Appleby has acted on major pieces of litigation concerning shareholder disputes, cross-border liquidations and bankruptcies, as well as contentious M&A. Experienced in commercial litigation, restructuring and insolvency litigation, and regulatory disputes, the practice is headed by John Wasty, who is joined by trusts and estates dispute specialist Claire van Overdijk KC and Sam Riihiluoma. Riihiluoma has led in litigation relating to family offices and company ownership alike.

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The team is responsive, talented, and efficient - I couldn't ask for more.
Highly responsive, very good lawyers. Great judgment.
The litigation team at Appleby is first-rate. They are all approachable, hard-working, and ready to get into the weeds of technical issues to support their clients and co-counsel.

Key clients

Glendina Pty Limited
Beneficiary of the W Settlement
Teneo (Bermuda) Limited
Sapura Energy Berhad and related companies
Cassatt Insurance Company Limited
Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited
VCP Capital Markets LLC
Bermuda Monetary Authority
Jardine Matheson Holdings Limited
Jardine Strategic Limited

Work highlights

Represented Jardine Strategic Limited in a landmark decision before the Privy Council, the highest court of appeal for Bermuda and several other Commonwealth jurisdictions.

Represented VCP and other secured lenders in the debt restructuring of Afiniti Ltd, a Bermuda-based artificial intelligence company.

Acted as Bermuda counsel to Cassatt Insurance Company Limited, a Bermuda reinsurance company, the subject of shareholder oppression proceedings initiated under section 111 of Bermuda’s Companies Act 1981.

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