Virtual

International Women’s Day 2024: Striving for Balance

18 Mar 2024

Location: 3:00pm - 4:00pm UK Time Virtual Event (Zoom)
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International Women’s Day 2024: Striving for Balance

Highlights

Our panel will discuss some of the barriers that women face in achieving work-life balance, including societal expectations, cultural norms, and workplace structures. Through honest personal experiences, our panellists aim to share knowledge with their peers, and pave the way for future generations.

Join us for an inspiring and thought-provoking discussion as we celebrate International Women's Day and empower women around the world to embrace their unique journey of balancing work and lifestyle in the legal profession.

Caroline Greenwell
Partner
Charles Russell Speechlys

Caroline acts for corporate and individual clients in relation to a variety of disputes involving breaches of contract and misrepresentations, civil fraud and asset tracing, allegations of bribery and corruption, regulatory and health & safety breaches, breaches of restrictive covenants, and Judicial Review Caroline has experience of litigating through the Courts domestically and internationally.

She is also, however, experienced in resolving disputes through arbitration, mediation and other alternative means of resolution. Caroline is currently part of the team defending a multi-billion dollar fraud claim in the Cayman Islands.


Caroline Greenwell
Caroline Greenwell Partner
Charles Russell Speechlys
Annalisa Shibli
Counsel
Collas Crill (Cayman)

Overview

Annalisa is a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution team in Cayman. She has a broad practice covering commercial litigation, cross-border insolvency and restructuring. Her experience includes work on high value fraud and asset tracing claims, the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards and shareholder disputes. She regularly advises limited partners, shareholders, directors and fund managers on insolvency related matters.

Experience

Annalisa was admitted as an attorney in the Cayman Islands in 2014, following which she practiced as an associate at Walkers both in the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong.

Background

Annalisa obtained an LLB with Honours from Durham University and went on to complete the LPC at the University of Law in Manchester, before returning to the Cayman Islands to train as an Articled Clerk with Walkers.

Memberships

INSOL International Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners' Association

International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC)

Annalisa is also a Cayman Islands Notary Public

Overview

Annalisa is a Senior Associate in the Dispute Resolution team in Cayman. She has a broad practice covering commercial litigation, cross-border insolvency and restructuring. Her experience includes work on high value fraud and asset tracing claims, the enforcement of foreign arbitral awards and shareholder disputes. She regularly advises limited partners, shareholders, directors and fund managers on insolvency related matters.

Experience

Annalisa was admitted as an attorney in the Cayman Islands in 2014, following which she practiced as an associate at Walkers both in the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong.

Background

Annalisa obtained an LLB with Honours from Durham University and went on to complete the LPC at the University of Law in Manchester, before returning to the Cayman Islands to train as an Articled Clerk with Walkers.

Memberships

INSOL International Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners' Association

International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC)

Annalisa is also a Cayman Islands Notary Public


Annalisa Shibli
Annalisa Shibli Counsel
Collas Crill (Cayman)
Jessica Brooke
Barrister
Wilberforce Chambers

Jessica specialises in commercial chancery litigation, with a particular focus on insolvency, property and commercial disputes. She is an experienced advocate who appears regularly in the High Court, and is frequently instructed in matters which are of a complex or urgent nature. Before coming to the Bar Jessica read Jurisprudence at Brasenose College, Oxford, and obtained an LLM in Corporate Law from University College London.


Jessica Brooke
Jessica Brooke Barrister
Wilberforce Chambers
Natalie Todd
Partner
Cooke, Young & Keidan

Ranked as a Next Generation Partner in Civil Fraud and Commercial Litigation by The Legal 500, Natalie is a partner specialising in complex multi-jurisdictional commercial litigation including banking and financial services litigation, insolvency, fraud and asset recovery.  She is a “partner who is one to watch”, “personable, professional and user friendly, great to work with, always on top of the detail”. Natalie has expertise in litigation and arbitration involving banking and financial services, insolvency, trust, contractual, partnership, shareholder and commercial disputes.  She has a particular specialism in fraud and asset recovery and has acted on some high profile Russian and CIS cases.  She has worked on multi-jurisdictional asset tracing cases, including obtaining extensive Worldwide Freezing, Search, Disclosure and Passport Surrender Orders in one of Russia’s biggest ever alleged bank frauds.


Natalie Todd
Natalie Todd Partner
Cooke, Young & Keidan

Agenda

2:55pm
Audience log on
3:00pm
Chairs opening remarks
Speakers:
Caroline Greenwell - Partner - Charles Russell Speechlys
3:05pm
International Women's Day 2024: Striving for Balance
Speakers:
Caroline Greenwell - Partner - Charles Russell Speechlys
Annalisa Shibli - Counsel - Collas Crill (Cayman)
Jessica Brooke - Barrister - Wilberforce Chambers
Natalie Todd - Partner - Cooke, Young & Keidan
3:45pm
Panel Q&A
4:00pm
Chairs closing remarks
Speakers:
Caroline Greenwell - Partner - Charles Russell Speechlys

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