
Charlie Pywell
PartnerCharlie is a partner in our Corporate Department. He has a broad corporate and finance practice with particular expertise and focus on debt finance (including fund finance and leveraged finance), equity finance, M&A and capital market transactions. Charlie regularly advises investment banks, private equity funds, large corporates and start-ups on the cross-border and multi-jurisdictional aspects of their transactions. Charlie joined Campbells in 2018.
Robert C. Searle
PartnerRobert is a partner in our Corporate Department. He specialises in advice on the establishment and restructure of all investment funds, having spent his entire legal career focusing on collective investment schemes in Cayman, England and Australia. He has a particular interest in impact investing where philanthropic outcomes are fused with commercial interests. Robert joined Campbells in 2003.
Richard Spencer
PartnerRichard is a partner in our Corporate Department. His practice covers investment funds, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, equity capital markets and corporate finance.
Simon Thomas
PartnerSimon is a partner in our Corporate Department. He specialises in the establishment of private equity funds and related investment vehicles.
Sarah Thompson
PartnerSarah Thompson is a partner in our Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring group. She has a broad dispute resolution practice, with a particular expertise in complex high-value corporate and commercial disputes, which are frequently multi-jurisdictional in nature and financial services litigation.
Guy Williamson
PartnerGuy is a partner in our Corporate Department. He advises on a wide variety of corporate transactions including, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, group reorganisations, equity capital markets and corporate finance.
James Austin-Smith
CounselJames is counsel in our Regulatory Litigation, Insolvency and Restructuring Group and has particular expertise in trial advocacy and highly contentious matters. James joined Campbells in 2011, having spent six years at another major law firm in Cayman, prior to that he practised from a leading set of chambers at the Bar in London.
Aleisha Brown
CounselAleisha Brown is counsel in our Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring group in Hong Kong. Aleisha has experience in a broad range of commercial litigation matters, having acted for clients in relation to trust disputes, the winding up of offshore companies, limited partnerships and other structures, shareholder, investor and partnership disputes, schemes of arrangement, insurance claims and cross-border estate matters.
Guy Cowan
CounselGuy is counsel in our Litigation, Insolvency and Restructuring Group, specialising in contentious matters. He completed his training at the Manchester office of international law firm DLA Piper and qualified as a solicitor in DLA Piper’s Restructuring group in September 2004. Guy continued to practise at DLA Piper until July 2011 when he joined Campbells and was admitted as an attorney at law in the Cayman Islands. He is a Fellow of INSOL International.
Jeremy Durston
CounselJeremy is counsel in our Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring Group where he has gained particular expertise in regulatory matters (including administrative fines), cross-jurisdictional treaty requests, and white collar fraud (including internet based or “Cyber-Fraud”).
Christopher Easdon
CounselChris is counsel in our Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring group based in the Cayman Islands. He has extensive experience of acting on commercial litigation and arbitration matters, with particular experience of banking and financial services disputes, shareholder and investor disputes, contentious insurance claims, and distressed fund issues.
Shaun Tracey
CounselShaun is counsel in our Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring Group. Shaun represents investment funds, directors, trustees, professional firms and their insurers in high-value litigation and arbitration. He is an expert in professional liability and is the author of Don’t Shoot the Advisor: A defence lawyer’s guide to protecting your position and preventing lawsuits. Shaun joined Campbells in 2014, having trained and practised at Simmons & Simmons in London.
Peter Alphart
Legal ManagerPeter is a legal manager in the Corporate Department of our Hong Kong office. He specialises in the structuring, formation, regulation and ongoing operation of investment funds. In addition, Peter has experience in advising on mergers and acquisitions, investment deals and general corporate and commercial matters. Peter is fluent in English and German.
Sayak Bhattacharya
AssociateSayak is an associate in our Corporate Department. Sayak’s experience prior to joining Campbells included both working with a large international law firm, and acting in a senior deal execution capacity for a London based asset management firm. His practice involves advising multinational corporates, private equity firms, venture capital managers, their portfolio companies, founders and management teams with respect to investment and control M&A transactions, capital markets transactions, joint ventures, financings and restructurings. Sayak’s commercial approach to problem-solving and experience in working with decision makers within client organisations, informs his versatility and responsiveness and assists him in providing pragmatic, relevant and timely advice.
Chantelle Chan
Legal ManagerChantelle is a legal manager in the Corporate Department of our Hong Kong office. She specialises in corporate finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions, investment deals and general corporate and commercial matters. In addition, Chantelle has experience in advising on bank finance, restructuring and debt capital market transactions. Chantelle is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
Alexandra Clynes
Senior AssociateAlexandra is a senior associate in our Corporate Department. She advises on Cayman Islands corporate transactions including series equity finance, structured finance, debt and equity capital markets, restructuring and corporate governance, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, stock market listings and shareholder agreements. She also advises clients on a range of finance matters, including secured lending, subscription finance, acting for cross-border banks in large debt financing deals, in addition to regulatory matters, including trade and business licensing, bank and trust company licensing and the regulatory and compliance implications of various types of transactions and licenses.
