Nicholas A. Segal

Hon. Justice Nicholas A. Segal is a judge of the Grand Court in the Cayman Islands, where he has served on the Financial Services Division since 2015. He is admitted as a solicitor (1982), qualified to practice at the New York Bar (2003), and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2018. Before joining the judiciary, Justice Segal practiced for more than 30 years at leading international law firms, including partner roles at Cameron Markby (now CMS Cameron McKenna), Allen & Overy, Davis Polk & Wardwell and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. He later practised as a barrister at Erskine Chambers. Justice Segal is a Fellow of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies, INSOL, and the American College of Bankruptcy, and serves as a trustee of BAILII. He has contributed extensively to legal scholarship as a consulting editor and author on insolvency and restructuring and has held academic roles at Oxford University, where he was educated, and other institutions. Justice Segal has written and lectured extensively. He is one of the consulting editors of Totty, Moss and Segal on Insolvency (Sweet & Maxwell) and a contributor to a number of leading textbooks. Justice Segal is a Fellow of the Society for Advanced Legal Studies and a trustee of the British and Irish Legal Information Institute.