Dean K. Bennett

Dean Bennett is a partner in Appleby’s Corporate Group in the Cayman Islands.

Recognised as a key practitioner in each of his practice areas, Dean has a diverse corporate practice encompassing mergers and acquisitions, public offerings, joint ventures, insurance and reinsurance, and general corporate advisory. His M&A practice includes take privates, de-SPAC transactions, and regulated M&A involving the acquisition and disposal of Cayman licensed insurers and financial groups. Dean authors the Legal 500 M&A Country Comparative Guide (Cayman Islands Chapter), Mondaq M&A Comparative Guide (Cayman Islands Chapter) and Chambers Investing In the Cayman Islands.

Dean is experienced with ISDA and other industry standard trading and collateral documentation and regularly advises both the sell and buy-side on derivatives and securities lending transactions, netting, collateral and insolvency issues.

Dean is also a member of Appleby’s technology and innovation group, supporting clients working on blockchain, AI, fintech and other emerging technologies with a particular focus advising Bitcoin miners on the offshore structuring of their operations.