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Matthew Goucke

Matthew Goucke

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Matthew is a partner in in Walkers' Insolvency & Dispute Resolution Group. He specialises in corporate recovery and contentious insolvency.

He is also a member of the Distressed Funds Group and has experience of distressed investment vehicles, particularly hedge funds. He has been with Walkers since 2007.

Matthew works closely with all the major insolvency practitioners in the Cayman Islands (and often with their foreign offices too). He is well known for his advisory work, especially in contentious cross-border liquidations. Matthew is also experienced in shareholder/limited partner disputes, as well as many forms of corporate restructuring.

Matthew has been involved in numerous high-profile fund/private equity disputes over the past 18 years. He regularly appears in the Grand Court’s specialist financial services division, as well as in the Cayman Island’s Court of Appeal. He has also been involved in multiple cases which have reached the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

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Chambers Global Guide

Dispute Resolution - Cayman Islands

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Individual Editorial
Matthew Goucke offers considerable expertise in contentious insolvency, with a notable specialism regarding distressed investment funds. In recent years he has handled several of the most significant such matters in the Cayman Islands.

Strengths

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  • Matthew Goucke has an exceptional ability to quickly summarise the key issues in complex international litigation.

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  • He is a very sensible and commercially minded person.

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  • Matthew Goucke provides excellent service and advice.

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  • He is one of the best advocates in the Cayman Islands. He works very hard and you can always be entirely comfortable that his advice is sound and well thought through.

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