"Sam Dawson is a vastly experienced Cayman practitioner. He is well respected by clients and competitors alike for his measured and strategic approach."

Chambers Global 2025

"He is a first-rate litigator with sound judgement and excellent client management skills."

Chambers Global

"Sam Dawson earns a spot among the Cayman Island’s foremost restructuring and insolvency practitioners."

Who's Who Legal

"Sam Dawson is an excellent strategist and litigator."

Legal 500

"I have a lot of respect for his approach. He analyses things coherently and thoughtfully."

Chambers Global

About

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D: +1 345 749 2035

C: +1 345 326 3612

E: sam.dawson@careyolsen.com

Laws Practised:

Cayman Islands

Location:

Cayman Islands

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Sam is the managing partner of Carey Olsen's Cayman Islands office, and the head of its dispute resolution and insolvency and restructuring practice.

He has over 20 years' experience litigating high value commercial disputes with a primary focus on the financial services sector.

Sam has particular expertise in the fields of:

shareholder disputes;
merger appraisal litigation;
insolvency and restructuring; and
contentious employment matters

Career

Sam graduated from Otago University, Dunedin, New Zealand with a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Arts (Art History).

He was first admitted as solicitor and barrister in New Zealand Bar in 1996 (non-practising), and has been practising as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands since 2006.

Sam is a former Director of the Recovery and Insolvency Specialists Association of Cayman and is a current member of the American Bankruptcy Institute and of INSOL International. He is also is a member of the Users Committee for the Financial Services Division of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands as the representative of the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners' Association.

Advises on

业务领域

Awards and accolades

奖项和荣誉

Sam is ranked consistently by the independent legal directories as one of the leading practitioners in the Cayman Islands and is quoted as being "an excellent strategist" and "a first-rate litigator with sound judgement " who "analyses things coherently and thoughtfully " (Chambers Global and Legal 500). Sam is also listed as a Global Elite Thought Leader by Who's Who Legal for Restructuring and Insolvency, Asset Recovery and Commercial Litigation.