
Cayman Islands
Camana Bay, Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands, KY1-9006
Cayman Islands
Camana Bay, Grand Cayman
Cayman Islands, KY1-9006
Rebecca Hume handles international judgment enforcement, fraud and asset tracing, insolvency litigation, complex commercial disputes with particular emphasis on private equity, hedge funds, and joint venture and partnership disputes.
Her practice covers both offshore and onshore regions, and she represents shareholders and other stakeholders in both solvent and insolvent liquidations. She also regularly represents clients in high-stakes shareholder disputes including dissenters' rights matters.
Ms. Hume represents interests in the Cayman Islands and the UK in disputes related to the financial services and insurance industries, among others. Working frequently with onshore co-counsel, particularly in the United States, Ms. Hume strategizes to find creative, multijurisdictional solutions to recover assets for clients who include trustees, investors, creditors, managers, and independent directors of distressed investment funds. She also advocates for financial institutions and governments.
Global Arbitration Review recognized Ms. Hume as a leading lawyer in asset recovery, describing her as a “dedicated professional” for her work in the Cayman Islands.
Admissions
- Attorney-at-law, Cayman Islands
- Solicitor, England & Wales
- Solicitor, British Virgin Islands
Education
- Nottingham Trent University, LLB
- Nottingham Trent University, LLM
- Joint Insolvency Exam Board, England & Wales
Accolades
- Who's Who Legal, Asset Recovery 2019
- Who's Who Legal, Thought Leaders - GIR 2019
Select Engagements
- Rebecca Hume and Jef Klazen Attend Exclusive Cambridge Forum as Steering Committee Members
- Rebecca Hume to Lead INSOL International Virtual Panel on Successful Global Restructuring
- Nineteen Kobre & Kim Lawyers Recognized as Leaders by Who’s Who Legal
- Rebecca Hume on the Unsettled Questions of Cayman’s Section 238
- Rebecca Hume Moderates Panel on Insolvency Tools for Arbitration Cases in Russia and CIS
- Rebecca Hume on Cross-Cultural Considerations in Global Insolvencies
- Kobre & Kim’s Women’s Initiative Hosts All-Women Panel on Global Discovery Tools Amidst COVID-19 Disruption
- Who’s Who Legal Recognizes Fourteen Kobre & Kim Lawyers as Leading Practitioners in Asset Recovery
- Coronavirus: Buying Time in Uncertainty
- Rebecca Hume to Co-Chair Asset Recovery International 2020
- Rebecca Hume Shares Cross-Border Asset Recovery Strategies with the International Insolvency Institute
- Rebecca Hume on Offshore Insolvency Issues with INSOL International and RISA
- Rebecca Hume Co-Chairs 2019 RISA South Square Conference
- Who’s Who Legal Recognizes Twelve Kobre & Kim Lawyers as Leading Practitioners in Asset Recovery
- To Catch a Debtor: Seizing the Money
- Don’t Overlook China in Difficult Chapter 11 Asset Recovery Efforts
- To Catch a Debtor: Freezing the Money
- To Catch a Debtor: Finding the Money
- Rebecca Hume Delivers Webinar on Resolving Shareholder Disputes with Financial Poise
- Rebecca Hume Co-Chairs KNect365's Asset Recovery International Conference
- Offshore Lawyers Rebecca Hume and Peter Tyers-Smith Explore Cross-border Insolvency at ABI’s Caribbean Insolvency Symposium
- Kobre & Kim Receives Top Rankings in 2019 Legal Directories
- A New Door to Obtaining Business Intelligence in Offshore Cases
- Rebecca Hume and Benjamin Sauter to be among the featured speakers at the Asset Recovery Americas conference in New York
- Fraud Victims Pursuing Assets Offshore
- Global Judgment Enforcement Team Offers Strategies for Freezing Debtor Assets Across the EU
- Rebecca Hume Explores the Importance of Prioritizing Claims in Cross-Border Insolvency Disputes
