Clare Bradin

Counsel

Cayman Islands | T +1 345 814 7366 | M +1 345 936 8399
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Clare Bradin is Counsel in the Cayman Islands specialising in commercial and regulatory disputes and investigations.

Clare has over 14 years of experience supporting her clients to navigate their most complex, high value and strategically significant disputes and investigations.

She is a regulatory enforcement specialist with experience advising on all stages of the regulatory life cycle, from compliance and prevention through internal investigations to multi-jurisdictional and multi-regulator disputes and investigations. She has acted extensively in matters involving financial crime, including money laundering, fraud, sanctions compliance, bribery, corruption, fraudulent trading and whistleblower protection.

She also has a broad cross-border commercial disputes practice including litigation and arbitration concerning contractual disputes, shareholder and partnership disputes, trust disputes, asset recovery and insolvency-related mandates. Her clients include shareholders, directors, banks, public and private companies and funds.

Clare is an experienced advisor to the crypto and Web3 community, bringing a creative and solutions-driven approach to fintech disputes. She acts for exchanges, wallet providers, founders, developers and investors in a range of commercial and regulatory disputes, including valuation disputes, service provider disputes, founder disputes and disputes around token generation events.

Jurisdiction

Experience

  • Cayman Counsel in proceedings in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands concerning the withholding of redemption proceeds, fiduciary duties and duties to segregate, and the interaction of these questions with sanctions regimes.
  • Acting for cryptocurrency exchanges, wallet providers, founders, developers and investors in a range of commercial and regulatory disputes (including arbitration), including valuation disputes, service provider disputes, founder disputes and disputes around token generation events.
  • Acting for multiple multinational companies in cross-border and multi-regulator investigations concerning allegations of bribery and corruption.
  • Assisting confidential clients to respond to cyber-attacks involving wire fraud, including providing complex strategic advice to contain risk, recover funds, engage with regulators and law enforcement, and assist with remediation and uplifts.
  • Cayman Counsel in a complex exempted limited partnership dispute in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, seeking declaratory relief.
  • Cayman Counsel for the petitioner in a range of contested and uncontested just and equitable winding up petitions presented in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands.
  • Advising numerous public and private companies on international regulatory issues concerning asset purchases, acquisitions and country entry, including in relation to bribery and corruption, sanctions, modern slavery and anti-money laundering due diligence and compliance.
  • Acting for a multinational company in a cross-border regulatory dispute concerning transfer pricing rules.
  • Representing both public authorities and applicants in, and negotiating settlements of, judicial review proceedings and freedom of information disputes.
  • Acting for a gaming and entertainment group in a shareholder class action concerning AML/CFT compliance frameworks.
  • Acting for a superannuation fund in an Australian Securities and Investments Commission fees for no service investigation and dispute.
  • Resolving a complex and sensitive contractual dispute for a multinational company seeking declaratory relief concerning the operation of termination clauses.
  • Defending a multinational car manufacturer in a six week class action trial in the Federal Court of Australia.

Qualifications

Professional Background

  • Senior Associate, Allens Linklaters, Melbourne, Australia
  • Senior Solicitor (Secondment), Department of Health (Victoria), Australia
  • Legal and Policy Officer, Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia

Education

  • The University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Laws (Honours)
  • The University of Melbourne, Bachelor of Science
  • The College of Law, Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice
  • Australian Centre for Environmental Compliance, Certificate IV in Government (Investigation)

Bar Admissions

  • Attorney-at-Law, Cayman Islands, 2024
  • Solicitor, High Court of Australia, 2014 (not currently practising)
  • Lawyer, Supreme Court of Victoria, 2013 (not currently practising)

Associations

  • Committee Member (Cayman Islands), Crypto Fraud and Asset Recovery (CFAAR) Network
  • Association for Women in Cryptocurrency (AWIC)
  • INSOL International
  • International Women’s Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC)
  • Recovery and Insolvency Specialists Association (RISA)