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Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited Offices
Rosebank Centre, 5th Floor
11 Bermudiana Road
Pembroke HM 08
Bermuda
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Oliver MacKay
Work Department
Dispute Resolution and Litigation; Regulatory
Position
Oliver is counsel in the dispute resolution and litigation team at Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited.
Oliver has advised clients for ten years on the resolution of complex and high-value disputes and specialises in contentious trusts, (re)insurance and regulatory matters, including sanctions.
He has advised on, and appeared in, significant disputes in the Supreme Court of Bermuda and the Court of Appeal for Bermuda. Oliver’s practice also covers commercial and civil litigation, arbitration, and restructuring and insolvency.
Oliver advises and acts for corporate clients, financial institutions, trustees, private individuals and families in Bermuda and internationally. He also has extensive experience advising and acting for insurers and reinsurers in the Lloyd’s of London and international company markets including in litigation, arbitration and subrogated recovery claims. Oliver specialises in treaty and facultative reinsurance, policy drafting and interpretation and insurance regulation. He has experience of commercial disputes in Bermuda, England and various international jurisdictions across Europe, the US, the Middle East and South America.
Career
Oliver was admitted as a solicitor of England & Wales in 2013 and was called to the Bar of Bermuda in 2021.
Prior to joining Carey Olsen in November 2020, Oliver was a senior associate in the litigation and regulatory team at the London office of DLA Piper. Oliver has also worked for international law firms Kennedys and Mayer Brown, and Hiscox Insurance in London. Oliver has spent time on secondment at a Lloyd’s of London reinsurer, and an international broker.
He graduated from the University of Cambridge with a degree in Law in 2009, and subsequently obtained a Professional Diploma in Legal Practice with Distinction from Nottingham Trent University in 2011.
Lawyer Rankings
Bermuda > Trusts/private client
For Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited, contentious and non-contentious trusts and private wealth matters are core areas of focus, and the practice is praised by one client as ‘exceptionally strong in dealing with international complex trusts, wealth and succession planning’. Its client base is broad ranging and encompasses ultra-high-net-worth families and professional and lay trustees, as well as banks, financial institutions, and charities. Practice head Keith Robinson is widely recognised as a ‘go-to adviser in Bermuda for complex international trust matters’, and he has represented clients before the Supreme Court of Bermuda. Senior counsel Claire van Overdijk KC boasts expertise in cross-border trusts and estates disputes, while counsel Stephanie Bernard is skilled in international and local estate planning arrangements, wealth management structures, and trust restructurings. Counsel Ashley Fife is a trust structuring expert, and litigator and counsel Oliver MacKay is another name of note, as is the ‘simply brilliant’ senior associate Laura Kearns, who has expertise in the establishment and ongoing administration of trusts.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial
- Dispute resolution
- Insurance/reinsurance
- Regulatory and compliance
- Trusts/private client