- Rebecca Hume and Andrew Stafford QC Discuss International Asset Recovery and Fraud Litigation
- Rebecca Hume Explores Cayman Islands Bankruptcy and Litigation at IWIRC Leadership Summit
- Publishers of Global Arbitration Review Recognize Kobre & Kim’s Global Asset Recovery Team
- Global Asset Tracing and Recovery Team Examines Whether the EU Has Made Cross-Border Asset Preservation Easier
- Global Insolvency Team Offers Strategies for Overcoming Jurisdictional Roadblocks in Cross-Border Involvencies and Investigations
- Rebecca Hume and Adriana Riviere-Badell Examine International Cross-Border Legal Issues at HNBA Annual Convention
- Insolvency Lawyers Rebecca Hume and Farrington Yates Tackle the Latest Developments in Cross-Border Insolvency at INSOL 2017 Congress
- Rebecca Hume and Tim Prudhoe Demystify Offshore Asset Recovery and Litigation
- Rebecca Hume Tackles Brexit’s Impact on Foreign Bankruptcy Proceedings and Asset Recovery
- Maximizing Asset Recovery in Insolvency Proceedings: Rebecca Hume and Randall Arthur Offer Thoughts on Strategy
- Cayman-Based Litigator Rebecca Hume Explores Cross-Border Fraud and How to Tackle Jurisdictional Issues
- Rebecca Hume, Jeremy Hollembeak, and Anna Gilbert Explore How International Litigants Can Use Chapter 15 to Optimize Financial Recoveries in Foreign Insolvency Proceedings
- Who’s Who Legal Recognizes Nine Kobre & Kim Lawyers as Leading Practitioners in Asset Recovery
- Rebecca Hume and Randall Arthur Share Tips for Maximizing Returns in Cross-Border Insolvency and Asset Recovery Investigations
- Kobre & Kim Singled Out as Top Firm in Global Arbitration Review's 2014 Asset Recovery Guide
- Kobre & Kim Recognized as Top Firm for Asset Recovery by the Publishers of Global Arbitration Review
Professional & Community Involvement
- Cayman Islands Law Society, Member
- Recovery and Insolvency Specialists Association (RISA), the Cayman Islands Chapter of INSOL - Deputy Chair and Board Director and Committee Chair
- International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), Caribbean Regional Director
- INSOL, Member
- American Bankruptcy Institute, Member
- R3 Association of Business Recovery Professionals, Member
- Law Society of England and Wales, Member
Publications & Presentations
- Speaker, "International Insolvency Regimes at a Crossroads: Choosing a Direction for Insolvency Law Reform" (ABI Winter Leadership Conference, Palm Springs, November 2017)
- Speaker, "Asset Protection Trusts: How to Make Them and How to Break Them" (Commercial Law League of America, NCBJ, Las Vegas, October 2017)
- Speaker, "Demystifying Bankruptcy and Litigation in the Cayman Islands" (IWIRC Leadership Conference, Cayman Islands, July 2017)
- Co-author, "Has EU Really Made Cross-Border Asset Preservation Easier?" (Law360, June 2017)
- Co-author, "Beating the Odds: Overcoming Jurisdictional Hurdles in Avoidance Claims Against Directors and Officers of Insolvent Companies" (INSOL World, May 2017)
- Speaker, "Enforcing or Defending Against High Value International Judgments and Arbitration Awards" (HNBA Corporate Counsel Conference, March 2017)
- Speaker, "Universalism is Dead: a Debate" (INSOL Sydney, Australia, March 2017)
- Speaker, "Keep Calm and Carry on Investing" (ABI Caribbean, Cayman Islands, February 2017)
- Speaker, "Treasure Islands: Demystifying Litigation and Asset Recovery in the Offshore Word" (Delaware State Bar Association, February 2017)
- Speaker, "Jurisdictional Issues in Cross-Border Fraud" (ABI Cross Border Programme, New York, November 2016)
- Co-author, "Home is Not Always Best - Importance of Forum to Maximize Asset Recovery" (INSOL World, November 2016)
- Co-author, "A Novel Strategy for Clawing Back Fund Distributions in Cayman" (Westlaw Journal, March 2015)
