OVERVIEW
Caroline is co-head of Maples and Calder's global Dispute Resolution & Insolvency team and is based in the Maples Group's Cayman Islands office. Caroline advises on all aspects of cross border and domestic insolvency and restructuring issues, in particular contentious and non-contentious restructurings, liquidations, schemes of arrangement and fund wind downs. She advises debtors and key stakeholders in financially distressed circumstances, including banks, funds, bondholders, directors, investors and insolvency practitioners. Caroline also has extensive commercial litigation experience in financial services disputes including appraisal rights/fair value cases and shareholder, board and investment funds disputes. She is an experienced advocate, who regularly appears in the Cayman Islands courts.BACKGROUND
Caroline joined the Maples Group as an associate in 2007 and was elected as a partner in 2016. She was previously with A&L Goodbody in Dublin. Caroline has been ranked by Chambers Global, as a Who's Who Legal 'Thought Leader' for restructuring and insolvency and as a 'Leading Individual' by Legal 500. Caroline received the Restructuring of the Year Award and Energy Deal of the Year Award from M&A Advisors and the Innovation in Cross-Border Insolvency and Restructuring Award from GRR for her work on the Ocean Rig restructuring.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
Member of IWIRC, INSOL, CILPA and III
AREAS OF EXPERTISE
Dispute Resolution & Insolvency
BAR ADMISSIONS
2004 - Admitted as a solicitor in Ireland (not practising)
2007 - Admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales (not practising)
2007 - Admitted as a solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands) (not practising)
2010 - Admitted as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands
EDUCATION
Trinity College Dublin, Eire, LLB, Law and French, 2000
Dublin Business School, Eire, Diploma in Accounting and Finance, 2002
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KNOWLEDGE
- Winner Takes All: Costs Ruling in the FGL Holdings s.238 Appraisal Action 12 May 2023
- Check Your Privilege: Cayman Islands Companies and Disclosure Obligations 24 March 2023
- Reforms to Cayman Islands Restructuring Laws - The New Restructuring Officer Regime 29 July 2022
- Good News for Debtors Seeking Access to the Cayman Restructuring Regime 29 July 2022
- Cayman Islands Liquidation Proceedings – Officeholder Independence 30 August 2021
- Distress in the shipping sectors why use Cayman Islands debt restructuring tools 30 March 2021
- Cayman Islands Insolvency and Restructuring for English Lawyers 06 April 2020
- Cayman Islands Insolvency and Restructuring for US Bankruptcy Lawyers 27 March 2020
- Important Decision in Cayman Islands Merger Dissent Litigation 08 January 2020
- Distressed Debt Investing and Loan to Own Strategies 30 October 2018
NEWS & DEALS
- Maples Group Appoints Litigation Partner Duo as Global Practice Co-Leaders 21 March 2023
- Maples Advises the Chinese Property Developer Modern Land on its US$1.34 Billion Debt Restructuring 03 January 2023
- Maples Group Management Team Update 02 December 2021
- Maples Delivers the First Cayman Islands DIP Finance Scheme of Arrangement 09 November 2018
- Maples and Calder Wins Award at 2018 Global Restructuring Review Awards 27 June 2018
- Maples and Calder Wins Two Awards at the 10th Annual M and A Advisor Awards 31 May 2018