John O'Driscoll

Practice Areas

Practice area

John leads the Insolvency and Dispute Resolution (IDR) team at Walkers in London. John specialises in contentious and non-contentious insolvency work and international disputes.

John advises on all forms of formal appointments of insolvency officeholders in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands and advises creditors, debtors, private equity and hedge funds and other stakeholders. John has significant experience in crossborder litigation matters having worked on multi-jurisdictional disputes involving Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, the Middle East, Africa, India and South America. He has worked on aspects of large international restructurings including MF Global, Lehman Brothers and Nortel.

Prior to his move to London to launch the London IDR team, John also worked in the firm's Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands offices.

Recognition

John receives wide industry and peer reviewed recognition for his commercial approach to his clients' needs and is consistently recognised by Chambers, Legal500 and Who's Who Legal.

John is a co-founder of RAIIDAR International network.