Stephen is Managing Partner and head of the Dispute Resolution department in the Cayman Islands. He has a demonstrated history of advocacy in the practice of corporate and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on offshore insolvency and restructuring of companies.

Stephen's practice has a strong focus on company law including corporate insolvency; schemes of arrangements; capital reductions; shareholder disputes; director's liability; international asset tracing; the enforcement of foreign judgments; worldwide Mareva injunctions, Anton Piller orders, and Norwich Pharmacal orders. Stephen has significant contentious litigation experience arising from the representation of both liquidators, shareholders and creditors of companies and hedge funds including the claw back of fraudulent conveyances and undue preferences, allegations of investment fraud and investment manager disputes.

Since his appointment as Head of Dispute Resolution, Stephen has grown the team from two to eight lawyers, all with a strong background in insolvency and restructuring matters. Prior to joining the firm Stephen spent two and a half years in Miami as a member of a boutique litigation firm in the United States which focused on cross border insolvency and trust disputes.

Stephen was called as an advocate of the High Court of South Africa in 2003 and has subsequently qualified as a solicitor-advocate of the High Court of England and Wales and a solicitor-advocate of the Supreme Court of the Eastern Caribbean. Stephen was called to the Cayman Islands Bar in January 2009. Stephen is ranked in Chambers and Partners and Legal 500.

Simon is a Partner in the Insolvency and Corporate Disputes team in Cayman. Simon has more than 16 years of multi-jurisdictional litigation and alternative dispute resolution experience and specialises in high-value commercial and trust litigation (including 'trust busting'), enforcement and asset-tracing and cross-border insolvency matters.

Simon is admitted to practise in both the Cayman Islands and Jersey. 

Kirsten is a Senior Associate in the Insolvency and Corporate Disputes team, currently on secondment in our Cayman office. She advises clients on contentious matters in various areas of law, including contractual disputes, torts and general commercial disputes.

Kirsten also advises on dispute prevention and risk mitigation measures, such as effective contract drafting and negotiation, and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. She has a particular focus on securing the best solution in the circumstances, whether through litigation or otherwise.

Prior to joining Collas Crill Jersey in October 2019, Kirsten worked at the Johannesburg office of a Pan-African law firm. There, she advised on disputes including class actions, contentious insolvencies, and tax, contract and product liability disputes. She has experience in the Courts of South Africa, Botswana and Tanzania, and her clients included local and international financial institutions, high net worth individuals, major players in the food and beverage sectors and various Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed entities.

Kirsten has a keen interest in the development of the law in relation to financial technology, especially blockchain and other distributed ledger technology. She advises clients on how fintech can be integrated into dispute resolution mechanisms, and on the resolution of disputes within the sphere.

Katherine R. Catanese assists troubled companies facing critical points in their businesses in solving problems related to financial distress and restructuring. She also represents investors and other parties in fraud-based litigation arising in the insolvency space. She is a partner and vice chair in the firm’s Bankruptcy and Restructuring Group, as well as a member of the Bankruptcy and Health Care Restructuring sub team.