Jason Mbakwe

Jason Mbakwe is a senior associate in Carey Olsen’s dispute-resolution and litigation team in Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands. He focuses his practice on contentious restructuring and insolvency matters, complex commercial litigation, regulatory and white collar crime investigations. Mr. Mbakwe has extensive experience advising a broad range of stakeholders in distressed situations, including financial institutions, investment funds, bondholders, ad hoc committees, corporate debtors, directors and insolvency practitioners. He regularly advises in relation to formal insolvency procedures in the Cayman Islands; shareholder disputes; minority oppression; directors’ duties; asset-recovery; the enforcement of domestic and foreign judgments; information-gathering, including Norwich Pharmacal relief; and various forms of injunctive relief, including freezing and receivership orders. Before joining Carey Olsen, Mr. Mbakwe trained and qualified in the London office of Morrison & Foerster and also practised at Dechert in London. He was selected for and completed the INSOL Future Leaders Programme 2023. In addition, Mr. Mbakwe is a member of the Restructuring and Insolvency Specialists Association of the Cayman Islands (RISA) and also the Young Fraud Lawyers’ Association. He speaks several languages and is proficient in both French and German. Mr. Mbakwe received his LL.B. in European law from the University of Warwick and a diploma in German Contract Law from the University of Konstanz.