Chris is a senior associate at RPC. Chris advises on a broad range of commercial disputes with emphasis on high value civil fraud, banking and financial services disputes (including with derivative products and the close-out of complex financial transactions), shareholder disputes and crypto disputes. Chris is also a founding member of the Crypto Fraud and Asset Recovery 'CFAAR' network, sitting on its committee.

Chris has authored numerous thought leadership pieces on the application of game theory to litigation settlement and has developed software tools to analyse the settlement landscape in disputes.

Jennifer is the head of the dispute resolution team in the Cayman Islands office. She is recognised in all the leading directories and has been practising in the Cayman Islands since 2009 (and in the BVI since 2008) and has substantial experience of all contentious issues coming before the Cayman Islands courts. Her practice spans all aspects of complex commercial litigation, fraud and asset tracing including crypto disputes, contentious insolvency and restructuring, and contentious private client work

Maria has a broad commercial practice with a particular focus on fraud, insolvency, jurisdiction, service, and international arbitration. She frequently appears both led and as sole counsel in Court and arbitral proceedings.

Before coming to the Bar, Maria was a qualified solicitor-advocate. She spent five years working at a top international law firm, where she specialised in commercial litigation. During this time, she gained first-hand experience in oral and written advocacy, spent six months in the firm’s Singapore office and worked on cases in Russia, Norway and Zambia.

Maria speaks fluent Russian and has lived and worked in Russia, Kazakhstan and Ukraine.

She has a double first class degree in Modern and Medieval Languages from the University of Cambridge and is admitted to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, British Virgin Islands.

Ryan Rubin is a Senior Managing Director at Ankura based in London. He brings over 26 years of global Big 4 and boutique experience to help clients holistically manage complex cyber and tech challenges from the boardroom to the network. He has a passion for helping others reduce their risks and making the digital and physical world safer to live in.