Valdere J. Murphy is a Senior Associate in the firm’s Litigation Group. Since joining the Firm in 2018, he has regularly appeared as both lead and junior counsel before the Supreme Court and the Court of Appeal of The Bahamas in a broad range of complex commercial, contractual, property, insolvency, and trust and estate disputes.
He has experience in representing both individual and institutional clients at all stages of litigation, including interlocutory applications (such as injunctive relief), at trial and on appeal. Valdere has also gained significant experience in cross-border insolvency and restructuring matters since joining the Firm.
Valdere has been consistently ranked by Legal 500 as a Leading Associate, reflecting his growing reputation in complex commercial and insolvency and restructuring matters.
Work Highlights:
- Currently assisting lead counsel with advising and acting on behalf of the Joint Official Liquidators of FTX Digital Markets Ltd. (‘In Provisional Liquidation’).
- Acting on behalf of clients in connection with a complex dispute concerning assets in excess of US$500 million held with a Bahamian financial institution with parallel proceedings in numerous jurisdictions including the United Kingdom, USA and Monaco.
- Acting on behalf of Hot Pancakes Ltd and CS& P SA, a Cypriot and Panamanian company respectively in legal proceedings concerning a dispute over among other things, $30M in frozen funds held in a local bank account.
- Assisted lead counsel in relation to a just and equitable winding up Petition involving Bahamian Mutual Funds and Delaware Feeder Funds on behalf of minority shareholders.
- Advising and acting on behalf of an international regulatory body in relation to the enforcement of foreign judgements in The Bahamas.
