Practice Expertise
- Dispute Resolution and Litigation
- Banking and Finance Litigation
- Corporate Disputes
- Commercial Litigation
Areas of Practice
- Banking and Finance Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Disputes
- Dispute Resolution and Litigation
- Employment Law
- Employment Pensions and Incentives
- Employment, Pensions and Incentives
- Fraud and Asset Tracing
- Intellectual Property
- Restructuring and Insolvency
- Restructuring and Winding Up View More
Profile
Sam is the head of Carey Olsen's dispute resolution and insolvency and restructuring practice in the Cayman Islands.
He has over 20 years experience litigating high value commercial disputes with a primary focus on the financial services sector.
Sam has particular expertise in the field of insolvency and restructuring and is regularly instructed to act for liquidators and receivers (including foreign appointees), management, security holders, investors, and unsecured creditors in relation to both contentious and non-contentious matters.
Sam also has considerable experience advising employers and employees on contentious employment disputes.
Sam is ranked consistently by the independent legal directories and is quoted as being "a first-rate litigator with sound judgement " who "analyses things coherently and thoughtfully ". Sam is also noted for being "an excellent strategist" (Chambers Global and Legal 500).
Areas of Practice
- Banking and Finance Litigation
- Commercial Litigation
- Corporate Disputes
- Dispute Resolution and Litigation
- Employment Law
- Employment Pensions and Incentives
- Employment, Pensions and Incentives
- Fraud and Asset Tracing
- Intellectual Property
- Restructuring and Insolvency
- Restructuring and Winding Up
Professional Career
Sam graduated from Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts (Art History).
He was first admitted as solicitor and barrister in New Zealand Bar in 1996 (non-practising), and has been practising as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands since 2006.
Sam is a former Director of the Recovery and Insolvency Specialists Association of Cayman, and is a current member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and INSOL International. He also represents the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners' Association Users Committee for the Financial Services Division of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
Recent Experience- A guide to litigation and enforcement in the Cayman Islands (PLC Chapter)
- Cayman Islands Litigation Guides 2023 (Chambers)
- Cayman Islands Restructuring & Insolvency chapter 2023 (Lexology/GTDT)
- Carey Olsen ranked in GRR 100 for global restructuring and insolvency expertise
- Five litigation guides authored for Chambers Global Practice Guides 2023
- Carey Olsen attending ABI Caribbean Insolvency Symposium
- 20 lawyers from Carey Olsen's Bermuda, BVI and Cayman Islands offices ranked in Chambers Global 2023
- Five restructuring and insolvency guides authored for Lexology Getting the Deal Through 2023
- Fraud, Asset Training & Recovery 2023 - Cayman Islands (Commercial Dispute Resolution, CDR)
- Carey Olsen sponsors INSOL International Bermuda 2023
- Five chapters authored for Commercial Dispute Resolution (CDR) Fraud Asset Tracing and Recovery 2023
- Carey Olsen sponsors INSOL Cayman Islands seminar
- S238 in action: CICA clarifies approach to 'fair value' appraisal proceedings in Trina Solar Limited
- 22 Carey Olsen lawyers recognised in 2024 edition of The Legal 500 Caribbean
- Cayman Islands Litigation Guide 2024 (Chambers)
- Five litigation guides authored for Chambers Global Practice Guides 2024
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