Restructuring & Insolvency

ASW Law’s distinguished restructuring & insolvency department regularly provides Bermuda law advice and court representation to liquidators, creditors, regulators and interested parties, in both local and cross-border, contentious and non-contentious, insolvency and restructuring matters.

Our Head of Restructuring & Insolvency, Kehinde George, is ranked by the independent legal directories as a ‘global leader’ for insolvency, restructuring and (re)insurance, and has over 25 years’ experience practising insolvency law and restructuring in Bermuda.

ASW Law’s restructuring & insolvency lawyers are repeatedly instructed in the most prominent and complex insolvency and restructuring matters in Bermuda, including the following, to name a few:

• The Bermuda Fire & Marine Insurance Company Ltd
• Global Crossing Group
• Northern Offshore Ltd
• PEG Reinsurance Company Ltd
• Hatteras Reinsurance Ltd
• Saad Investments Company Ltd
• Singluaris Holdings Ltd
• PDV Insurance Company Ltd
• Noble Group Ltd
• VLA (Assurance) Bermuda Ltd
• Seadrill Ltd
• Markel CATCo Reinsurance Fund Ltd

Our Restructuring & Insolvency Lawyers

Kehinde George | Director, Head of Restructuring & Insolvency

Matthew Mason | Senior Counsel

Sean Dunleavy | Associate

Precious Smith | Associate

Reported Cases

• Titan Petrochemical Group Ltd [2021] SC 61
• Full Apex (Holdings) Ltd [2020] SC Bda 15 Com
• Hsin Chong Group Holdings Ltd[2020] SC Bda 10 Com
• Seadrill Ltd [2018] SC Bda 30 Com
• Re Celestial Nutrifoods Ltd [2017] SC Bda 10 Civ
• CBM Agente de Valores SA v. PPF Life Assets Fund Ltd[2016] Bda LR 85; SC Bda 76 Com
• Royal Chemie International Ltd v. Barclays Bank Plc and Another[2016] SC Bda 69 Com; [2015] SC Bda 91 Com
• PricewaterhouseCoopers v. Saad Investments Company Ltd and Singularis Holdings Ltd [2014] UKPC 35 and 26; [2013] Bda LR 82; Bda LR 28; SC 27
• Saturn Petrochemicals Holdings Ltd v. Titan Petrochemicals Ltd[2013] Bda LR 42
• Bny Ais Nominees Ltd v. New Stream Capital Fund Ltd [2012] SC 70
• Re Highland Crusader Fund II, Ltd[2011] Bda LR 50; Bda LR 49
• Bermuda Monetary Authority v. South of England Protection and Indemnity Association (Bermuda) Ltd[2011] Bda LR 69
• Re Founding Partners Global Fund Ltd [2011] Bda LR 22
• Discover Reinsurance Co. v. PEG Reinsurance Company Ltd[2007] Bda LR 20; [2006] Bda LR 88 and
• Re LaSalle Re Holdings Ltd [2006] Bda LR 55
• Walsh and Taal v. Horizon Bank International Limited [2006] Bda LR 42
• Belvedere Insurance Company Limited v. Caliban Holdings Ltd [2000] Bda LR 42 and [2001] Bda LR 2
• Hopewell International Insurance Ltd v. Gold Medal Insurance Company [2001] Bda LR 32
• Re ICO Global Communications (Holdings) Ltd [1999] Bda LR 69