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Harneys has the fastest growing litigation and insolvency practice in the Cayman Islands. We are regularly instructed in some of the most high profile and complex matters before the Cayman Islands courts.
Our team has worked on many of the largest and most complex liquidations, shareholder disputes, insolvency proceedings, corporate restructurings and contentious trusts disputes in the Cayman Islands.
We work closely with our funds department to advise managers, administrators, liquidators, prime brokers, investors and onshore counsel of investment funds facing distressed situations. Our lawyers have appeared in nearly all the major hedge fund litigation cases to emerge in the Cayman Islands following market events of the past few years.
Harneys dominates the market for Cayman-based litigation with an Asian element. Our dual offerings in Hong Kong and Cayman provide our Asian clients with an unrivalled combination of immediate real-time litigation and insolvency advice in their own region, with an exceptional and experienced team on the ground in Cayman.
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A Harneys team comprising lawyers based in the Cayman Islands, the BVI and Hong Kong represented Kaisa Group Holdings in the restructuring of its approximately USD15 billion debt.
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The Harneys team is responsive and has good commercial sense.
The Harneys team is insightful, smart and extraordinarily collegial.
I have been uniformly impressed with the Harneys partners, counsel and associates. They have all been very smart and effective as well as sincerely collaborative and easy to work with.
Harneys provides a consistent approach. The team is good to work with and there is no nonsense.
Harneys is responsive, has good attention to detail and excellent technical knowledge.
The Harneys team is responsive and has good commercial sense.
The Harneys team is insightful, smart and extraordinarily collegial.
I have been uniformly impressed with the Harneys partners, counsel and associates. They have all been very smart and effective as well as sincerely collaborative and easy to work with.
Harneys provides a consistent approach. The team is good to work with and there is no nonsense.
Harneys is responsive, has good attention to detail and excellent technical knowledge.
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Ben Hobden is active on behalf of a long list of clients, including several hailing from Greater China. He is well-versed in insolvency and contentious restructuring, with further experience concerning freezing orders.
I think Ben Hobden is outstanding and very commercial.
I had a very positive experience with Ben.
Ben Hobden is always very available and very reliable.

Nick Hoffman is adept at handling insolvency proceedings, commercial fraud claims and investment fund disputes, among other matters. He is Harneys' global head of litigation, insolvency and restructuring.
Nick Hoffman is a very good advocate.
Nick Hoffman is an excellent team leader.

Jessica Williams brings a wide range of experience to bear on cross-border contentious matters, including litigation and trust matters.
She is extremely sophisticated and provides useful advice.
Jessica Williams is a terrific lawyer who is diligent and smart.

Gráinne King is active on matters ranging from fair-value assessments to insolvency and investment fund matters. She has notable experience relating to the rights of segregated portfolio companies and also assists with the enforcement of arbitral awards.
Gráinne King is extremely practical, knowledgeable and she would be a first choice for me.
Gráinne King is excellent to work with, extremely knowledgeable in her advice and also commercial.




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