Deborah Barker Roye > Ogier > Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands > Lawyer Profile
Ogier Offices
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CAMANA BAY
GRAND CAYMAN KY1-9007
Cayman Islands
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Deborah Barker Roye
Work Department
Counsel Dispute Resolution
Position
Counsel
Career
Deborah is part of Ogier’s multi-disciplinary Restructuring and Corporate Recovery team. She specialises in illiquid or insolvent trusts, negligence and breach of duty claims, with experience in distressed Funds and Private Equity.
Deborah has particular expertise in contentious trusts and estates matters regularly acting for beneficiaries, trustees, executors, protectors and other fiduciaries in relation to high value, multi-jurisdictional trust structures and complex estates.
She is the author of two leading practitioner text books on Cayman Islands Law; ‘Civil Litigation in the Cayman Islands’ and ‘Criminal Litigation in the Cayman Islands‘ both of which are used extensively by Cayman Islands attorneys and the members of the local and visiting judiciary.
Deborah joined Ogier from the Attorney General’s Chambers within the Cayman Islands Government Portfolio of Legal Affairs. In her role as Deputy Director of Legal Studies and Head of the Cayman Islands Professional Practice (Bar) Course at the Truman Bodden Law School, Deborah has taught litigation and legal skills to students and legal trainees for over twenty years, and continues to do so on a pro bono basis whilst working with Ogier.
Admitted in:
1994 – England and Wales (non practising)
2017 – Cayman Islands
Memberships
Deborah has contributed to the Cayman Islands Law Reports and Cayman Islands Law Journal and is a member the Editorial Board of the Cayman Islands Law Reports.
She is a Human Rights Commissioner appointed by the Governor of the Cayman Islands to the Human Rights Commission in 2020 and a member of the Cayman Islands Criminal Justice Reform Committee. As a member of the Sentencing Guidelines Sub-Committee, Deborah has taken a leading role in drafting Cayman Islands Sentencing Guidelines.
Lawyer Rankings
Cayman Islands > Dispute resolution
(Rising stars)With expertise spanning restructuring and insolvency issues, fraud and valuation disputes, and fair-value disputes, Ogier fields a team of seasoned practitioners including Cayman dispute resolution head Jennifer Fox; global dispute resolution head Marc Kish, who handles international insolvency, restructuring and financial services disputes; and head of the trust disputes practice Rachael Reynolds KC. Christopher Levers‘ capabilities are notably focused on restructuring and insolvency proceedings, and high-value commercial litigation with a cross-border element, while Gemma Lardner‘s expertise ranges from handling distressed fund and private equity disputes to issues involving distressed digital assets, cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology. Counsel Deborah Barker Roye‘s expertise in contentious trust and estate matters is also noteworthy.
Cayman Islands > Trusts/private client
(Rising stars)Widely recognised as a ‘proactive and solution-focused team‘ with expertise across both non-contentious and contentious work, Ogier‘s team routinely represents trustees, beneficiaries, settlors, protectors and enforcers in high-value international trust and estate disputes, including breach of trust, forced heirship and rectification claims. The practice is jointly led by ‘Cayman’s star trust lawyer and litigator’ Rachael Reynolds KC, and the ‘talented’ Anthony Partridge, whose practice focuses on non-contentious and semi-contentious private trust and estate matters. Litigator Jennifer Fox excels in private client litigation, fraud and asset recovery work, and fund-related claims, while Christopher Levers handles claims involving fraud and breach of duty. Contentious trusts expert Deborah Barker Roye and Gregory Haddow, who advises on wealth structuring issues, are also noted.
Lawyer Rankings
- Rising stars Cayman Islands > Trusts/private client
- Rising stars Cayman Islands > Dispute resolution
- Trusts/private client Cayman Islands
- Dispute resolution Cayman Islands