Spencer Vickers

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Spencer Vickers is a Partner in the Cayman Islands Litigation & Restructuring practice.

Spencer has extensive experience advising clients on a range of insolvency, restructuring and commercial litigation matters, including regulatory disputes. This includes frequently advising clients on applications regarding the appointment of liquidators/receivers. Spencer also regularly advises clients in relation to a wide range of information gathering proceedings. This includes frequently advising on Norwich Pharmacal orders, shareholders’ rights of access to company information, and requests for information/documents under the Data Protection Act, Proceeds of Crime Act and Criminal Justice (International Cooperation) Act.

He has represented investment firms, insurance businesses (including captive insurers and their professional advisors), insolvency professionals and sovereign states on a range of complex cross-border matters with specific experience in the financial services, insurance, FinTech and health industries.

In the digital assets space, Spencer frequently acts for cryptocurrency companies (including wallet providers, exchanges and blockchain developers) in relation to a wide range of commercial disputes (including disputes in connection with token generation events, lockup periods and liquidity providers). Spencer is also a founding committee member of the Cayman Islands chapter of the CFAAR (Crypto Fraud and Asset Recovery) Network.

Spencer is an experienced advocate, both in Court and in arbitration proceedings. He appears frequently before the Grand Court and Court of Appeal of the Cayman Islands and has been praised by the Court for his “persistent eloquence”.

Following his appointment to the Board of Directors in 2022, Spencer was recently appointed Co-Chairperson of the Recovery and Insolvency Specialists Association of the Cayman Islands (RISA Cayman). RISA Cayman is the INSOL chapter for the Cayman Islands and has over 400 members (consisting of accountants and lawyers specialising in Cayman Islands restructuring and insolvency). Spencer is also an author, presenter and course coordinator of the INSOL Introductory Certificate in Insolvency Law and Practice in the Cayman Islands.

Jurisdiction

Cayman Islands

Experience

Advising in relation to complex and high-profile shareholder disputes. See, for example, In re Virginia Solution SPC Ltd.
Acting and appearing on behalf of the State of Kuwait in relation to a successful application to obtain documents under the Confidential Information Disclosure Act. See: In the Matter of Kuwait Ports Authority.
Advising both creditor and contributory petitioners in relation to the winding up of several Cayman companies, including the appointment of provisional liquidators. Appearing as sole counsel on both contested and non-contested hearings.
Advising on responses to Production Orders issued by the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service (RCIPS) under the Proceeds of Crime Act and the Criminal Justice (International Cooperation) Act.
Advising on responses to Data Subject Access Requests issued by individuals under the Data Protection Act.
Advising clients on the enforcement of foreign arbitration awards in the Cayman Islands. See, for example, In the matter of LAM Global Management LTD II.
Advising clients in relation to the appointment of receivers to segregated portfolios and liquidators / provisional liquidators to companies. Appearing as sole counsel before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands in relation to such matters. See, for example: In the Matter of Pacific Fertility Institutes Holding Company Limited and In the Matter of ICGI.
Acting and appearing on behalf a multi-national solar energy company (formerly listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange) in successfully discharging a Mareva injunction and removing receivers, and striking out a creditor’s winding up petition. See: Hudson Capital Solar Infrastructure v Sky Solar Holdings Ltd; and Re Sky Solar Holdings Ltd.
Acting and appearing on behalf of the liquidators of Lung Ming Mining Co. Ltd in relation to novel issues regarding the completion of the winding up of the company. See: In the Matter of Lung Ming Mining Company Limited.

Speaking Engagements

Moderator, “Proactively Protect Your Assets Going Forward”, Cayman Islands, 26 March 2025
Moderator, “Navigating Sanctions in the Offshore World”, Offshore Disputes Week, Cayman Islands, 25 March 2025
Moderator, “A Global World – Cross-Border Interactions”, Offshore Disputes Week, Cayman Islands, 25 March 2025
Speaker, “What’s the Latest in Offshore”, Offshore Disputes Week, Cayman Islands, 25 March 2025
Co-Chair, Offshore Disputes Week, Cayman Islands, 25-26 March 2025
Chair, “Global Developments in Crypto Disputes”, CFAAR Cayman, Cayman Islands, 12 February 2025
Speaker, “Choosing Your Battleground: Assessing the Appropriate Forum”, ABI International Caribbean Insolvency Symposium, Cayman Islands, 25 January 2025
Co-Chair, South Square and RISA Cayman Conference, Cayman Islands, 20 November 2024
Speaker, “Cross-border insolvency in the Cayman Islands”, Introductory Certificate in Insolvency Law and Practice in the Cayman Islands, Cayman Islands, 27 August 2024
Speaker, “Cross Border Update”, ABI International North American Insolvency Symposium, New York, 6 November 2024
Speaker, “Welcome and Orientation”, Introductory Certificate in Insolvency Law and Practice in the Cayman Islands, Cayman Islands, 12 March 2024
Co-Chair, South Square and RISA Cayman Conference, Cayman Islands, 14 November 2023
Speaker, “Cross-border insolvency in the Cayman Islands”, Introductory Certificate in Insolvency Law and Practice in the Cayman Islands, Cayman Islands, 29 August 2023
Speaker, “Welcome and Orientation”, Introductory Certificate in Insolvency Law and Practice in the Cayman Islands, Cayman Islands, 7 March 2023

Expertise

Qualifications

Professional Background

Senior Solicitor, Russell McVeagh, Auckland, New Zealand
Secondment, Corporate Lawyer, Bank of New Zealand, Auckland, New Zealand

Education

Keble College, Oxford – South Eastern Circuit Bar Mess Foundation Advanced International Advocacy Course, 2019
College of Law – Professional Legal Studies Course, 2011
University of Auckland – LLB and BCom (Finance), 2010

Bar Admissions

Attorney-at-Law, Cayman Islands, 2017
Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand, 2011

Awards & Accolades

Recognised in the 2024 edition (and since 2019) of Legal 500 Caribbean (dispute resolution)
Recognised in the 2020 edition (and 2019) of Global Restructuring Review 100