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 partners)Campbells
makes for a robust choice of counsel in any liquidations and related disputes, being well versed in cross-border matters. The practice also covers investment fund litigation, shareholder disputes and Ponzi scheme lawsuits, and winding up petitions. The firm has dispute resolution as a cornerstone practice area and the department is led by Guy Manning, an experienced name across insolvency and restructuring. ‘Brilliant litigator‘ Mark Goodman is also a key name, and Liam Faulkner has been a regular attorney at the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands in recent years. One client singles out Paul Kennedy as a ‘respected thought leader in the field of insolvency and asset recovery‘, while in both international arbitration and commercial litigation, Andrew Pullinger remains a contact to note. For just and equitable winding up cases, Guy Cowan stands out, and both Nienke Lillington and Harry Shaw encapsulate the strength in depth of the office in this area.
Cayman Islands > Regulatory and compliance
Campbells is especially strong on the contentious side of regulatory matters and is the counsel of choice in such for numerous banks, investment funds, insurance companies and company service providers. CIMA enforcements, administrative fines, examinations, controllerships, appeals, and judicial reviews are all in the wheelhouse of the department that is co-headed by head of the litigation, insolvency and restructuring group, Guy Manning, and corporate practice leader Alan Craig. Another name to note on the contentious side is Paul Kennedy, while Jeremy Durston is a strong choice for cross-jurisdictional treaty requests and white-collar fraud mandates. James Austin-Smith is a further key figure.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners Cayman Islands > Dispute resolution
- Dispute resolution Cayman Islands
- Regulatory and compliance Cayman Islands