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‘George Walmsley and Tim Shepherd were outstanding in their availability and experience ensuring that any areas that we were uncertain about were fully explained and that any adverse restrictions were negotiated by direct intervention with the bank concerned.’

‘The team I worked with was very responsive and proactive in relation to those items that were within its responsibility during the transaction.’

‘Stephanie Chew has been outstanding on a number of matters. She is engaging, responsive and commercial.’

‘I work mostly with Scott Leonard-Morgan and I find him easy to deal with and displays all of the characteristics mentioned above, plus he has good contacts with the IOM governmental bodies to work through issues that may arise.’

‘We regularly instruct the Cains Banking team. They always exceed expectations on the key pillars of legal services, being highly responsive, keeping to agreed timetables and keeping to agreed fees, as well of course in providing excellent advice which demonstrates their experience and local market knowledge. The partners are closely engaged in all matters.’

‘Tristan Head is really excellent in meeting client’s expectations on all fronts and is our main contact. Tim Shepherd and Scott Leonard-Morgan are also very responsive and provide excellent legal support.’

‘I work with Tim Shepherd and he is outstanding in his service standards. The quality of his advice is always high and he is very quick to respond. He is solution-oriented and provides clear advice on how to proceed.’

‘Catherine Hamill is a pleasure to work with. She is pragmatic, knowledgeable, and is accommodating of short-term requests and queries.’

‘They dovetailed with us on a complicated transaction, supporting us on the Isle of Man aspects and taking responsibility for matters that were not initially in their scope. They were sufficiently well connected to also link with the clients’ other professional and administrative advisors/support, which was very helpful indeed.’

‘Stephanie Chew was the main contact and great to work with. She took responsibility for her tasks and was always available. She gave us the help and confidence in the Isle of Man parts of a very messy transaction, with counterparts who were not easy.’

‘Strong commercial skills, deep understanding of litigation issues with an outstanding litigation department. Knowledge of IOM law and IOM litigation assists with commercial contracts.’

‘Alex Poole-Wilson – excellent service including key timescales. Highly knowledgeable.’

‘The Cains team is highly responsive and practical. Cains are our go-to across practice areas in the Isle of Man.’

‘Competent and reliable team. Prompt to respond with helpful relevant advice and comments.’

‘Kirsten Porter has excellent client relationship skills and is able to easily and consistently deliver high quality work to her clients in a timely manner.’

‘Cains are a a great firm, and we use them wherever possible to provide Isle of Man corporate advice. They provide swift, commercial led, high quality advice. Their responsive and personable nature means they are very client friendly.’

‘Cains’ corporate and commercial practice has a well experienced and commercially minded team who over-deliver on their client promise. The team is well aware of how their input affects deal completion times and hence they always always work to provide their deliverable ahead of client deadlines, which is something that our clients are very appreciative of.’

‘Stephanie Chew is hard working and conscientious and has great ability to establish professional rapport with clients which makes it easy for her to deliver high quality advice. She is very responsive to requests and her delivery turnaround is unparalleled.’

‘I work mostly with Scott Leonard-Morgan and I find him easy to deal with. He also has good contacts with the IOM governmental bodies to work through issues that may arise.’

‘Tristan Head was the lead on our case and was at all times communitive, approachable and pragmatic. He most certainly leads from the front and his calm demeanour and structured approach is evident throughout the team. Most importantly the relationship feels like a partnership rather than a one-off commercial transaction.’

‘Simply a well run organisation with superb attention to detail.’

‘Lindsey Birmingham is extremely experienced in her field and is excellent with clients. A superb lawyer.’

‘As litigators, the team are one of the ‘go to’ firms in the Isle of Man. We have always been confident that we are receiving sound advice and their presentation of advice compared to other firms is exceptional. Billing is prompt on a monthly basis, hourly rates and billing is high but worth every penny.’

‘Robert Colquitt is the advocate who stands out the most. He is a confident litigator and his communications are always to the point and professional. He is certainly the first advocate we turn as he instills confidence in us that we do not experience with other litigators on the Island.’

‘The response times are excellent.’

‘The service has been excellent. Their communication is always on point – providing great customer service by providing trusted advice backed up by external expertise where required.’

‘The business needed support in an unfamiliar jurisdiction and on work that was outside our remit. Jonathan Latham and Cains were able to support with a detailed note to assist the business navigate the complex legal and regulatory regime.’

‘A team that can provide a full service offering for insurance business.’

‘Jonathan Latham has detailed insurance knowledge. Scott Leonard-Morgan gives sound and practical commercial legal input. Lindsey Bermingham is an expert in schemes of transfer.’

‘I have found Cains to be a firm that responds very well to the questions that I have raised.’

‘Jonathan Latham’s service is excellent. Timely responses and quality work.’

‘I consider Cains to be a top end Isle of Man firm, that always provide quality, credible advice in a manner that leaves you reassured you have reached the best conclusion.’

‘I have primarily worked with Jonathan Latham. Jonathan conducts himself with an exceptional professional manner, is personable and unassuming all supported by reassuring, relevant legal knowledge of our industry.’

‘Steven Quayle – very knowledgeable, always available, a great sounding board and always keen and able to assist the client.’

‘I would consider Cains to be the best law firm in the Isle of Man, hands down.’

‘Steven Quayle takes a very close interest in all developments relating to aviation law and his broad experience with other clients contributes to his knowledge and the quality of the advice given.’

‘By far the best aviation firm in IOM.’

‘Steven Quayle – expert, responsiveness, user friendly.’

‘Experts in aviation and marine matters in the Isle of Man. The “go-to” firm in that jurisdiction. Great to work with and extremely responsive.’

‘Steven Quayle is an expert in his field.’

‘Kirsten Porter was prompt in providing thorough and easily comprehensible responses. The work was done within the fee cap agreed at the start of the matter.’

‘Excellent understanding of English law when dealing with multinational clients with a presence on the Isle of Man, proactive and super responsive employment team.’

‘Katherine Sheehan is responsive and very knowledgeable, able to advise on employment related multi-jurisdictional matters at short notice.’

‘Professional and knowledgeable in the employment law area. We have worked with Cains on a couple of sensitive HR matters we have recently required some advice on.’

‘Kirsten Porter and Katherine Sheerin were very helpful, knowledgeable and supportive with the HR issues we sought their advice on. The options and advice we received ensured our matters were addressed and resolved smoothly. We would very much recommend them and work with them again in the future.’

‘Friendly, efficient, pragmatic. They sought advice as needed as the case developed. Followed timescales. Were easy to communicate with by phone letter or email.’

‘Katherine Sheerin and Kirsten Porter were efficient, pragmatic and client-centred. Good listeners.’