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• Acted as expert witness for SVB Financial Group in US bankruptcy proceedings following Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, the third-largest US bank failure. Provided evidence supporting SVBFG’s rejection of USD 960 million in claims by Cayman Court-appointed SVB liquidators.
  
• Continuing to act for Bruno Wang and Credit Suisse London Nominees in the highest profile fund dispute to come to trial in Cayman in recent years, and in the many related follow-on proceedings which have led to eight liquidations.
  
• Acting for Kroll as liquidators of City Credit Cayman in very large new Cayman insolvency proceedings, connected with a huge Asian Ponzi scheme.
  

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• Represented the Joint Official Liquidators of nine Saad entities, including Saad Investments Company Limited and Singularis Holdings Limited on successful outcomes in six liquidation applications for the Official Liquidators.
  
• Represented the Principal Liquidators of Herald Fund SPC (In Official Liquidation) on a judgment granting a contested remuneration application, now a key authority for Cayman insolvency practitioners and already cited in a subsequent decision.
  
• Represented approximately 200 Britannia Owners in a landmark Privy Council case against the DART group over golf and beach access rights.
  

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• Acts for Noteholders and JOLs (including its appointment) in relation to Farfetch’s liquidation in 2023. Our work includes investigating Farfetch’s collapse and realise assets for distribution to its creditors.
  
• Represented a group of dissenters in 58.com, which is the largest litigation (by value) in the Cayman Islands to date under section 238 of the Companies Act (appraisal rights litigation).
  
• Acted for Grant Thornton as JPLs of Global Cord Blood Corporation on their US$1.3 billion fraud undertaken by the founder.
  

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• Represented China Shanshui, a major global cement manufacturer listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, in high-profile just and equitable winding-up proceedings before the Cayman Islands Grand Court.
  
• Represented MBC Holdings in a joint venture dispute involving MBC International Ltd, a Cayman company in liquidation established to broadcast football in Saudi Arabia but barred by 2017 legislation.
  
• Represented the joint official liquidators of PPC Cayman on its Cayman liquidation and the wider global wind-down of the Petroleum Pipe Group across Jersey and England & Wales.
  

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• Represented two major U.S. shareholders of HQP Corporation in connection with the company’s Cayman liquidation proceedings, representing them in a high-profile sanction application and ongoing appeal.
  
• Represented Apollomics Inc in a case addressing complex and precedent-setting issues surrounding the validity of redemption notices by preference shareholders, and the legal implications of share conversion following a merger.
  
• Acted for Oakwise Value Fund SPC in successfully obtaining the appointment of joint provisional liquidators over three segregated portfolios in a landmark Cayman Islands case.
  

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• Successfully represented Kaisa in relation to the over US$15 billion restructuring of its onshore and offshore debt.
  
• Acting for the SPGK Group, a successful group of companies selling software solutions and beauty products in the PRC, and their ultimate beneficial owner.
  
• Represented a Petitioner in respect of a petition to wind up Shiliu Investment Group Limited, a Cayman Islands company, on just and equitable grounds.
  

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• Represented Dr Mohammed Idriss Ghodbane in a shareholder dispute in relation to International Airfinance Corporation. The heavily contested just & equitable winding-up petition is due to go to trial in September 2025.
  
• Represented Ontario Court-appointed Receiver and Manager of Productivity Media Inc. in relation to fraud proceedings against its co-founder and former CEO. This matter included obtaining urgent injunctive relief at short notice.
  
• Represented a large dissenting party seeking an award in excess of US$1 billion regarding SINA Corporation, which was taken private in a US$2.6 billion deal.
  

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• Representing Fund IV’s conflict director, litigation committee, and the investors’ council, dealing with numerous contentious aspects of the fallout from the collapse of the Abraaj Group.
  
• Representing the plaintiffs, KPA and PIFSS on all relevant Cayman Islands law issues, as the limited partners in the Port Fund seek redress for the various frauds perpetrated against the fund.
  
• Represented Raiffeisen Bank International on claims under the Fraudulent Dispositions Act and in the tort of unlawful means conspiracy against a number of entities.
  

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• Secured a landmark Privy Council ruling confirming that dissent rights are constitutionally protected in the Cayman Islands. Alongside conducting three major trials with judgments pending, the team was instructed on five new large-scale appraisal matters across Cayman, Bermuda, and BVI, with a combined deal value of US$200 billion.
  
• Representing Interpath as Joint Receivers of Port Link GP Ltd and The Port Fund L.P. in Cayman proceedings involving claims exceeding US$100 million by Kuwaiti state-owned entities, covering breach of fiduciary duty, unlawful means conspiracy, privilege in discovery, and significant Cayman partnership law issues clarified by the Privy Council.
  
• Representing the SEC Receiver and later the Joint Official Liquidators in the US$750 million DLIFF liquidation, involving complex cross-border insolvency and contentious stakeholder disputes. The ongoing case before the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal raises novel questions of Cayman law on defrauded investors and stakeholder rights in collapsed fund structures.
  

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• Represented the liquidators of 1MDB, the world’s biggest asset recovery case, totalling USD 7.65 billion.
  
