Tonicia Williams
Associate
Tonicia Williams is an Associate in the Cayman Islands Litigation and Restructuring practice, currently on secondment to the Hong Kong office. Tonicia’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation, cross-border insolvency, asset recovery and enforcement of international judgments.
Jurisdiction
Experience
Counsel in the following applications in the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands:
- FSD 175 of 2022 (CRJ) In the matter of CBK Holdings (unreported)
- FSD 117 of 2022 (CRJ) Glory Sun Land Group Limited (unreported)
- FSD 90 of 2022 (MRHJ) Aeso Holding Limited (unreported)
- FSD 43 of 2022 (NSJ) Grand T G Gold Holdings Limited (unreported)
- FSD 13 of 2022 (CRJ) CBK Holdings Limited (unreported)
Expertise
- Arbitration Enforcement & Alternative Dispute Resolution
- Asia Disputes & Restructuring
- Cayman Islands Regulatory & Risk Advisory
- Commercial Litigation
- Dispute Resolution & Insolvency
- Fraud & Asset Tracing
- Fund Disputes
- Insolvency
- Insurance Disputes
- Private Client & Trust
- Regulatory & Compliance
- Regulatory Disputes
- Schemes of Arrangement
- Shareholder Disputes & Merger Litigation
- Trust Litigation
Qualifications
Professional Background
- Associate, Kobre & Kim (Cayman)
- Associate, HSM Chambers, Cayman
- Crown Counsel II (Civil), Cayman Islands Attorney General’s Chambers
- Articled Clerk, Cayman Islands Attorney General’s Chambers
- Administrative Assistant (Civil Registry), Cayman Islands Judicial Administration
Education
- Kingston University, London, LLB (Honours) 2009
- College of Law, Bloomsbury London, LPC 2010
- STEP Certificate International Trust Management, Distinction, 2020
Bar Admissions
- Cayman Islands Attorney-at-law, 2014
Associations
- Member, Cayman Islands Legal Practitioner’s Association (CILPA)
- Recovery & Insolvency Specialists Association Cayman (RISA)
- International Women’s Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC)
- INSOL International
- Affiliate Member, STEP Cayman
- Director, Kiwanis Club of Grand Cayman
- Volunteer, Big Brother Big Sister Cayman
Insights & Resources
26 Sep 2023 - Corporate Restructuring Services | Dispute Resolution & Insolvency
Important Takeaways for Bondholders: Do They Have Rights as Contingent Creditors?
24 Aug 2023 - Dispute Resolution & Insolvency
Important Takeaways for Bondholders: Do They Have Rights as Contingent Creditors?
8 Aug 2023 - Regulatory & Compliance
Regulatory & Risk Advisory Review: Cayman Islands – May to July 2023
Deals & Cases
23 Jul 2021
Illegality as a defence under Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, and Bermuda law: a comparison with English law and Hong Kong law
Appeal
22 Jan 2021
Provisional Liquidators, the Automatic Stay, and the Hong Kong Court
Liquidation|Winding Up