Mr Guy Manning > Campbells > Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands > Lawyer Profile
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Mr Guy Manning
Work Department
Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring
Position
Partner, Head of Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring
Career
Guy is a partner and head of Campbells’ Litigation, Insolvency & Restructuring Group. He joined Campbells in 2005 having previously practised in the London office of a leading international law firm.
Guy advises and appears in the Cayman Islands Courts on behalf of creditors, shareholders, provisional and official liquidators, directors, managers and other professional service providers in relation to the restructuring and liquidation of Cayman companies and other entities. Guy also has an active general litigation practice involving widely varying commercial contexts and structures, but with a particular emphasis on shareholder and investment fund disputes.
He has been involved in many of the jurisdiction’s highest profile disputes, liquidations and restructurings. Notable recent instructions include advising LDK Solar CO., Ltd (one of the world’s largest manufacturers of photovoltaic products) and its provisional liquidators in connection with the restructuring of over USD$700 million of offshore debt across the LDK group; acting for DPM Mellon (an affiliate of BNY Mellon) in connection with substantial claims arising from the US$500m liquidation of the Sphinx group of funds; and advising the provisional liquidators of Arcapita Investment Holdings Limited in respect of the US$1.2bn restructuring of the company and its parent, Arcapita Bank B.S.C. (c), a Shari’ah compliant Bahrain based investment bank.
Guy is a regular speaker at international fund and insolvency conferences and has given expert evidence of Cayman Islands law to various foreign courts.
Memberships
- Cayman Islands Law Society
- INSOL
Leisure
In his spare time Guy is a keen mountaineer who has climbed the Seven Summits, the highest mountain on each continent, skied to the South Pole and cycled across the United States.
Lawyer Rankings
Cayman Islands > Dispute resolution
(Leading individuals)Campbells has a leading role in handling cross-border investment fund litigation, shareholder disputes and Ponzi scheme lawsuits, as well as just and equitable winding up petitions, an area in which Liam Faulkner and Guy Cowan have recently been active. Faulkner’s expertise is also utilised in shareholder and investment fund disputes, while commercial litigation and international arbitration specialist Andrew Pullinger is regarded as an ‘energetic and committed’ lawyer. Guy Manning leads the litigation, insolvency and restructuring team, while Mark Goodman specialises in distressed and failed investment fund litigation. Paul Kennedy is noted for his engagement in fraud and asset recovery matters, while Hamid Khanbhai regularly handles cross-border disputes.
Cayman Islands > Regulatory and compliance
Jointly led by head of the litigation, insolvency and restructuring group Guy Manning and corporate head Alan Craig, Campbells‘ regulatory practice is sought out by wide range of banks, investment funds, insurance companies and company service providers for its expertise in handling both contentious and non-contentious work spanning CIMA enforcements, administrative fines, examinations, controllerships, appeals and judicial reviews. Paul Kennedy‘s practice encompasses economic sanctions and other asset freezing measures, and cross-border fraud and insolvency work, while counsel Jeremy Durston is noted for his expertise in cross-jurisdictional treaty requests and white-collar fraud mandates. Counsel James Austin-Smith‘s recent engagements include complex international matters involving regulators and government entities.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading individuals Cayman Islands > Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution Cayman Islands
- Regulatory and compliance Cayman Islands