Carla Lopez is a Senior Paralegal in the Cayman Islands Litigation and Restructuring practice. Working under the guidance of the firm’s attorneys, she offers support in a wide array of intricate commercial litigation, fund disputes, and restructuring and insolvency issues.

Carla possesses extensive experience in handling cross-border commercial and private wealth disputes, which include contentious trust and succession issues, asset recovery, insolvency, and conflicts involving regulators and law enforcement agencies. She assists with a varied clientele that includes ultra-high-net-worth individuals, founders, directors, shareholders, creditors, and court-appointed officeholders.

Before her tenure at Conyers, Carla spent 12 years in a similar capacity at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett in London. Her professional background encompasses over twenty years in areas such as Corporate, Funds, Mergers & Acquisitions, AML/Regulatory, Compliance, Dispute Resolution/Litigation, Antitrust/Competition, Real Estate, Employment, Immigration, Probate, and Administration, covering all facets of Cayman Islands, UK, and EU law requirements.

Jurisdiction

Qualifications

Professional Background

  • Senior Paralegal, Appleby
  • Paralegal, Bedell Cristin
  • Senior Paralegal, Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP
  • Paralegal, Turner & Roulstone

Education

  • University of Liverpool, Bachelor of Laws, 1999

Firm Insights & Resources

Cayman Islands Liquidations: Jurisdiction, Liquidator Independence and the Role of Officeholders
Shareholder Activism, Meeting Postponements and Proxy Disclosure: Key Takeaways from MILFAM LLC v Morrow, Smith and Scully Royalty Ltd.
Drelle Reversed: Can Creditors Serve Statutory Demands on Unrecognised Foreign Judgments in the BVI and Cayman Islands?
Conyers Investment Funds Report | Q2 2026
Regulatory & Risk Advisory Review: Cayman Islands – April to June 2026