Mark A. Russell

Mark A. Russell is the head of Insolvency at KSG Attorneys at Law in the Cayman Islands, where he practices in the areas of insolvency, restructuring, fraud and commercial litigation. He has acted on most of the biggest insolvency and litigation matters in the Cayman Islands over the last five years, includingXiO Group, Abraaj, Saad Group, Platinum Partners and Caledonian Bank. He also recently appeared as counsel for a U.S. court-appointed receiver, successfully obtaining the first published decision recognizing a foreign receiver’s appointment over a Cayman Islands company. Mr. Russell regularly advises and acts for liquidators, creditors, shareholders and other stakeholders in cross-border and local insolvency, restructuring and litigation matters. He has appeared before the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands and the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal, and he works closely with onshore advisers and has provided expert evidence on Cayman law to U.S. bankruptcy courts. Mr. Russell has special expertise in the bank-ing, financial services, energy, oil and gas, mining, fisheries, marine, transportation and telecommunications industries, and he has presented and spoken at various conferences and seminars on insolvency law, fraud, personal property security law and the international law of the sea. He received his B.B.A.in 2005 from Memorial University of Newfoundland, his LL.B. in 2008 from the University of Western Ontario, and his Master of Laws with distinction with a specialization in international business law through the University of London (University College London and Queen Mary).