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Peter Tyers-Smith
Lawyer
Cayman Islands
9 Forum Lane, Suite 3207
Camana Bay, Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands, KY1-9006
+1 345 749 4032
peter.tyers-smith@kobrekim.ky
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Cayman Islands
9 Forum Lane, Suite 3207
Camana Bay, Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands, KY1-9006
+1 345 749 4032
peter.tyers-smith@kobrekim.ky
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Peter Tyers-Smith is an English barrister representing clients in complex, ultra-high value international disputes typically with a connection to one or more offshore jurisdictions. Mr. Tyers-Smith frequently leads major litigation proceedings in the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands, where he holds permanent court-admissions, but he also has significant experience in acting in global disputes originating from or proceeding before the courts of Nevis, Antigua, Bahamas, Bermuda and Gibraltar, where he has been admitted pro hac vice.

Mr. Tyers-Smith’s practice is focused on disputes arising from distressed or insolvent mutual and private equity funds, failed joint venture arrangements or shareholder relationships and private wealth. He has substantial experience in litigation associated with the affairs of UK and offshore-domiciled companies; Mr. Tyers-Smith is a long-standing contributor to leading practitioner text "Gore Browne on Companies" (authoring the increasingly topical Chapter 34 - dealing with company management and ownership disclosure requirements). Chambers & Partners - UK Bar (Company Law) has also ranked Mr. Tyers-Smith as "switched on" and for his "reputation for getting the results his clients want."

Mr. Tyers-Smith acts for and against large international corporations, institutional investors, sovereign states, general partners, investment managers, court-appointed officeholders, trustees and other financial professionals. His cases invariably involve allegations of grave financial misconduct, dishonesty and/or breach of fiduciary duty. Accordingly, Mr. Tyers-Smith has extensive experience in obtaining time-sensitive freezing injunctions, disclosure orders and interim receiverships as well as deploying aggressive on- and offshore discovery strategies in support of domestic and foreign-proceedings. 

Mr. Tyers-Smith has very substantial advocacy experience. He has appeared as sole advocate in well over 50 trials and substantially more contested "heavy" interim hearings in the Commercial Court (now the Business and Property Court of England & Wales), the BVI Commercial Court and the Cayman Islands Grand Court, Financial Services Division, where he has often appeared against Queen’s Counsel. Mr. Tyers-Smith has also acted in cases before the House of Lords (now the UK Supreme Court) and the Court of Appeal (England & Wales and BVI).

Mr. Tyers-Smith is also ranked in Chambers & Partners Global, the Legal 500 and WWL. Prior to joining Kobre & Kim, Mr. Tyers-Smith practiced as a barrister in the Commercial & Chancery Group at No.5 Chambers.

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Admissions

  • Attorney, Cayman Islands
  • Barrister, Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands)
  • Barrister, England ＆ Wales
  • Solicitor, England & Wales

Education

  • Nottingham Law School
  • University of Northampton, LLB (Hons)
  • Cardiff University, LLM (Distinction)

Accolades

  • Who’s Who Legal, Commercial Litigation 2021
  • Restructuring Insolvency Specialist Association (RISA) Lawyer of the Year Nominee, 2020
  • Who’s Who Legal, Asset Recovery Global Leader
  • Lexology, Restructuring & Insolvency Thought Leader
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Professional & Community Involvement

  • American Bankruptcy Institute, Member
  • Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Associate
  • Commercial Bar Association, Member
  • INSOL International, Member
  • Bankruptcy Bar Association of the Southern District of Florida, Member
  • Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners, Member
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Publications & Presentations

  • Contributing Author, Gore-Browne on Companies – Chapter 34 (2012 – Present)
  • Co-Author, "British Virgin Islands" (The Asset Tracing and Recovery Review 7th Edition , 2020)
  • Panelist, “Family Disputes, Trust & Estates Litigation and Civil Fraud” (IPC Virtual Panel Session, 2020)
  • Panelist, “Professional Disclosures in Bankruptcy Cases: The Ethics Face-Off of the Century” (ABI Caribbean Insolvency Symposium, 2019)
  • Author, “Self-Settled Spendthrifts, Illusions and Shams: When an Asset Protection Trust Affords No Protection” (New York Law Journal, 2019)
  • Speaker, “Ultimate Beneficial Owner Register Update” (STEP Cayman, 2018)
  • Speaker, "Stanford Update" (STEP Caribbean Conference, Nassau, May 2014)
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He is “switched on” and has “a reputation for getting the results his clients want”

- Chambers & Partners – UK Bar

 

“He is skilled at distilling challenging and complex facts into clear, pragmatic recommendations," and "His clear, direct and thoughtful communication style is very persuasive”

- Chambers & Partners – Global

 

“Peter Tyers-Smith is a key contact for complex commercial and insolvency-related litigation”

- Legal 500

 

Peter Tyers-Smith is "an excellent advocate" who has "a top-notch practice and is great to work with."

- Who's Who Legal