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Spencer Vickers

Counsel

Office
Cayman Islands
Jurisdiction(s)
Cayman Islands
Contact

Phone +1 345 814 7757
Email [email protected]

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Recognition

Global Restructuring Review 100 2020 Global Restructuring Review 100 2019 Legal 500 Caribbean 2019

Spencer Vickers is Counsel in the Litigation and Restructuring department of the Cayman Islands office of Conyers.

Spencer advises clients on a range of insolvency, restructuring and commercial litigation matters, including cross-border disputes. He has represented multinational corporations, insolvency professionals and banks on a range of complex matters with specific experience in the financial services, insurance, energy and health industries. He has managed a number of complex litigation matters to trial and is an experienced advocate. Spencer appears frequently before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands as sole counsel and has also appeared before the Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands. He is adept at managing long-term complex litigation and finding efficient solutions to resolve disputes. In this respect, Spencer also has experience advising clients on alternative dispute resolutions methods, including arbitration.

Prior to joining Conyers, Spencer practiced at a top-tier law firm in New Zealand and appeared several times before the High Court of New Zealand.

Spencer is a member of INSOL International and RISA. He sits on the RISA Education Committee which is responsible for organising technical training events for RISA members.

Experience Highlights

  • Advising both creditor and contributory petitioners in relation to the winding up of several Cayman companies, including the appointment of provisional liquidators. Appearing as sole counsel on both contested and non-contested hearings.
  • Advising a segregated portfolio company in relation to the receivership of segregated portfolios. Appearing as sole counsel before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands in relation to such matters.
  • Advising liquidators in relation to the winding up of several Cayman companies. Appearing as sole counsel on both contested and non-contested hearings in relation to applications by liquidators to the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands for various orders.
  • Acting for a client in respect of the Ocean Rig restructuring, the largest to take place in the Cayman Islands which took place by way of scheme of arrangement.
  • Acting for the Public Institution for Social Security, a Kuwaiti pension fund, as petitioning creditor of Abraaj Holdings.
  • Advising a major US health system on a multi-million dollar shareholder dispute involving a captive insurance company domiciled in Cayman.
  • Prior to joining Conyers, advising a retail bank in relation to the restructuring of a large mining company. The restructuring won awards at the New Zealand Law Awards for Capital Markets Deal of the Year and New Zealand Deal of the Year.

Professional Background

  • Senior Solicitor, Russell McVeagh, Auckland, New Zealand
  • Secondment, Corporate Lawyer, Bank of New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand

Education

  • Keble College, Oxford – South Eastern Circuit Bar Mess Foundation Advanced International Advocacy Course, 2019
  • College of Law - Professional Legal Studies Course, 2011
  • University of Auckland - LLB and BCom (Finance), 2010

Bar Admissions

  • Attorney-at-Law, Cayman Islands, 2017
  • Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand 2011

Awards & Accolades

  • Recognised in the 2020 edition (and 2019) of Global Restructuring Review 100
  • Recognised in the 2019 edition of Legal 500 Caribbean (dispute resolution)

Associations

  • INSOL International
  • RISA (Recovery and Insolvency Specialists Association), Cayman Islands

Area(s) of Expertise

Legal Services
Asia Disputes & Restructuring
Cayman Islands Litigation & Restructuring
Finance
Insurance & Reinsurance
Litigation & Restructuring
Private Equity & Venture Capital

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