SHAUN TRACEY

Shaun has more than 20 years’ experience in commercial litigation and dispute resolution, with expertise in insolvency, trust and fund disputes, professional negligence, fraud-related litigation, interim injunctive relief and arbitration. He acts for banks, liquidators, professional firms, insurers, directors, trustees and creditors in substantial domestic and cross-border proceedings.

Shaun has acted in some of the Cayman Islands’ largest commercial disputes. He was a senior member of the team that successfully defended HSBC against Primeo fund’s US$2 billion claim arising from the Madoff fraud and represented trustees in Perry v Lopag, involving assets exceeding US$300 million. Both cases were successfully defended in the Grand Court, Court of Appeal and Privy Council. He also successfully defended an international audit firm in a US$30 million professional negligence arbitration arising from an investment fraud.

Shaun leads McGrath Tonner’s Insurance and Professional Risk practice, advising on professional negligence, insurance coverage and risk management. He is the author of The Advisor’s Minefield: Why Professional Firms Are Sued and How to Protect Your Practice.

Shaun is Secretary of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators’ Cayman Islands Chapter and Caribbean Branch. He is listed on the Cayman International Mediation and Arbitration Centre (CI-MAC) roster of mediators and also accepts direct appointments as a mediator.

Before joining McGrath Tonner, Shaun practised at Campbells LLP in the Cayman Islands and Simmons & Simmons LLP in London, where he qualified as a Solicitor-Advocate. He is also President of the Cayman Islands Chess Federation and, in the King’s Birthday Honours of 2026, Shaun received the Cayman Islands Certificate and Badge of Honour for services to chess, schools and the wider community.

APPOINTMENTS & MEMBERSHIPS

• Member, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb)
• Secretary, Cayman Islands Chapter of CIArb
• Secretary, Caribbean Branch of CIArb
• Member, Recovery and Insolvency Specialists Association (RISA)
• Member, INSOL
• Mediator, CI-MAC

EDUCATION

• University of Nottingham – BA (Hons)
• College of Law, Chester – Legal Practice Course

BAR ADMISSIONS

• Cayman Islands (2012)
• British Virgin Islands (2017, non-practising)
• England & Wales (2005, non-practising)