Nigel Smith

Nigel is counsel in the dispute resolution and litigation team in Carey Olsen's Cayman Island office. Nigel has a range of experience in all general litigation matters, primarily in the financial services sector. He acts in general commercial matters, including inter-party disputes and disputes between shareholders and directors of a company, and routinely acts in insolvency matters for liquidators, receivers, creditors and other interested parties. Almost all of his work involves the resolution of cross-jurisdictional issues. He has extensive experience in valuation matters in particular, including acting in a number of proceedings to determine the fair value of shares in multi-billion dollar companies, following shareholders dissenting in take-private transactions for those companies. Additionally, Nigel regularly advises on contentious and non-contentious employment matters. · Carey Olsen

Cayman IslandsLitigation, Restructuring & InsolvencySpanish

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Counsel in Carey Olsen's Cayman Islands dispute resolution and litigation team, with broad experience in general commercial litigation primarily in the financial services sector. Routinely acts in insolvency matters for liquidators, receivers, creditors and other interested parties, has extensive experience in valuation proceedings and cross‑jurisdictional disputes, and also advises on contentious and non‑contentious employment matters.

Practice areas

LitigationRestructuring & InsolvencyEmploymentFinancial ServicesCorporate / M&A

Office

Cayman Islands

Carey Olsen · Nigel is counsel in the dispute resolution and litigation team in Carey Olsen's Cayman Island office. Nigel has a range of experience in all general litigation matters, primarily in the financial services sector. He acts in general commercial matters, including inter-party disputes and disputes between shareholders and directors of a company, and routinely acts in insolvency matters for liquidators, receivers, creditors and other interested parties. Almost all of his work involves the resolution of cross-jurisdictional issues. He has extensive experience in valuation matters in particular, including acting in a number of proceedings to determine the fair value of shares in multi-billion dollar companies, following shareholders dissenting in take-private transactions for those companies. Additionally, Nigel regularly advises on contentious and non-contentious employment matters.

Cayman Islands

Expertise

Financial services litigationValuation disputes (fair value proceedings)Insolvency litigation for liquidators, receivers and creditorsShareholder and director disputesCross-jurisdictional disputesEmployment law (contentious and non-contentious)

Education

LLB (Hons), Victoria University of Wellington
BA (Spanish and Political Science), Victoria University of Wellington

Admissions

Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand (admitted 2013)

Languages

Spanish