Sam Dawson

Sam is the managing partner of Carey Olsen's Cayman Islands office, and the head of its dispute resolution and insolvency and restructuring practice. He has over 20 years' experience litigating high value commercial disputes with a primary focus on the financial services sector. Sam has particular expertise in the fields of: shareholder disputes; merger appraisal litigation; insolvency and restructuring; and contentious employment matters · Carey Olsen

Cayman IslandsLitigation, Insolvency & Restructuring

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Sam Dawson is the managing partner of Carey Olsen's Cayman Islands office and head of its dispute resolution and insolvency and restructuring practice. He has over 20 years' experience litigating high-value commercial disputes, with a primary focus on the financial services sector, and particular expertise in shareholder disputes, merger appraisal litigation, insolvency and restructuring, and contentious employment matters.

Practice areas

LitigationInsolvency & RestructuringEmploymentInvestment FundsCorporate / M&ABanking & Finance

Office

Cayman Islands

Carey Olsen · Sam is the managing partner of Carey Olsen's Cayman Islands office, and the head of its dispute resolution and insolvency and restructuring practice. He has over 20 years' experience litigating high value commercial disputes with a primary focus on the financial services sector. Sam has particular expertise in the fields of: shareholder disputes; merger appraisal litigation; insolvency and restructuring; and contentious employment matters

Cayman Islands

Expertise

Shareholder disputesMerger appraisal litigationInsolvency and restructuringContentious employment mattersFinancial services sector

Education

Bachelor of Laws, Otago University (Dunedin, New Zealand)
Bachelor of Arts (Art History), Otago University (Dunedin, New Zealand)

Admissions

New Zealand — Solicitor and Barrister (admitted 1996; non-practising)
Cayman Islands — Attorney-at-Law (practising since 2006)