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Appleby Offices
9th Floor
60 Nexus Way Camana Bay
Grand Cayman, KY1-1104
Cayman Islands
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Dean Bennett
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Partner
Career
Dean Bennett is a partner in Appleby’s Corporate Group in the Cayman Islands.
Recognised as a key practitioner in each of his practice areas, Dean advises on a wide variety of corporate, securities and finance transactions with a particular focus on equity offerings (including SPAC offerings), private and public mergers and acquisitions (including deSPACing transactions and regulated M&A involving the acquisition and disposal of Cayman licensed insurers and fiduciary businesses), insurance and reinsurance, and derivatives, structured products and repurchase and securities lending transactions.
Dean is experienced with ISDA and other industry standard trading and collateral documentation and regularly advises both the sell and buy-side on netting, collateral and insolvency issues.
Dean is also a member of Appleby’s technology and innovation group, supporting clients working on blockchain, AI, fintech and other emerging technologies.
Education
- University of Kent (England), Bachelor of Laws (LLB), First Class Honours.
Lawyer Rankings
Cayman Islands > Corporate and commercial
Spearheaded by corporate finance and PE specialist Simon Raftopoulos, Appleby‘s team routinely advises a deep roster of blue-chip underwriters, banks and other financial institutions on SPACs, CLOs, M&A, corporate finance mandates and restructurings. The team includes corporate finance and regulatory expert Jacob MacAdam, and group head of both the banking and asset finance, and transport and logistics teams Caroline Barton, who regularly advises on capital markets, corporate, aircraft and shipping matters. Global co-head of the SPACs group Dean Bennett and head of the structured finance practice Benjamin Woolf are also noted for their expertise.
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