Diana DeMercado
Associate
Diana DeMercado is an Associate within the Cayman Islands Finance and Corporate practice.
She specialises in advising on a range of finance transactions, including general banking and secured lending, fund financing (acting for both lenders and borrowers), aircraft financing and structured finance. Diana also advises on general corporate and commercial matters, with a particular focus on blockchain, FinTech and digital asset projects, including the establishment and maintenance of Cayman Islands foundation companies and other structures used to support blockchain protocols and digital asset initiatives, together with related regulatory matters, including licensing, registration and compliance under the Virtual Asset (Service Providers) Act (VASP Act).
Jurisdiction
Qualifications
Professional Background
- Articles of Clerkship – Harneys, Cayman Islands
Education
- Post Graduate Diploma in Law (Distinction), Oxford Brookes University, 2023
- Bachelor of Laws (First Class Honours, Co-Valedictorian), University of Liverpool, 2022
- Associate of Arts in Business Administration, University College of the Cayman Islands
Bar Admissions
- Attorney-at-Law, Cayman Islands, 2025
Awards & Accolades
- Proud of Them Honouree for Exceptional Academics, 2023
- Co-Valedictorian, University of Liverpool, 2022
Associations
- Director on the Board of Directors of Cayman Airways (2022 – 2025)
- Member of Cayman Islands Legal Practitioner’s Association
- Member of the Cayman Islands National Youth Commission for Ministry of Youth, Sports, Culture & Heritage