- Panelist, "Creditor Claims: Agreeing and Determining, Who is a Creditor?, Set Off, Netting Off, Contingent and Future Liabilities, the Appeal Process" (Recovery and Insolvency Specialists Association, Cayman Islands, May 2014)
- Co-author, "Insolvency and Restructuring — Cayman Islands" (Getting the Deal Through, 2012)
- Contributing author, The Restructuring Review —Fourth Edition (Law Business Research, 2012)
- Speaker, "Cross Border Insolvency Remedies in Fraud Recovery" (C5 Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Forum, Miami, October 2012)
Credentials
Admissions
- Attorney-at-law, Cayman Islands
- Solicitor, England & Wales
- Solicitor, British Virgin Islands
Education
- Nottingham Trent University, LLB
- Nottingham Trent University, LLM
- Joint Insolvency Exam Board, England & Wales
Accolades
- Who's Who Legal, Asset Recovery 2019
- Who's Who Legal, Thought Leaders - GIR 2019
Engagements
News
- Rebecca Hume and Jef Klazen Attend Exclusive Cambridge Forum as Steering Committee Members
- Rebecca Hume to Lead INSOL International Virtual Panel on Successful Global Restructuring
- Nineteen Kobre & Kim Lawyers Recognized as Leaders by Who’s Who Legal
- Rebecca Hume on the Unsettled Questions of Cayman’s Section 238
- Rebecca Hume Moderates Panel on Insolvency Tools for Arbitration Cases in Russia and CIS
- Rebecca Hume on Cross-Cultural Considerations in Global Insolvencies
- Kobre & Kim’s Women’s Initiative Hosts All-Women Panel on Global Discovery Tools Amidst COVID-19 Disruption
- Who’s Who Legal Recognizes Fourteen Kobre & Kim Lawyers as Leading Practitioners in Asset Recovery
- Coronavirus: Buying Time in Uncertainty
- Rebecca Hume to Co-Chair Asset Recovery International 2020
- Rebecca Hume Shares Cross-Border Asset Recovery Strategies with the International Insolvency Institute
- Rebecca Hume on Offshore Insolvency Issues with INSOL International and RISA
- Rebecca Hume Co-Chairs 2019 RISA South Square Conference
- Who’s Who Legal Recognizes Twelve Kobre & Kim Lawyers as Leading Practitioners in Asset Recovery
- To Catch a Debtor: Seizing the Money
- Don’t Overlook China in Difficult Chapter 11 Asset Recovery Efforts
- To Catch a Debtor: Freezing the Money
- To Catch a Debtor: Finding the Money
- Rebecca Hume Delivers Webinar on Resolving Shareholder Disputes with Financial Poise
- Rebecca Hume Co-Chairs KNect365's Asset Recovery International Conference
- Offshore Lawyers Rebecca Hume and Peter Tyers-Smith Explore Cross-border Insolvency at ABI’s Caribbean Insolvency Symposium
- Kobre & Kim Receives Top Rankings in 2019 Legal Directories
- A New Door to Obtaining Business Intelligence in Offshore Cases
- Rebecca Hume and Benjamin Sauter to be among the featured speakers at the Asset Recovery Americas conference in New York
- Fraud Victims Pursuing Assets Offshore
- Global Judgment Enforcement Team Offers Strategies for Freezing Debtor Assets Across the EU
- Rebecca Hume Explores the Importance of Prioritizing Claims in Cross-Border Insolvency Disputes
- Rebecca Hume and Andrew Stafford QC Discuss International Asset Recovery and Fraud Litigation
- Rebecca Hume Explores Cayman Islands Bankruptcy and Litigation at IWIRC Leadership Summit
- Publishers of Global Arbitration Review Recognize Kobre & Kim’s Global Asset Recovery Team
- Global Asset Tracing and Recovery Team Examines Whether the EU Has Made Cross-Border Asset Preservation Easier
- Global Insolvency Team Offers Strategies for Overcoming Jurisdictional Roadblocks in Cross-Border Involvencies and Investigations
- Rebecca Hume and Adriana Riviere-Badell Examine International Cross-Border Legal Issues at HNBA Annual Convention
- Insolvency Lawyers Rebecca Hume and Farrington Yates Tackle the Latest Developments in Cross-Border Insolvency at INSOL 2017 Congress
