Baker & Partners appoints commercial litigator Fleur O’Driscoll to grow its footprint in offshore disputes in the Asia-Pacific region

Leading offshore law firm Baker & Partners has welcomed Fleur O’Driscoll as Partner.  This appointment comes at a time when the firm is increasingly supporting clients in Asia with disputes involving significant offshore jurisprudence.

Fleur, who has spent the last 14 years in either the Cayman Islands or Asia, is qualified in both the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands and has experience of large-scale commercial work and cross-border insolvency in both jurisdictions.

The addition of Fleur to the team follows the appointment of Tara Liao as Counsel in 2024 and illustrates the firm’s commitment to existing and future clients in Asia. Fleur has spent extensive time in the Asia-Pacific region, including mainland China, since 2017, building on her experience living and working in the Cayman Islands since 2011.

Fleur’s practice includes both commercial litigation and contentious insolvency mandates. She is experienced in acting for companies with regards to section 238/dissenter fair value claims and in winding up proceedings for Cayman incorporated, listed companies. She has acted in a number of listed company disputes and proxy battles, including Convoy Global, Fang Holdings Limited and Global Cord Blood Corporation. Her previous experience also includes acting for the liquidators of China Evergrande Group, the world’s most indebted property developer with liabilities in excess of US$300 billion.

Fleur’s appointment marks the continued growth of Baker & Partners and is because of continued client demand and complex offshore instructions covering restructuring, insolvency and commercial litigation matters.

Managing Partner, Stephen Baker commented: “Increasingly, our clients in Asia want to access litigators in their time zone with an in depth understanding of their local needs, alongside the appropriate credentials and track record in Cayman Islands and BVI cross-border disputes. Fleur’s expertise in this area is firmly established and I am delighted that she has joined us to assist with our growth aspirations.”

Partner, Fleur O’Driscoll added “I am very much looking forward to playing a part in Baker & Partners future growth, leveraging my offshore experience and network to expand the firm’s capabilities and relationships. Baker & Partners is a specialist, independent dispute resolution firm so I was drawn to the conflict-free and independent model they have in place. There is a commitment to excellence here, with the firm consistently ranked as a top offshore law firm and, as a result, I am delighted to join the firm as a partner, working alongside fantastic teams in the Cayman Islands, BVI, London and Jersey.”

For over 20 years, Baker & Partners has been at the forefront of some of the most complex and high value offshore commercial and trust litigation. Baker & Partners is unique among offshore law firms in being led by a partnership of very experienced courtroom advocates who have between them conducted a very large number of trials in England, Jersey, the Cayman Islands and the BVI.