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
Trusts Advisory Group
Position
Partner
Career
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.
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)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 > Regulatory and compliance
Ogier fields an experienced practice, which handles contentious and non-contentious regulatory matters, including CIMA inspections and AML enforcement decisions. Investment funds regulatory head Joanne Huckle specialises in anti-money laundering and emerging private equity regulatory regimes, while James Heinicke leads the banking regulatory group, advising banks and financial institutions on a wide range of regulatory and compliance matters. Other key names include regulatory enforcement and investigations expert Jennifer Fox, who leads the contentious regulatory team, and corporate regulatory head Martin Byers.
Cayman Islands > Trusts/private client
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
- Next Generation Partners Cayman Islands > Dispute resolution
- Trusts/private client Cayman Islands
- Dispute resolution Cayman Islands
- Regulatory and compliance Cayman Islands