Shawnalee Henry
AssociateShawnalee is an associate in our Corporate Department. She advises on corporate, commercial and regulatory law including Cayman Islands shipping and aircraft matters. Shawnalee commenced her Articles of Clerkship with Campbells in September 2020. During her training, she participated in the Judicial Clerkship Training Programme at the Cayman Islands Courts.
Kate Hewitson
Senior AssociateKate is a senior associate in our Corporate Department. Prior to joining Campbells, Kate practised at a leading global law firm in London where she advised clients on a range of corporate and commercial matters including M&A, joint ventures, corporate restructuring, contractual matters and general corporate governance.
Sam Keogh
AssociateSam is an Associate in our Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring group. He specialises in fraud-related insolvency, professional negligence claims, just and equitable and insolvent winding up petitions, general commercial disputes and arbitration.
Myfanwy Leggatt
AssociateMyfanwy is an associate in our Corporate Department who advises on the establishment, regulation, ongoing operation, corporate governance and restructuring of both open and closed-ended fund structures. In which context she has acted for a wide range of market participants including fund managers, investment banks, private equity groups, pension funds, institutional investors and prime brokers. Myfanwy also advises on general corporate and commercial matters.
Kristy-Anne Leith
Senior AssociateKristy-Anne is a senior associate in our Corporate Department, advising on a vast range of corporate and fund matters, including FinTech transactions. She regularly advises on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, equity capital markets, investment funds (including cryptocurrency funds) and other corporate and investment transactions.
Nienke Lillington
Senior AssociateNienke is an attorney who specialises in commercial and insolvency litigation and advice. She is a senior associate in our Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring group.
Katie Logan
AssociateKatie is an associate in our Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring group. She specialises in insolvency, restructuring and commercial litigation. She advises and appears in the Cayman Islands Courts on behalf of provisional and official liquidators, creditors, shareholders, directors, managers and other professional service providers. She joined Campbells in 2021, having previously practised at a leading firm in Auckland, New Zealand.
James McKeon
Senior AssociateJames is a senior associate in the Corporate Department of our Hong Kong office. James advises on the structuring, formation, regulation and ongoing operation of investment funds. James’ practice also covers secured lending, fund financing, cross-border lending structures, asset and acquisition financing, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, capital raisings and general commercial matters. James joined Campbells in 2019 from a leading corporate firm in Brisbane, Australia.
Ananya Mittra
AssociateAnanya is an associate in our Corporate Department. Ananya advises on a range of corporate and commercial matters including M&A, technology start-ups and venture capital, corporate restructuring, government projects, fundraising, financing and general corporate governance.
Natasha Partos
Senior AssociateNatasha is an attorney in our Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring Group where she specialises in commercial litigation, regulatory and employment law as well as having experience in a wide a variety of contractual disputes and tortious claims.
Katherine Powell-Francis
Manager, Corporate ServicesKatherine is the manager of Corporate Services in our Cayman Islands Office. She currently leads a team of corporate administrators and also provides corporate and regulatory services to entities within the business’ portfolio. Katherine has a Bachelor’s Degree in Law and was admitted as an Attorney-at-Law in the Cayman Islands in 2013.
Jennifer Reilly
Senior AssociateJennifer is a senior associate in our Corporate Department where she specialises in investment fund and private equity fund formation and restructuring, including corporate and partnership structures, and secured lending and corporate finance. Her practice also includes advising on Cayman Islands ship and aircraft acquisition, financing and registration as well as general corporate and commercial matters. Jennifer joined Campbells in 2012.
Jordan Roberts
AssociateJordan is an associate in our Corporate Department. Jordan joined Campbells in 2021 having previously worked in the London office of DWF LLP where he has a broad background in corporate work. He has advised UK national and international clients on a range of matters including M&A, joint ventures, group restructurings, contractual issues and corporate governance.
Harry Shaw
Senior AssociateHarry is a senior associate in our Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring group and has a broad background in dispute resolution. He has advised clients ranging from individual investors to global banks and has experience litigating a broad spectrum of commercial cases relating to investment funds, contractual disputes, contentious trusts, insolvency and insurance.
Benjamin Tao
Legal ManagerBenjamin is a legal manager in the Corporate Department of our Hong Kong office. He specialises in capital market transactions, mergers and acquisitions, investment deals and general corporate and commercial matters, as well as the structuring, formation, regulation and ongoing operation of investment funds. Ben is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
Melanie Crinis
ConsultantMelanie Crinis graduated with a Bachelor of Laws Degree (with Honours) and a Masters Degree with Distinction (specialising in commercial litigation) from QUT University in Australia. She was admitted to the Supreme Court of Queensland in 1998 and subsequently to the High Court of Australia. Melanie was also admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales and as an attorney in the Cayman Islands in 2003.
Bianca Ip
Paralegal - CorporateBianca is a paralegal in the Corporate Department of our Hong Kong office. Bianca joined Campbells in 2018 and provides support and assistance on corporate and fund matters. Bianca speaks English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
Eleanor Lau
Legal ManagerEleanor is a legal manager in the Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring group of our Hong Kong office. She specialises in commercial disputes, as well as contentious and non-contentious cross-border insolvencies and restructurings. She is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
Satoko Nakazawa
ParalegalSatoko is a paralegal in the Litigation Department of our Hong Kong office.