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Gráinne King

Gráinne King

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Practice Areas

Litigation & Insolvency

Career

Gráinne King is a consultant in our Litigation & Insolvency practice group in the Cayman Islands.

Gráinne has been practising in the Cayman Islands since she joined us in 2015. Prior to joining us, Gráinne was an associate in the Restructuring and Insolvency team at A&L Goodbody in Dublin. Her expertise includes advising insolvency practitioners and other stakeholders in relation to liquidations, restructurings, receiverships and commercial disputes. Gráinne also has experience in the area of fraud and asset tracing, appraisal litigation under s238 of the Companies Act and regulatory litigation. Prior to practising in the Cayman Islands, Gráinne acted for high-profile lending institutions in relation to the appointment of receivers, summary proceedings, implementation of consensual workouts with debtors and defence of injunctions, mis-selling and negligence claims.

Gráinne is a board member of the IWIRC International Board, is a regular contributor to Harneys Offshore Litigation Blog and has published a number of articles in prominent industry publications.

Work Highlights

Member of the team acting for SIFCO5, one of the defendants in the high profile AHAB v Saad litigation

Acting for AIG/Lexington in the winding up of a Cayman Islands segregated portfolio company.

Regulatory work advising clients in respect of their obligations under the Monetary Authority Act and ancillary legislation and defence of regulatory enforcement measures .

Acting for CNO Financial Group in the long running liquidation of Platinum Partners Vantage Arbitrage Fund LP (Platinum Master Fund).

Acting for Grant Thornton, the Receivers of the Axiom Funds.

Acting for Sina Corporation in its share appraisal litigation under s238 of the Companies Act.

Member of the team acting for Luckin Coffee in its Cayman Islands scheme of arrangement.

Chambers Review

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Chambers Global Guide

Dispute Resolution - Cayman Islands

Band 5
Band 5

Individual Editorial

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.

Strengths

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  • Gráinne King is extremely practical, knowledgeable and she would be a first choice for me.

    Dispute ResolutionChambers Global Guide
  • Gráinne King is excellent to work with, extremely knowledgeable in her advice and also commercial.

    Dispute ResolutionChambers Global Guide

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