Shalini Campbell

Practice Areas

Banking and Finance, Corporate, Energy, Financial Institutions, FinTech, Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy, Tax

Career

Shalini R. Campbell is the Deputy Chief Managing Partner of Dentons Delany’s 13 Caribbean jurisdictions; she also serves as the Office Managing Partner and Head of Litigation and Dispute Resolution in the Trinidad and Tobago office. Her expertise is in complex commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution with a particular focus on Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy. Her civil and commercial litigation practice spans Arbitration, Banking and Finance, Construction Law, Cryptocurrency, Employment, Environmental Law, Freedom of Information Applications, Bankruptcy Insolvency and Restructuring, Insurance Law, Judicial Review, Tax Appeals, Company Law, Personal Injury, Tort and Contract Law. She is a member of the Caribbean Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy group and of Dentons' Global Litigation and Dispute Resolution Leadership Team. She has wide-ranging experience representing clients in strategic negotiations, mediations, arbitration and trials.

She also serves as a relationship manager for local, regional and international clients in multifaceted and multijurisdictional matters. “Shalini Campbell is always available for direct assistance when necessary. Her knowledge is vast, and her humility makes her easily approachable, particularly for clarification on matters” (Legal 500, Key Lawyer Cross-Caribbean Expertise).

Professional Memberships

Member of the International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation

Rule of Law Committee Member of the American Chamber of Commerce Trinidad & Tobago

Member of the Energy Chamber of Trinidad & Tobago

Member of the Law Association of Trinidad & Tobago

Publications

"Summary on Guyana's Local Content Policy," February 2020

"The changing tide of corporate governance in Trinidad and Tobago & the effect of the Companies (Amendment) Act 2019," February 2020

"Trinidad & Tobago: Contractual remedies during the COVID-19 pandemic Force Majeure and frustration in Trinidad & Tobago," April 2020

"Trinidad & Tobago: COVID-19 and Electronic Transactions in Trinidad & Tobago," April 2020

Experience

Private International Shipping Client: Successfully obtaining freezing and tracing injunctions against a defendant in US seven-figure financial fraud claim.

Private International Accounting Firm: Obtaining security by way of debenture and judgment for US seven-figure debt owed to a client by way of bankruptcy petition and application to appoint a receiver.

Private International Advertising Firm: Securing urgent appointment of liquidator to wind up the operational company.

CL Financial (in liquidation): Advising liquidators on creditor claims.

Confidential Client: Acting on behalf of the receiver in bringing claims against directors of a local company for misfeasance in office to recover company assets.

Private Banking Client: Securing urgent court appointment of a provisional receiver.

Private Banking Client: Regularly acting in successful asset and/or recovery claims.

Private Regional Client: Representing the client in Occupational Safety and Health claims.

Private International Construction Client: Advising on FIDIC design-build contract and force majeure claims.

Private International Energy Sector Client: Advising on issues of force majeure and “merging” of the phases of the Prospecting Operations.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Grenada

Trinidad and Tobago

Languages Spoken

English

Education

Awards