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Malachi Sweetman

Malachi Sweetman

Global 2026

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Malachi is a partner of Maples and Calder’s Dispute Resolution & Insolvency team in the Maples Group’s Cayman Islands office. He has extensive experience in commercial litigation and ADR across a broad range of financial and commercial disputes (in a number of jurisdictions), including disputes relating to commercial contracts, partnerships, trust deeds, shareholder agreements, as well as disputes involving banks and other financial institutions. Malachi is also an experienced advocate; in addition to acting for multi-national clients in international arbitrations, he has also advised clients on litigation arising from cross-border insolvencies.

Malachi joined the Maples Group in 2010 in the Maples Group’s Dublin office before relocating to the Cayman Islands office in 2018.

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Dispute Resolution - Cayman Islands

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Individual Editorial

Malachi Sweetman has a solid litigation practice and is an increasingly respected member of the team. He is particularly noted in the field of shareholder litigation, with notable strength in fair-value appraisal and insolvency-related matters.

Strengths

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  • Malachi Sweetman is an excellent litigator, very collaborative and easy to work alongside. He explains complicated areas of Cayman law very well and is highly commercial.

    Dispute ResolutionChambers Global Guide
  • He is exceptionally clever, personable and clearly going places.

    Dispute ResolutionChambers Global Guide
  • Malachi is strategic and smart about sifting out what really matters so he can weave together a compelling litigation narrative.

    Dispute ResolutionChambers Global Guide

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Cayman Islands

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