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William Peake

William Peake

Global 2026

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About

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Practice Areas

Litigation & Insolvency

Restructuring

Distressed Funds

Career

William Peake is the firm’s Global Managing Partner. In that role, he chairs our Global Executive Committee driving the firm’s overall strategic and cultural agendas.

William has been consistently recognised in Legal 500 and Chambers as a leading Cayman Islands litigation partner with over eighteen years’ experience. He regularly advises investment vehicles and their liquidators, shareholders, directors and associated individuals in relation to high value complex cross border disputes.

William was the lead partner acting for the official liquidators of a Cayman SPV in relation to the US$9.2bn Saad litigation. This was the longest running trial and most high value case litigated in the Cayman Islands. William led the firm’s London and Cayman teams working on the case, providing time sensitive advice to the London based office holder.

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Offshore: Cayman Islands Law - UK

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Foreign expert in Cayman Islands

Individual Editorial

William Peake is the Global Managing Partner of Harneys. He is recognised for his contentious restructuring and insolvency-focused practice. He primarily advises liquidators and receivers on matters including fraud.

Strengths

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  • He is a really good person to run a firm in terms of giving them a profile and making introductions. If he meet someone and thinks that they should meet someone else, he engineers that.

    Offshore: Cayman Islands LawChambers Global Guide
  • William is a very well-known and charismatic partner.

    Offshore: Cayman Islands LawChambers Global Guide
  • I find him to be incredibly talented lawyer: he distils complex data sets down to their bare essence with ease. He is legally and technically astute and he is my go-to for work in the Caribbean.

    Offshore: Cayman Islands LawChambers Global Guide

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