Jeremy Walton is a Partner and the Litigation and Insolvency Practice Group Head in Cayman. He is also global head of the Fund Disputes Team. He specialises in international commercial litigation, including: directors’ and shareholders’ disputes; insolvency work, including the dissolution of commercial joint ventures and the dismantling of corporate structures; asset-tracing and recovery work, often as part of cross-border and multi-jurisdictional litigation; and disputes in relation to both family and commercial trusts.
Jeremy is Chairman of the Cayman Chapter of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, a member of the Civil Mediation Council and the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists. He is also an accredited mediator and a member of the Cayman Islands Law Society, the International Bar Association, the Bar of England and Wales and the Honourable Society of Lincoln’s Inn,
Jeremy has been consistently highly-ranked in various international legal publications, including Chambers Global (since 2004) and PLC Which Lawyer (since 2006). Clients and legal practitioners interviewed in the 2009 edition of Chambers Global described him as “the star of the show – persuasive, attentive and thoughtful”. Clients also lauded his “terrific knowledge of Cayman law and first-rate written work”. The most recent edition of Chambers Global 2010 stated “Jeremy Walton has a very high profile, with peers emphasising his quality and reputation”.