24 Appleby Lawyers Recognised in IFLR1000 2025, as Firm Secures Tier 1 Rankings Across Caribbean Offices
Appleby has earned standout recognition in the newly released IFLR1000 2025 Caribbean Guide, with 24 lawyers ranked across key financial and corporate practice areas—a notable increase from 20 in the previous edition. The individual accolades span banking and finance, capital markets, investment funds, M&A, private equity, asset finance, structured finance & securitisation, and financial services regulatory.
In addition to these individual accolades, Appleby’s offices in Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands (BVI), and the Cayman Islands were each awarded Tier 1 rankings in the ‘Financial and Corporate’ category for the North America and Caribbean region.
Among the lawyers recognised, two were named ‘Market Leaders’, eleven were recognised as ‘Highly Regarded’, including one designated as a ‘Women Leader’, two were named ‘Rising Star Partners’, eight were listed as ‘Notable Practitioners’ and one named a ‘Rising Star’.
Market Leaders
David Clark (BVI) and Simon Raftopoulos (Cayman)
Highly Regarded
Brad Adderley (Bermuda); Jeffrey Kirk, Andrew Jowett and Shana Simmonds-Lewis (BVI); Sailaja Alla, Caroline Barton (also a ‘Women Leader’), Dean Bennett, Peter Colegate, Jacob MacAdam, Matt Mulry and Benjamin Woolf (Cayman)
Rising Star Partners
Sally Penrose (Bermuda) and Georgina Pullinger (Cayman)
Notable Practitioners
Matthew Ebbs-Brewer, Clive Langley, Max Tetlow, Jerome Wilson and Josephine Noddings (Bermuda); Garry Manley (BVI); Menelik Miller, Miriam Smyth (Cayman)
Rising Stars
Kasia Smith (BVI)
These results reinforce Appleby’s market-leading position in the corporate legal landscape and reflect the depth of talent and expertise across all ten offices worldwide.
IFLR1000 is an international legal market guide dedicated to ranking law firms and lawyers exclusively on the basis of financial and corporate transactional work.
