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Colette Wilkins
Cayman Islands
Law Firm, City

Walkers, George Town
Walkers has one of the largest commercial litigation and dispute resolution teams in the Cayman Islands. Colette and her colleagues can provide timely and expert assistance in connection with all aspects of civil litigation and insolvency and have considerable experience in connection with asset tracing, enforcement proceedings, commercial and corporate disputes and contentious banking and financial issues. Colette has been a partner at Walkers in the Cayman Islands since 2009. She practised as a barrister from chancery/commercial chambers in London for fifteen years before being admitted as an attorney in the Cayman Islands in 2005. Colette has extensive experience in high value and cross border commercial litigation, with a particular emphasis on disputes arising in connection with fraud, asset recovery, corporate governance, distressed investment vehicles and liquidations. Since 2009 Colette has been commended in the leading legal directories including Who's Who Legal, Chambers Global and Legal 500. The strength of the Walkers asset recovery team is commended in the 2013 International Who's Who of Asset Recovery Lawyers which noted that Colette 'stands out as one of the most highly regarded individuals in the research. Recommended for her "pragmatic and solutions-oriented" approach, she earns "high praise" from her peers and clients'.

Established in 1964, Walkers is a leading International Financial Centre law firm, with a focus on corporate and international finance law. From our global network of eight offices, the firm offers a full range of legal services and delivers practical advice based on an in-depth knowledge of the legal, regulatory and commercial environment in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Ireland and Jersey. Walkers has 54 partners and 365 staff worldwide.

Specialities: Commercial Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Compliance, Corporate, Crime, Employment, Finance (Asset Finance, Banking, Insurance Linked Securities, Regulatory, Restructuring and Structured Products and capital Markets), Insolvency and Corporate Recovery, Insurance, Investment Funds, Islamic Finance, Private Equity, Property , Taxation and Trusts.

Colette.wilkins@walkersglobal.com

www.walkersglobal.com

Address

190 Elgin Avenue
George Town,
Grand Cayman,
KY1 9001
Cayman Islands

Telephone

+1 345 919 4215, +1 345 525 7199 (M)

Languages

Cantonese Chinese, Danish, English, French, German, Italian, Mandarin Chinese, Polish, Portuguese

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Cate Barbour

Cayman Islands
Walkers

Walkers
Cate Barbour, Senior Counsel, Walkers

Cate is a litigator specialising in fraud and asset recovery. She has advised and represented international financial institutions, high net worth individuals and government-owned entities in the investigation and prosecution of claims involving complex multi-jurisdictional corporate and commercial fraud, breaches of fiduciary duties, enforcement of foreign judgments, and the recovery and tracing of assets globally.

She has particular experience in assisting clients in relation to freezing orders and other urgent injunctive relief, often in support of foreign Court and arbitration proceedings, most recently acting for a large state owned bank in securing a US$2.6 billion freezing order from the Cayman Islands Grand Court, in support of English proceedings, and securing injunctive relief over a Yacht under the Merchant Shipping Act. She regularly advises on the enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards, most recently opposing the enforcement an interim arbitral award, in the first case to be considered by the Court on the enforceability of such awards.

Before joining Walkers she acted for the Central Bank of Bahrain in respect of the US$1.5 billion claim brought against AHAB in the Bahrain Chamber for Dispute Resolution for the recovery of loan monies advanced to Saudi Arabian borrowers through AHAB’s Money Exchange Branch. Her most recent matters have covered commercial fraud litigation, tracing and proprietary claims, and injunctive relief to prevent the compulsory redemption of shares.

Cate is currently based in Walkers' Dubai office and is involved in some of the largest offshore disputes for financial institutions and government owned entities from the GCC and wider region. She has been named as a Future Leader in the Who's Who Legal 2022 and 2023 guides and is regularly recognised in Legal 500.