• Represented retail investors in their first-ever winding up of a cryptocurrency exchange in the Cayman Islands.
  
• Represented the majority shareholder of a charitable investment structure on dispute over circa USD 250 million of assets.
  

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• Acting for various related parties, in relation to a complex global dispute that has arisen with IGCF SPV 21 Limited (an Abraaj investment vehicle) and IGCF General Partner Limited, in the context of the collapse of the Abraaj Group in 2018.
  
• Represented Kroll as the liquidators on the collapse of Bear Stearns – one of the pivotal events that triggered the world financial crisis in 2008.
  
• Represented the shareholder of Ascentra on proprietary claims brought by the official liquidator against parties stated to be holding, or to be liable to account for, assets of Ascentra worth approximately US$275 million held in bank accounts in Singapore, Taiwan and the United States.
  

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• Representing Ozempic manufacturer, Novo Nordisk A/S, obtaining a Cayman freezing injunction in support of its $830 million claim against KBP Biosciences.
  
• Represented high-net-worth individual, Lau Chun Shun, in a $1 billion dispute with the management of Seahawk China Dynamic Fund.
  
• Defending Viscom Investments Limited and Infinity World Investments S.A. in proceedings brought by the liquidators of Adenium Energy Capital, Ltd. to claw back share transfers that took place prior to the onset of the liquidation.
  

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• Represented Abdulhameed Jafar, a UAE billionaire, in a fraud claim for USD 300 million in damages against two Cayman-registered Abraaj funds that resulted in an eight-week trial in the Cayman Court.
  
• Represented Blue Ocean Creation Investment Hong Kong Limited and Blue Ocean Structure Investment Company Ltd, the majority shareholders in Global Cord Blood Corporation, a Cayman company formerly listed on NASDAQ and worth USD 2 to 5 billion, in extensive litigation (that included allegations of forgery) with a former shareholder who previously controlled the board.
  
• Represented the Seahawk China Dynamic Fund, a Cayman open-ended investment fund, in damages claims exceeding USD 1 billion following the dismissal of a winding-up petition and the discharge of provisional liquidators appointed over it.
  

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• Acted for FFP as court-appointed receivers and independent directors of entities linked to XiO Fund I LP, a Cayman exempted limited partnership. The matter involved multi-jurisdictional arbitration and litigation concerning assets worth approximately US$3.2 billion, with serious allegations of fraud and misconduct against the entities and their former principals.
  
• Represented SKAT, the Danish tax authority, in securing court-ordered evidence from the Cayman Islands and BVI for use in U.S. and global proceedings tied to the widely publicised US$2 billion “cum-ex” dividend withholding tax fraud involving hundreds of defendants.
  
• Acted as special counsel to the Joint Official Liquidators of GTFF and STFF in Cayman and U.S. bankruptcy proceedings, pursuing claims to recover around US$200 million in losses from investors who invested in the funds.
  

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• Representing Streeterville Capital, LLC, a family investment office with headquarters in Chicago USA, on how to recover US$15,000,000+ from SPI Energy Co. Ltd. (“SPI”).
  
• Represented Mila Lee Foster, through her daughter, in a catastrophic personal injury claim, securing a successful settlement against the defendant and their insurer.
  
• Represented former and current Cayman Islands Government employees in proceedings over historical pension entitlements.
  

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• Act for a minority shareholder in a joint venture technology company in winding-up proceedings and a derivative action against multiple defendants over intellectual property and proprietary rights.
  
• Represents a multinational fund investment vehicle in claims against a former director and related companies over alleged misappropriation of investor funds.
  
• Representing the Cayman Islands medical regulatory body in administrative law litigation matter.
  

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• Represented National Conservation Council members Stuart Mailer and Patricia Bradley on challenging their removal by Cabinet after attempts to weaken the NCC’s veto over major development projects.
  
• Represented the lender in Hawkins v Abarbanel Ltd, a case on the enforceability of loans and security where the lender lacked lending licences.
  
• Represented the liquidators of Canterbury Securities Ltd on recovering of over US$20m misappropriated by its former manager.
  

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• Represented Mayer Holdings Limited, a HKSE-listed company, in the preparation of proceedings which are in the process of being finalised, to secure the return of monies in the sum of c.$1.4m paid into Court by two shareholders pursuant to an order of the Cayman Court from 2014 in winding up proceedings issued against the Company.
  
• Represented the Medical Protection Society in relation to various matters, including representing (1) an appeal to the Health Appeals Tribunal against a decision of the Medical and Dental Council (MDC) to suspend the practicing certificate of a client.
  
• Represented the joint official liquidators of Income Collecting T Bills Mutual Fund (In Official Liquidation) in its winding-up, handling multiple high-value, multi-jurisdictional workstream
  

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• Represented Erin Winczura and related companies in relation to a freezing order obtained against them for US$30 million and generally in relation to the underlying proceedings, which alleged willful breach of directors’ duties, breach of fiduciary duty, and fraud.
  
• Represented Island Heritage Insurance in defending a multimillion-dollar subrogated insurance claim that our client considered to be significantly exaggerated.
  
• Represented Fantom Foundation on the basis for resisting the enforcement of a default judgment in excess of US$30 million obtained against the company in South Korea.