Michael Lam Email & Phone Number

Michael is a restructuring and insolvency professional with a decade of experience at independent and Big 4 professional services firms in Australia, the Cayman Islands, and the United Kingdom. Michael is a qualified insolvency practitioner and has been appointed as Joint Official Liquidator and Joint Receiver over companies in the Cayman Islands.Having led restructuring and insolvency engagements across several offshore jurisdictions including The Bahamas, Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, and the Cayman Islands; Michael’s breadth of experience includes corporate insolvency (Official and Provisional Liquidations, and solvent liquidations), personal insolvency appointments, pre-lending and independent business reviews, trust and fund disputes, and anti-money laundering engagements.Michael’s clients benefit from his expertise with investment funds and background in various industries including financial services, aviation, banking, construction & manufacturing, energy, and retail & hospitality.Michael joined Class XI of the International Insolvency Institute’s NextGen Leadership Program in 2022. He is also a Chartered Accountant (CA ANZ) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from The University of Melbourne.Experience:‣ Fairfield Sentry Ltd – Liquidation of a BVI fund that invested US$7.2 billion in Madoff, the largest Ponzi scheme in US history. ‣ Thomas Cook Group - Special Managers of the Thomas Cook Group, a global travel group and airline with revenues of £10 billion.‣ Caledonian Bank Limited – Official Liquidation of a Class A licensed commercial bank in the Cayman Islands with 1,200 depositors and assets of over US$400 million.‣ Spinneys Holdings Limited - Appointed by the Commercial Bank of Dubai as Receivers over a Cayman Holdco; a part of The Abraaj Group and owner of the supermarket, Spinneys Egypt.‣ TCA Global Credit Fund, Ltd - Official Liquidation of a Cayman Islands feeder fund. The master fund was a lender to distressed public and private companies with purported AUM of US$500 million.‣ Sturgeon Central Asia Balanced Fund Ltd – Provisional Liquidation of a Bermuda fund with investments in the Silk Road region.‣ Sir Jack Hayward Trust – Engaged by the Judicial Trustee to prepare an independent report on the dealings of the Trust in The Bahamas.‣ Provision of advisory and dispute resolution services to directors, investment managers and creditors regarding the operation of investment funds in the Cayman Islands.