Merger Disputes – Cayman Islands
Our experienced Cayman Merger Disputes team specialise in advising dissenting shareholders who are dissatisfied with offer-merger consideration, in proceedings to resolve the fair value of shares. The dissenter focused team are market leaders in respect to both appraisal rights claims and advising on fiduciary duty considerations.
Prevailing market conditions have seen a marked increase in take-private transactions by company founder and management through Cayman statutory mergers, and dissent from these mergers has become increasingly common. Our clients include individual dissenters and consortiums of dissenters across a wide-range of industries including mobile phone technology, oil and gas, medical technology, hospitality and e-commerce, many of which have operated in the People’s Republic of China (PRC).
The primary driver for Cayman Island merger disputes is the wave of take-private transactions emanating from the Far East. Appleby’s deep roots in the Hong Kong market and extensive exposure to the PRC allows our team to offer a seamless service between our Cayman Islands qualified experts in Hong Kong and our merger disputes specialists based in the Cayman Islands.
