Rupert's primary professional focus is cross-border insolvency and restructuring, and he has also gained significant experience in professional negligence and insurance litigation. He has a particular interest in the comparative approaches to security interests in insolvency proceedings.
He qualified as a solicitor in the UK in 2009, and has since completed a LLM in International Banking and Finance Law at University College London, focusing specifically on cross-border insolvency.
In addition to his legal practice, Rupert has a professional expertise in renewable energy, having managed a bio gas plant and co-founded a consultancy in the UK specialising in anaerobic digestion.
When customers or clients do not pay on time, we provide timely and effective advice on recovering debts and enforcing judgments. We help businesses, service providers, lenders and borrowers – including banks, funds, directors, and insolvency practitioners – recover commercial debt swiftly and strategically.
Our services cover court proceedings, arrets, saisies, statutory demands, insolvency proceedings, désastre, realisation, dégrèvement, and enforcement of security interests. We conduct thorough security reviews and advise on pre-emptive measures, ensuring prompt, decisive action with discretion to minimise reputational risk.
For financially distressed companies in need of restructuring and reorganisation, or for those where the opportunity to do so has passed or failed, we work to achieve the most beneficial outcome in these difficult situations.
At whatever stage we are engaged, our involvement will assist in identifying the ongoing risks facing a client and to enable that client to continue to identify and effectively manage deteriorating relationships with creditors, financiers, investors or other interested parties.
Read moreIn regulatory disputes there are often fine lines between the usual wrangling with the regulator and something more serious – by matching our mix of experienced contentious and non-contentious lawyers to the particular problem at hand, we achieve better and more efficient outcomes.
Read moreWe live in an increasingly contentious world. When your business is involved in any kind of legal dispute it's crucial to work with lawyers who are hands-on, cost-effective and flexible enough to respond quickly and intuitively to your unique situation and needs.
Read moreOur multi-jurisdictional team brings a wealth of experience from a range of diverse backgrounds to give quick, accurate, commercial advice. We work across dispute resolution, restructuring, recovery and insolvency matters to ensure that clients get the full benefit of our know-how and experience across the world.
Read moreWe advise both plaintiffs and defendants on personal injury and clinical negligence claims on and have represented some of the largest insurers in the UK.
Our dispute resolution specialists collaborate seamlessly with our corporate advisory and banking teams across jurisdictions to advise multinational corporations, trust companies, banks, funds, insurers, governments and directors.
We provide a global perspective, working closely with our clients to ensure that they are best placed to respond to customer issues, fraud risks, rapidly changing market conditions and regulatory demands.
Read moreWorking alongside our highly-rated local real estate teams we are well placed to advise businesses on all aspects of environmental regulation and legislation including industrial licenses and planning requirements as well as laws related to environmental protection and required minimum standards.
Introduction In a detailed decision of Mr Justice Segal in Re Direct Lending Income Feeder Fund, Ltd (in official liquidation)[1] (DLIFF), handed down on 13 March 2024, the Grand Court has determined that claims of investors in companies whose subscripti...
Cayman - misrepresentation claims
In a decision of Mr Justice Doyle in Re HQP Corporation Ltd (in official liquidation)[1], handed down on 7 July 2023, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands has confirmed that claims of investors whose subscriptions were induced by misrepresentation ("Sub...
Resolving questions of priority
Introduction The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (Court) has recently handed down the decision of Mr Justice Segal in Re Direct Lending Income Feeder Fund, Ltd (in official liquidation)[1] (Direct Lending) which will be of interest to both officeholde...
Collas Crill has officially announced the results of its annual promotions round for 2020. The group has made a number of promotions across jurisdictions, including both lawyers and the business services team. Rocco Cecere is promoted to Partner having j...
Rule changes of relevance to insolvency practitioners in the Cayman Islands
On 1 February 2018, new versions of the following rules and regulations will come into effect: Companies Winding Up Rules, 2018; Insolvency Practitioners' Regulations, 2018; and Foreign Bankruptcy Proceedings (International Cooperation) Rules, 2018. Wh...
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