Walkers

Dispute Resolution, Insolvency & Restructuring

Jennifer is a Partner in Walkers' Insolvency and Dispute Resolution Practice Group.
She has 15 years’ experience in private practice and over a decade as an offshore lawyer. She advises clients on a range of contentious matters under Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands law.

Her experience includes general commercial litigation, contentious valuation disputes, funds litigation, shareholder disputes, trust disputes, share security enforcement (including out-of-court receivership appointments) and contentious insolvency matters.

She also has particular experience in contentious insolvency proceedings, cross-border restructuring and distressed situations, including complex equity and debt restructurings, and contentious and non-contentious group reorganisation matters involving Cayman Islands and BVI entities.

She advises high net worth individuals, insolvency practitioners, private equity funds, hedge funds, investment banks, debtor companies, directors and officers, shareholders and limited partners.

Outside of her contentious practice, Jennifer also advises clients on corporate governance, solvent wind-downs and fund closures, as well as providing support and advice to entities facing litigation or insolvency risks.

Before joining Walkers in 2020, Jennifer spent a decade in Hong Kong advising clients on contentious and non-contentious matters involving Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands law. Before that she trained with Herbert Smith Freehills in London before moving to Hong Kong with Allen & Overy on qualification.

English

Jennifer is on the Steering Committee of IWIRC Europe and is a member of INSOL.

She has written a number of articles on Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands law, and is regularly invited to speak at conferences and to present to clients, intermediaries and onshore counsel.

Admitted in:

Bermuda (Registered Associate) British Virgin Islands England and Wales (not practising) Hong Kong (not practising)

Education:

BA (Hons) in English Literature, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK MA in Literary Studies, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, UK GDL, University of Northumbria at Newcastle, UK LPC, BPP Law School, London, UK LLM in International Law, London School of Economics, UK