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Global Guide 2023

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Dispute Resolution
11 Years Ranked

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Provided by Sam Dawson

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Practice Areas

Sam is head of Carey Olsen's dispute resolution and insolvency and restructuring practice in the Cayman Islands.

He has extensive experience litigating with a primary focus on the financial services sector.

Sam also has particular expertise in the field of insolvency and restructuring and is regularly instructed to act for liquidators and receivers (including foreign appointees), management, security holders, investors, and unsecured creditors in relation to both contentious and non-contentious matters.

Career

Sam graduated from Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts (Art History). He was admitted as solicitor and barrister in New Zealand Bar in 1996 (non-practising) and became attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands in 2006.

Professional Memberships

Sam is a former Director of the Recovery and Insolvency Specialists Association of Cayman, as well as a member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and INSOL International. He is also one of the Law Society representatives on the Users Committee for the Financial Services Division of the Grand Court.

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Dispute Resolution - Cayman Islands
2
Band 2

Sam Dawson is a highly popular lawyer among his peers in the Cayman Islands. He is well known for his strengths in restructuring and insolvency proceedings, as well as trust and shareholder disputes. He heads Carey Olsen's dispute resolution practice in the jurisdiction.

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