Areas of Expertise
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.’
Bar Admissions
2017 – Admitted as solicitor in Ireland (not practising)
2017 – Admitted as a solicitor in Northern Ireland (not practising)
2018 – Admitted as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands
Education
University College Dublin, Eire, BA (Hons) English, French, 2000
The Honorable Society of the King’s Inns, Dublin, Eire, Diploma in Legal Studies, (Hons) 2007
The Honorable Society of the King’s Inns, Dublin, Eire, Bachelor of Law, (Hons) 2008
Languages
French
Spanish