Global
Practice Areas
Dispute Resolution, Arbitration & Alternative Dispute Resolution, Fraud & Asset Tracing, Insolvency & Restructuring, Trust Disputes
Career
Alan Bercow is a partner and member of the Cayman Dispute Resolution department.
He joined Appleby in November 2023 from Stephenson Harwood in London where he was a partner and co-head of the fraud and asset recovery team.
Alan acts on a broad range of corporate and commercial disputes, which have included some of the largest cases before the English courts. His clients include companies, directors, high net worth individuals and insolvency practitioners. Alan has extensive experience of parallel, multi-jurisdictional cases involving jurisdictions such as England, the Cayman Islands, BVI, Cyprus and the Isle of Man.
His practice involves high value, complex fraud and asset recovery claims, often including freezing orders, disclosure orders, anti-suit injunctions and gagging orders.
Alan has significant experience of cases involving insolvency. He has acted for and against insolvency practitioners. He also advises regularly on directors’ duties.
Professional Memberships
Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Arbitrators (FCIArb)
CEDR Accredited Mediator
Member of R3, Insol Europe and the Insolvency Lawyers’ Association.
Publications
Stig of the Dump meets crypto: how one hard drive ended up in legal landfill
Charting New Territory: How England’s Digital Assets Framework Can Guide Cayman Islands Law
Court of Appeal clarifies the merits threshold for the grant of freezing injunctions
D’Aloia v Persons Unknown: Words of Warning for Cryptoexchanges and Implications for Victims of Crypto Fraud
Cayman Court Approves Winding-Up Order for "Insolvency Proof" Sigma Finance Corporation After Complex 16-Year Administrative Receivership in the UK
The UKJT Legal Statement on Digital Assets and English Insolvency Law: Implications for Cayman Islands Insolvency Practitioners
Cayman Court Continues to Demonstrate Modern Approach to Access to Justice and Efficient Case Management
Cayman Court of Appeal confirms broader jurisdiction to grant injunctions in support of HKIAC and CIETAC arbitrations
Proof of debt appeals to the Grand Court - the approach for dissatisfied creditors in disputing a liquidator’s rejection of proof