Harry Shaw - Senior Associate, Campbells Grand Cayman

Overview

Harry 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.

Harry has expertise managing all facets of the dispute resolution process, starting from the initial instructions and dispute avoidance through to trial advocacy and enforcement. As well as being admitted as an Attorney in the Cayman Islands, Harry is also admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor in New Zealand, where he regularly appeared in Court alongside prominent QCs

Harry joined Campbells in June 2019.

Expertise

Work Highlights

Successfully defended a prominent fiduciary services provided in relation to a GBP150 million vicarious liability and breach of contract claim.
Acting for the joint official liquidators of ABRAAJ Investment Management Limited following the collapse of The Abraaj Group, a multi-billion dollar private equity firm.
Defending a major accounting firm in professional negligence claims in parallel arbitration and litigation.
Acted for various parties in relation to an ownership dispute concerning the multi-billion dollar private equity group, XIO.
Being seconded within a leading UK bank as part of a complex remediation project to advise on a range of legal issues including insolvency, debt-enforcement and loss quantification.
Successfully represented trustees of various Charitable Trusts at trial, including in the NZ Court of Appeal, against the NZ Attorney General and other interest groups.

Qualifications and Admissions

Attorney at Law Cayman Islands, 2019
New Zealand Law Society Civil Litigation Skills, 2015
Admission as Barrister & Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand, 2013
Institute of Professional Legal Studies – 2013
University of Otago (New Zealand), Bachelor of Laws, 2009-2012

Prior Career History

Harry’s began his career in 2012 at one of New Zealand’s leading litigation teams where he worked until 2017. He then spent two years in London working in-house at one of the UK’s largest banks, before moving to Campbells in June 2019.

Professional Associations

Cayman Islands Law Society
New Zealand Law Society
Recovery & Insolvency Specialist Association (Cayman) Ltd. (RISA)
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
INSOL

Publications and News

Articles

Not via Norwich: Obtaining Evidence in the Cayman Islands via Statute for the Purposes of Foreign Proceedings. This article explores the statutory powers which can be invoked by foreign litigants seeking to obtain evidence in the Cayman Islands under the Evidence (Proceedings in Other Jurisdictions) (Cayman Islands) Order 1978.

Client Advisories

Restructuring in provisional liquidation: In the Matter of Sun Cheong Creative Development Holdings Limited. As Covid-induced insolvency and restructuring gathers pace, in Sun Cheong Creative Development Holdings Limited the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (the “Grand Court”) has provided a timely overview of the principles of comity and modified universalism applicable in cross border restructurings.
Private Funding of Legal Services Act, 2020 - A New Age of Litigation Funding in the Cayman Islands. The passing of the Private Funding of Legal Services Act, 2020 in the Cayman Islands paves the way for a new age of litigation funding and contingency fee arrangements in the jurisdiction.
Cayman Islands Court of Appeal allows appeal against a refusal to enforce a foreign arbitral award. The CICA’s judgment will be of interest to users of arbitration, particularly those who may wish to seek the enforcement of an award made in a civil jurisdiction in a common law jurisdiction.