Jennifer Fox > Ogier > Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands > Lawyer Profile
Ogier Offices
89 NEXUS WAY
CAMANA BAY
GRAND CAYMAN KY1-9007
Cayman Islands
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Jennifer Fox
Work Department
Managing Associate Trusts Advisory Group
Position
Jennifer has practised offshore since 2008 and specialises in complex and high value international commercial litigation and contentious trusts matters. She is a fraud expert who is skilled in obtaining all forms of pre-action relief and devising and implementing asset-tracing and recovery strategies.
Jennifer acts for all participants in the offshore financial services market including insolvency office holders, investment managers and directors, creditors and shareholders, and parties to large scale commercial litigation. She also regularly advises and acts for beneficiaries along with trustees and other fiduciaries.
A number of Jennifer’s prominent matters at Ogier include: acting for a major international investment bank on claims alleging fraud in connection with the sale of complex financial derivatives backed by residential mortgages; advising and acting for the directors and investment managers of distressed funds; acting for Goldman Sachs in contentious winding up proceedings related to a syndicated loan; advising on take private transactions and shareholder squeeze-out provisions; and advising on the bribery and corruption laws of the Cayman Islands and the BVI in connection with a US governmental investigation.
Career
Jennifer originally trained as an advocate and was a junior barrister at the English Bar before moving offshore. Prior to re-joining Ogier she was employed at another leading offshore law firm.
Memberships
Jennifer is a qualified Trusts and Estates Practitioner (TEP) and is a honourary member of the Chancery Bar Association. She regularly contributes articles to legal journals and publications and gives presentations on matters relating to her practice areas.
Education
She has a First Class Bachelor of Laws degree (with Honours) from Keele University and completed her Bar Vocational Course at the Inns of Court School of Law in London as a Major and Pegasus Scholar of the Inner Temple.
Admitted in:
2009 – Cayman Islands
2008 – British Virgin Islands (not practising)
2004 – England and Wales (not practising)
Lawyer Rankings
Cayman Islands > Dispute resolution
(Next Generation Partners)Drawing on a robust network of offices across the world, Ogier fields a deep and experienced team which is routinely engaged on high-profile insolvencies, fraud cases, trust litigation, and fair value s.238 disputes. Arbitral award enforcement proceedings and contentious regulatory matters are further core workflows for the practice. The contentious group is jointly led by Cayman disputes head Jennifer Fox, trust disputes chair Rachael Reynolds KC, and global dispute resolution chief Marc Kish. William Jones maintains a robust restructuring and corporate recovery practice, where he handles matters ranging from schemes of arrangement and enforcement actions to contractual disputes and insurance claims. Newly promoted partner Christopher Levers focuses on insolvencies, while fellow counsel Deborah Barker Roye specialises in contentious trust and estate matters. Senior associate Nour Khaleq is also recommended.
Cayman Islands > Regulatory and compliance
A strong mix of international banks, crypto asset companies and regulators seek out Ogier for its wide-ranging contentious and non-contentious capabilities; recent areas of expertise include handling CIMA inspections, judicial reviews and administrative appeals regarding AML enforcement decisions. Key names to note within the firm include investment funds regulatory head Joanne Huckle; corporate and private client specialist Martin Byers; banking regulatory head James Heinicke; William Jones, who focuses on local matters; and Jennifer Fox, who spearheads the group’s contentious offering. Following her arrival from Bedell Cristin in April 2022, senior associate Megan Mcluskie has worked with various investment managers, funds, and administrators. Dave Sherwin has left the firm.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners - Cayman Islands > Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution - Cayman Islands
- Regulatory and compliance - Cayman Islands