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Congratulations to Tara Liao and Arthur Préget. Both were admitted to the British Virgin Islands Bar last week. 👏 Tara Liao is a barrister dual qualified in the UK and in Hong Kong (where she continues to maintain an active practice alongside work in the BVI), with experience in providing legal opinions in PRC legal proceedings. She is ranked as a leading junior in the Commercial Disputes category by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific from 2021 to 2024. She sat as a Deputy District Judge in Hong Kong in 2021 and 2023. She is on the HKIAC List of Arbitrators (July 2023-December 2026) and sits as arbitrator from time to time. She is a native speaker of Mandarin and Cantonese. Connect with Tara here: ➡️  Tara Liao Working from the Baker & Partners London office, Arthur is regularly involved in large-scale commercial matters with an offshore asset recovery, fraud and insolvency requirement, supporting our international team. Arthur is bilingual in English and French. Connect with Arthur here ➡️ Arthur Préget

Team Santa Clauses donned their Santa suits to raise funds for Jersey Hospice Care as part of the annual Santa Dash. 🎅 See if you can spot Joanne Lee, Claire Faichnie, Cherith Fothergill, ROILEY R M Christopher, Samson Richard , ACA, ACCA, Hannah Reed and Thomas Harris amidst the sea of red as they warm up for the charity Santa Dash! ⛄️🌲

Introducing Jason Butler, Jersey-based artist as part of Baker & Partners' 20th anniversary, Practice Makes Perfect campaign. 🎨   Jason Butler has been exhibited in the National Portrait Gallery, London and commissioned to commemorate Royal visits to the island. Jason works by having 20 to 50 paintings on the go. He puts his paintings down to gain perspective and then returns to them months later. He keeps working on them, transforming them until they are finished. His passion and dedication to succeed is the epitome of Practice Makes Perfect. Watch his video now.👉https://lnkd.in/ehuZ5ecd    👉 As part of the culmination of our 20th anniversary, we donated one of Jason Butler's paintings to the annual RoundTable Christmas Charity Ball - raising funds for Tiny Seeds Jersey, Freeda Jersey and Happy Heroes - Children with additional needs. Thank you for sharing how you pursue perfection Jason.   #PracticeMakesPerfect

Stephen Baker is at the International Bar Association Asset Recovery Conference in Madrid 4 - 6 December. Stephen Baker is Senior Vice Chair of the Asset Recovery Committee alongside Kate McMahon. This year’s conference theme is: 'Tackling and conquering impediments to asset recovery'. 👉 If you'd like to connect with Stephen Baker while at the event reach out to him on LinkedIn. 

Our team has pioneering experience in the Web3 and Digital Asset Disputes space being the first to wind up a cryptocurrency exchange in the Cayman Islands.🌎 We advise on Decentralised Autonomous Organisations (DAOs) as we understand the offshore legal wrappers that DAOs are adopting, their ethos, governance structures, communities and unique features which make them a legal and regulatory novelty. 👉Reach out to our team Adam Crane or Jennifer Colegate in the Cayman Islands, Shaun Reardon-John in BVI or William Redgrave in Jersey for more information or to find out more about our Web3 & Digital Asset Disputes services: https://lnkd.in/eAyqHiMX

Baker & Partners has been recognised in the GRR 100 as a leading cross-border restructuring and insolvency litigation team, noting 'our role in some of the most substantial offshore insolvency and asset recovery proceedings' of recent times involving efforts from our teams in BVI, the Cayman Islands and Jersey. 🏆 Baker & Partners work highlights from the research period include: ✅ Asset tracing and recovery efforts in relation to the Malaysian sovereign wealth fund 1MDB. ✅ Currently acting for a Middle Eastern bank in asset tracing efforts involving the use of disclosure, gagging and freezing orders to identify assets of a judgment debtor.  ✅ A mandate advising petitioning creditors to Cayman-domiciled cryptocurrency exchange Atom Asset Exchange, which collapsed in 2022 following the demise of crypto giant FTX. The GRR 100 is an annual guide to the world's leading law firms for cross-border restructuring and insolvency matters. The top 100 firms are selected by Global Restructuring Review’s editorial team following extensive research and client feedback (for which we are very thankful 🙏 ). Drop our team a line if you have a matter on the horizon needing some expertise. Stephen Baker, Adam Crane, Jennifer Colegate, Jared Dann, Lynne Gregory, William Redgrave and Shaun Reardon-John

Partner Jennifer Colegate will bring her expertise and experience to an Insolvency Update panel by the Cayman Islands Institute of Professional Accountants this week on Wednesday 27 November at George Town Yacht Club. Jennifer is a commercial litigator specialising in cross-border insolvency and restructuring, with expertise in investigations, asset tracing and enforcement and recovery. Her track record spans multiple sectors and markets, including North America, APAC and the Middle East. Register ⬇️ or reach out to Jennifer Colegate to discuss any matters directly.

Stephen Baker has been in Jeddah this week speaking at the Jersey Finance conference 'Preventing and Managing Conflict in Family Businesses' co-hosted by Alzawawi Law Firm. The event proving relevant to the Saudi-based professional advisory community, family offices, families and key players in the Gulf region’s private wealth and family enterprise ecosystem. 👉 If this topic has caught your eye, reach out to Stephen Baker for further discussion.

Baker & Partners has been ranked in the Lexology Index WWL Commercial Litigation directory. 🗨 "expert in cross-border fraud and asset recovery in particular." Cayman Islands partners: Jennifer Colegate - Recommended Adam Crane - Future Leader Jersey partners: Stephen Baker - Recommended Jared Dann - Future Leader Thank you to clients and peers for taking the time to share feedback with the researchers.

Shaun Reardon-John and Jodi-Ann Stephenson FCIArb, who recently became a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), have written the BVI International Arbitration Chapter for the the Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide. 🌎 This country-specific Q&A provides an overview of international arbitration laws and regulations applicable in the BVI. Download the BVI International Arbitration guide here: https://lnkd.in/eudagFEE 👉 If you have any questions reach out to Shaun and Jodi-Ann.