Schemes of Arrangement and Corporate Reconstruction

Nick regularly advises banks, multinational corporations and financial services professionals in areas including insolvency and restructuring, trust litigation, financial services litigation, company disputes and fraud.

A barrister by training, Nick had been a partner of another Cayman Islands law firm since 2013 where he led the litigation and dispute resolution department. Nick is a highly skilled and experienced advocate who spent more than 10 years at the London Bar. He has extensive experience of commercial litigation, insolvency and cross-border disputes. 

Ellie Crespi is a partner in Harneys’ Hong Kong office where she advises on British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands law. She is a member of the firm’s Finance & Corporate departments and the Asia Restructuring Unit.

Ellie advises leading onshore law firms, major international financial institutions and listed and private companies. She specialises in debt and equity financing and has advised on LBOs, margin financings, pre-export credit finance deals, credit derivative swaps, takeover financings, IPOs, take-private financings, aircraft and ship finance deals, s144 and Reg S bond issuances, MTN programmes, convertible bonds, acquisition finance, property finance and general corporate lending. Ellie also advises on financial and corporate restructurings and general corporate matters including special offshore products such as statutory mergers and continuations.