Christopher Levers

Practice Areas

Corporate and Financial Services Disputes, Dispute Resolution, Enforcement of Judgments and Awards, Fraud and Asset Tracing, Funds Disputes, Investigations and Regulatory Advice, Restructuring and Insolvency, Section 238 Shareholder Appraisal Rights, Trusts Advisory Group

Career

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 as well as having significant experience with contentious trust disputes, commercial litigation and fund claims involving fraud and breach of duty. He routinely appears before all levels of the Cayman Islands Courts including the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal and the Privy Council.

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)

Professional Memberships

Chris is a member of the Cayman Islands Practitioners Association, the Recovery and Insolvency Specialists Association (Cayman) Limited and INSOL International.

Publications

Chris has contributed to a number of publications including INSOL World, International Corporate Rescue, Lexis Nexis, South Square Digest and STEP Journal and has co-authored the Cayman Islands chapter of "Art of the Pre-Pack" published by Global Restructuring Review.