- Rebecca Hume and Tim Prudhoe Demystify Offshore Asset Recovery and Litigation
- Rebecca Hume Tackles Brexit’s Impact on Foreign Bankruptcy Proceedings and Asset Recovery
- Maximizing Asset Recovery in Insolvency Proceedings: Rebecca Hume and Randall Arthur Offer Thoughts on Strategy
- Cayman-Based Litigator Rebecca Hume Explores Cross-Border Fraud and How to Tackle Jurisdictional Issues
- Rebecca Hume, Jeremy Hollembeak, and Anna Gilbert Explore How International Litigants Can Use Chapter 15 to Optimize Financial Recoveries in Foreign Insolvency Proceedings
- Who’s Who Legal Recognizes Nine Kobre & Kim Lawyers as Leading Practitioners in Asset Recovery
- Rebecca Hume and Randall Arthur Share Tips for Maximizing Returns in Cross-Border Insolvency and Asset Recovery Investigations
- Kobre & Kim Singled Out as Top Firm in Global Arbitration Review's 2014 Asset Recovery Guide
- Kobre & Kim Recognized as Top Firm for Asset Recovery by the Publishers of Global Arbitration Review
Professional & Community Involvement
- Cayman Islands Law Society, Member
- Recovery and Insolvency Specialists Association (RISA), the Cayman Islands Chapter of INSOL - Deputy Chair and Board Director and Committee Chair
- International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC), Caribbean Regional Director
- INSOL, Member
- American Bankruptcy Institute, Member
- R3 Association of Business Recovery Professionals, Member
- Law Society of England and Wales, Member
Publications & Presentations
- Speaker, "International Insolvency Regimes at a Crossroads: Choosing a Direction for Insolvency Law Reform" (ABI Winter Leadership Conference, Palm Springs, November 2017)
- Speaker, "Asset Protection Trusts: How to Make Them and How to Break Them" (Commercial Law League of America, NCBJ, Las Vegas, October 2017)
- Speaker, "Demystifying Bankruptcy and Litigation in the Cayman Islands" (IWIRC Leadership Conference, Cayman Islands, July 2017)
- Co-author, "Has EU Really Made Cross-Border Asset Preservation Easier?" (Law360, June 2017)
- Co-author, "Beating the Odds: Overcoming Jurisdictional Hurdles in Avoidance Claims Against Directors and Officers of Insolvent Companies" (INSOL World, May 2017)
- Speaker, "Enforcing or Defending Against High Value International Judgments and Arbitration Awards" (HNBA Corporate Counsel Conference, March 2017)
- Speaker, "Universalism is Dead: a Debate" (INSOL Sydney, Australia, March 2017)
- Speaker, "Keep Calm and Carry on Investing" (ABI Caribbean, Cayman Islands, February 2017)
- Speaker, "Treasure Islands: Demystifying Litigation and Asset Recovery in the Offshore Word" (Delaware State Bar Association, February 2017)
- Speaker, "Jurisdictional Issues in Cross-Border Fraud" (ABI Cross Border Programme, New York, November 2016)
- Co-author, "Home is Not Always Best - Importance of Forum to Maximize Asset Recovery" (INSOL World, November 2016)
- Co-author, "A Novel Strategy for Clawing Back Fund Distributions in Cayman" (Westlaw Journal, March 2015)
- Panelist, "Creditor Claims: Agreeing and Determining, Who is a Creditor?, Set Off, Netting Off, Contingent and Future Liabilities, the Appeal Process" (Recovery and Insolvency Specialists Association, Cayman Islands, May 2014)
- Co-author, "Insolvency and Restructuring — Cayman Islands" (Getting the Deal Through, 2012)
- Contributing author, The Restructuring Review —Fourth Edition (Law Business Research, 2012)
- Speaker, "Cross Border Insolvency Remedies in Fraud Recovery" (C5 Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery Forum, Miami, October 2012)
“The 'outstanding' Rebecca Hume is recognised by practitioners worldwide as an impressive asset recovery specialist who is both 'brilliant and sensible.'” — Who's Who Legal