Leading offshore law firm Baker & Partners has welcomed Jennifer Colegate as Partner in the Cayman Islands. In addition to Jennifer’s appointment, Tara Liao has joined the firm’s London office to support clients in cross border disputes.

Jennifer is a commercial litigator specialising in cross-border insolvency and restructuring. Jennifer’s expertise encompasses contentious workouts and distressed debt situations as well as investigations, asset tracing and enforcement and recovery work.

Jennifer Colegate

Jennifer is named in the 2024 Legal 500 rankings as a Next Generation Partner. She is also ranked in Band 5 in the Chambers & Partners directory where clients have described her as ‘a standout practitioner’ as well as ‘whip-smart and super-responsive.’ She previously practiced with Mayer Brown in London and Hong Kong before relocating to the Cayman Islands in 2016.

Jennifer’s appointment marks the third Partner appointment to the firm’s Cayman Islands office. The continued growth of the office is a result of continued client demand and complex offshore instructions covering restructuring, insolvency and commercial litigation matters.

Tara Liao

Tara is joining Baker & Partners as Counsel while maintaining her practice as a barrister in the UK and Hong Kong. She is fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin and is dual qualified in the UK and in Hong Kong. She sat as a Deputy District Judge in Hong Kong in 2021 and 2023 and is ranked as a leading junior in the Commercial Disputes category by Legal 500 Asia-Pacific from 2021 to 2024.