Walkers has one of the largest commercial litigation and dispute resolution teams in the Cayman Islands. Colette and her colleagues can provide timely and expert assistance in connection with all aspects of civil litigation and insolvency and have considerable experience in connection with asset tracing, enforcement proceedings, commercial and corporate disputes and contentious banking and financial issues. Colette has been a partner at Walkers in the Cayman Islands since 2009. She practised as a barrister from chancery/commercial chambers in London for fifteen years before being admitted as an attorney in the Cayman Islands in 2005. Colette has extensive experience in high value and cross border commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis on disputes arising in connection with fraud, asset recovery, corporate governance, distressed investment vehicles and liquidations. Since 2009 Colette has been commended in the leading legal directories including Who”s Who Legal, Chambers Global and Legal 500. The strength of the Walkers asset recovery team is commended in the 2013 International Who”s Who of Asset Recovery Lawyers which noted that Colette “stands out as one of the most highly regarded individuals in the research. Recommended for her “pragmatic and solutions-oriented” approach, she earns “high praise” from her peers and clients”.

Established in 1964, Walkers is a leading International Financial Centre law firm, with a focus on corporate and international finance law. From our global network of eight offices, the firm offers a full range of legal services and delivers practical advice based on an in-depth knowledge of the legal, regulatory and commercial environment in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Ireland and Jersey. Walkers has 54 partners and 365 staff worldwide.

Specialities: Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Compliance, Corporate, Crime, Employment, Finance (Asset Finance, Banking, Insurance Linked Securities, Regulatory, Restructuring and Structured Products and capital Markets), Insolvency and Corporate Recovery, Insurance, Investment Funds, Islamic Finance, Private Equity, Property , Taxation and Trusts.

Mahmood Awan is an Advocate of the Supreme Court of Pakistan and a leading asset recovery lawyer based in Islamabad, Pakistan.

Mahmood founded a boutique law firm specializing exclusively in civil fraud and private international law after receiving his LL.M in Banking and Finance at King”s College London in 2001. He has co-founded four law firms focusing primarily on white collar crimes, asset recovery and cybercrimes in Pakistan. He is currently the senior partner at Mahmood Awan & Partners in Islamabad and Awan Seerat Tirmizi in Lahore and Karachi, Pakistan.

Mahmood has extensive experience in enforcement of foreign judgments and has acted as primary Counsel for the liquidators of Bank of Credit and Commerce International in multi-jurisdictional legal proceedings to recover misappropriated funds. He has advised Stock Exchanges or investors on several cases of fraud by brokerage firms since 2001. He has advised the country’s largest E&P company among other clients including Pakistan LNG Terminals Limited.

Mahmood has been advising energy sector clients since 2002 and has represented Oil and Gas Development Company Limited as its primary Counsel in several highly complex litigated matters before all five High Courts in Pakistan. He acts as an arbitrator and has also advised and represented clients on matters before regulatory authorities.

Leading teams of lawyers in Islamabad, Lahore and Karachi, Mahmood is recognized for his expertise in design and delivery of efficient solutions to complex litigation in a jurisdiction popularly perceived as highly unpredictable in matters of scheduling trials and other proceedings.

Mahmood has appeared as an expert witness before Senate Standing Committee on Finance, advised the Board of Islamabad Stock Exchange, been a Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan nominee on the Governing Board of the then Lahore Stock Exchange and has worked extensively on prevention of fraud in capital market operations since 1995.

Jonathan Wild has extensive experience in obtaining interlocutory relief including freezing and disclosure orders and in relation to the appointment of Receivers to safeguard recoverable assets.

The Dispute Resolution Department is also experianeced in co-ordinating multijurisdictional applications and working with foreign Counsel in relation to the timing and structure of such multijurisdictional tracing claims.

Jonathan has also advised Court appointed Receivers and is experienced in applying to the Court in relation to the appointment of Receivers to investigate allegations of fraud and asset tracing. Jonathan currently represents a party involved in a major international telecoms dispute including allegations of fraud and a US$415 million injunction – the case involves multiple jurisdictions and an interlocutory matter has already been heard by the Privy Council Bitel v Kyrgyz Mobil & Ors. Jonathan also currently represents the Receivers in the case of LM Moore Investments v SV Company & Ors which concerns a US$100million dispute involving a major vodka and brandy global distributor.

Jonathan also advised the local Regulator, the Financial Supervision Commission, and represented them on a number of occasions, notably in connection with Financial Supervision Commission v Law Investments Limited & Ors regarding multiple forced liquidations further to an alleged US$250million fraud.

