Malachi Sweetman

Malachi is a partner of Maples and Calder’s Dispute Resolution & Insolvency team in the Maples Group’s Cayman Islands office.  He has extensive experience in commercial litigation and ADR across a broad range of financial and commercial disputes (in a number of jurisdictions), including disputes relating to commercial contracts, partnerships, trust deeds, shareholder agreements, as well as disputes involving banks and other financial institutions.  Malachi is also an experienced advocate; in addition to acting for multi-national clients in international arbitrations, he has also advised clients on litigation arising from cross-border insolvencies.

Malachi joined the Maples Group in 2010 in the Maples Group’s Dublin office before relocating to the Cayman Islands office in 2018. He was elected as a partner in 2024. Before that, he practised as a barrister for the Irish Bar, where he had been working for two years.  Prior to that, he worked in the construction industry.  He has been recommended by Legal 500 as a ‘Rising Star’. Clients describe him as ‘Very knowledgeable. Up and coming star.’