Barry Lynch
Mr. Lynch formed part of the leadership team that originally set up the A&M Cayman Islands office, and he also led the setup of A&M British Virgin Islands (BVI), which he currently leads.
Mr. Lynch is an industry leader in the offshore restructuring market; he has been recognized as an expert in the field by Who’s Who Legal. He has been appointed as an official liquidator and receiver by the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands; a joint liquidator, receiver, and director of numerous BVI companies by the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court of the British Virgin Islands; and a board director to distressed companies across the globe. Mr. Lynch also acts as a Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA)-registered director to entities in distress, specializing in dispute resolution by way of litigation or internal investigation.
Mr. Lynch has led a significant number of partnership liquidations with general partner (GP)/ limited partner (LP)-related disputes across multiple jurisdictions, including the Middle East, Europe, North America, the Caribbean, and Africa. These have required him to take board roles with companies across a diverse range of sectors, such as digital assets, digital payments, shipping, leasing, oil and gas, and financial services. Through these roles, Mr. Lynch has managed successful exit strategies for underlying investments, maximizing shareholder recoveries.
Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Lynch worked for PwC in Ireland before moving offshore to join a boutique corporate restructuring group.
Mr. Lynch is a qualified Insolvency Practitioner in the Cayman Islands and a fellow of Chartered Accountants (Ireland). He is also a member of the Cayman Islands Institute of Professional Accountants (CIIPA), the International Federation of Restructuring, Insolvency and Bankruptcy Professionals (INSOL International), the Recovery and Insolvency Specialists Association (RISA), the Cayman Islands chapter of INSOL, and the American Bankruptcy Institute (ABI).