Jonathan is also experienced in advising both local and multinational companies in relation to internal fraud and crime and dealing with both the asset recovery implications and the regulatory implications. Of interest he is also acting for a party in a significant European Law case which has implications concerning the extent and application of European Law on the Island.

Callin Wild can trace its partnership roots back well over 100 years and employs in excess of 40 staff. It offers a full service practice on the Island focusing on fraud and asset recovery and commercial multijurisdictional disputes. It also has a strong corporate and commercial department which provides services to many local and international corporate clients.

Callin Wild offers both contentious and non contentious advice to trustees and beneficiaries. We operate in a jurisdiction which has sophisticated regulation affecting the provision of business services including modern Trust legislation which includes mandatory licensing for tho persons and companies offering trustee services.

Callin Wild also has considerable experience in working in larger teams in multinational disputes and is instructed in the many of the larger complex contentious disputes currently before the Isle of Man Courts.

Dispute Resolution – Regulatory Advisory.

Fletcher is a Partner in the Litigation Department at Callin Wild and advises clients on various aspects of commercial litigation including complex litigious matters, fraud and asset tracing, injunctive relief and both on Island and cross-border insolvency. Fletcher also has an interest in employment law and provides professional and efficient advice in respect of both contentious and non-contentious employment issues.

In addition to adversarial work Fletcher has experience in resolving claims through negotiation and mediation. In recognising that litigation can prove stressful and demanding, Fletcher provides a common-sense approach to resolving disputes in a professional yet approachable manner.

Legal 500 describe Fletcher as ‘tough and thorough’ and being one of Callin Wild’s litigation experts ‘who distills complex issues to simple key points’. Fletcher gained praise in Legal 500 for having a ‘depth of knowledge and pragmatic approach to dispute resolution make him a standout lawyer. Clients enjoy working with him and above all else he achieves results. You want Fletcher on your team.

Fletcher Craine is a Notary Public and Commissioner for Oaths.

Arnoldo (Arnie) Lacayo, a shareholder at Sequor Law, has practiced law for 19 years. He has an active practice representing clients in cross-border insolvency, international litigation, financial fraud, and asset recovery matters. He has experience litigating complex disputes in state and federal district courts, including bankruptcy court, and has represented multi-national corporations, sovereign governments, Receivers, Trustees and other foreign officeholders in matters pending in U.S. Courts. Lacayo regularly supervises transnational investigations and has instructed counsel in dozens of jurisdictions. He also has extensive experience working with the versatile 28 U.S.C. § 1782 discovery statute and Chapter 15 of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code. Lacayo is Florida Bar Board Certified for International Litigation and Arbitration

A sought-after thought leader, Lacayo is regularly invited to speak at conferences and seminars. Lacayo is recognized by Super Lawyers, Latinvex, WWL and Chambers & Partners amongst others. He is an active member of distinguished organizations including The Florida Bar’s International Law Section, where he recently served as Chair of the Section. Mr. Lacayo is also a member AIJA where he serves as President of the Litigation Commission. Lacayo is a native Spanish speaker and is admitted to all Florida state courts, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, the District courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida and the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Mario Brando is a partner of Bora Legal, in Venezuela. The law firm founded in 1979 by his father, focuses its practice in dispute resolution through alternative methods or civil and commercial litigation, including asset recovery and insolvency process. The firm also provides legal counsel to private corporations and investors, especially in the financial and real estate area.

The firm originally called Brando & Asociados merged in 2023 with Rodriguez Ochoa & Asociados, and specializes in international private law and international litigation.

Mario, with a team of 9 lawyers, investigators and forensic accountants, leads the insolvency and asset recovery practice at Bora Legal. He joined the firm in 2004 when he earned his law degree from Universidad Católica Andrés Bello in Caracas, Venezuela. He has a special degree in commercial law, constitutional justice and alternative dispute resolution methods. He is also a professor in Alternative Dispute Resolution at the Universidad Católica Andrés Bello and Universidad Monteávila. 

Mario has been working with Carrillo & Asociados, in Guatemala to recover assets in Venezuela for the Stanford International Bank liquidation in Antigua, one of the largest international asset recovery/bank liquidations in history. He has been also working academically as an advisor writing laws projects in Venezuela for anticorruption and asset recovery.

Mr. Brando is the Venezuelan representative for ICC FraudNet, the world’s leading asset recovery legal network.