Christopher Levers

Corporate and Financial Services Disputes; Crypto Disputes; Dispute Resolution; Enforcement of Judgments and Awards; Financial Crime; Fraud and Asset Tracing; Funds Disputes; Regulatory; Regulatory, Investigations and Enforcement; Restructuring and Insolvency; Section 238 Shareholder Appraisal Rights; Trusts; Trust Disputes and Applications

Chris is a partner in Ogier's multi-disciplinary Dispute Resolution team in the Cayman Islands. He specialises in contentious and non-contentious restructuring and insolvency proceedings, regularly advising and appearing on behalf of creditors, shareholders, companies, and insolvency practitioners.

Chris also has significant experience in contentious trust disputes (advising both trustees and beneficiaries), commercial litigation, and fund claims involving fraud and breach of duty.

He routinely appears before all levels of the Cayman Courts including the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal and the Privy Council (Cayman's highest appellate court). Chris has acted in a number of leading cases in the jurisdiction including:

- Pearson v Primeo

- Culross Global SPC v Strategic Turnaround

- Braga v Equity Trust

- In the matter of Torchlight Fund LP

- Torchlight GP v Millinium Asset Pty et al

- AHAB v SICL et al (the most significant fraud trial heard in Cayman)

Admitted in:

2011 - Cayman Islands

2009 - Jamaica (non-practising)

2007 - England and Wales (non-practising)

Chris is a member of:

- the Cayman Islands Practitioners Association

- the Recovery and Insolvency Specialists Association (Cayman) Limited

- INSOL International