Katie is a senior 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.
Katie Logan
Senior Associate
Overview
Expertise
- Commercial Litigation
- Arbitration and Mediation
- Insolvency & Restructuring
Work Highlights
- Acting for the Joint Official Liquidators of Luckin Coffee, Inc., a holding company for a Chinese coffee company and coffeehouse chain operating throughout the People’s Republic of China, in the restructuring of US$2.2 billion of liabilities.
- Acting for the Joint Official Liquidators of Ascentra Holdings, Inc. a complex cross-border liquidation involving claims worth in excess of US$250m.
- Acting for dissenters in the 58.Com Inc. proceedings, one of the largest Cayman Islands “fair value” appraisal proceedings arising from a take private transaction and for dissenters in the New Frontier Health fair value appraisal proceedings.
- Acting for creditors of Three Arrows Capital, a cryptocurrency hedge fund incorporated in the British Virgin Islands which was placed into liquidation in 2022 having incurred losses in excess of $3 billion.
- Representing a Samoan chief in a claim against the Government of Samoa for the return of an island.
- Representing a government body in a judicial review proceeding relating to a high profile alleged breach of the right to free speech.
Qualifications and Admissions
- INSOL Cayman Islands Insolvency Law and Practice Certificate (with distinction), 2023
- INSOL Foundation Certificate, 2022
- Attorney at Law Cayman Islands, 2021
- University of Auckland (New Zealand), Master of Laws, 2019 – 2020
- New Zealand Law Society Civil Litigation Skills, 2018
- Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand, 2017
- Institute of Professional Legal Studies qualification, 2017
- University of Otago (New Zealand), Bachelor of Physical Education, Sport and Exercise Science, 2012 – 2018
- University of Otago (New Zealand), Bachelor of Laws, 2012 – 2016
Professional Associations
- International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals
- International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation
- New Zealand Law Society
Publications and News
Articles
- GRR Americas Restructuring Review 2024 - Cayman Islands.
Mark Goodman, Katie Logan, and Jordie Fienberg have co-authored 'Cayman Islands: Restructuring in the Past, Present, and Future,' featured in the jurisdictional chapter of the 2024 Global Restructuring Review. - Campbells authors Cayman Islands chapter, Lexology GTDT - Dispute Resolution 2023.
The chapter highlights foreign judgments and proceedings, updates to the court system, limitation issues, arbitration and enforcements in the jurisdiction. - GRR Americas Restructuring Review.
The Cayman chapter discusses key aspects of the successful Cayman Islands restructuring regime, including schemes of arrangement, provisional liquidation, statutory moratorium, creditors' meetings, COMI shift and the rule in Gibbs. - Campbells Contributes to Legal 500's In-House Lawyer Publication.
This chapter discusses duties of Cayman Islands directors, the zone of insolvency, consequences for directors and the potential for restructuring.