Jessica Vickers

Overview

I’m a Partner in our Cayman Litigation practice.

I advise a wide range of clients in relation to high value cross-border commercial disputes including contentious trust disputes, disputes involving allegations of fraud or misconduct and insolvency and restructuring matters. My clients include court-appointed officeholders, trustees and beneficiaries, creditors, shareholders and other financial professionals.

My publications include The Cayman Firewall Provisions: Exclusive Jurisdiction or Merely Choice of Law? - Private Client Business, 2021 Number 4, The Solid Energy decision and debt for equity swaps in New Zealand - International Corporate Rescue Journal, 2015, and New Zealand's good faith defence to voidable transactions: shift in focus to creditor's state of mind - International Corporate Rescue Journal, 2014.

Prior to joining Mourant, I worked in the Litigation group of Russell McVeagh, a top-tier firm in New Zealand. 

Professional qualifications:

• IWIRC Cayman Islands Board Co-Chair, 2026 and 2027
• Attorney-at-Law, Cayman Islands, 2017
• Admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand, September 2013 (currently non-practicing)
• Awarded a Russell McVeagh scholarship for the study of law
• Degrees in Law (LLB) and Commerce (BCOM) (majoring in economics) from Otago University, 2012
• STEP Advanced Certificate in Trusts Law and Practice (International) (with distinction)
• STEP Advanced Certificate in Trust Disputes (with distinction)
• STEP Advanced Certificate in International Taxation, AML and Compliance (with distinction)

Memberships

• Co-Chair of International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation ('IWIRC')
• A board member of IWIRC Cayman Islands from 2020 – 2024
• INSOL International
• Recovery and Insolvency Specialists Association ('RISA')
• STEP Cayman Islands 

What the directories say

In Legal 500 Caribbean 2024, Jessica is a Recommended Lawyer in Dispute Resolution. A source comments: "Jessica Vickers is excellent and always over the detail."

"A rising star. Hugely thorough and a delight to work with." Legal 500, 2020.