Stuarts Achieves Top Recognition in Legal500 2025 Rankings

Stuarts Humphries proudly ranks as one of the Cayman Islands' top-tier law firms, recognised across four practice areas in the Legal500 2025 Edition, reflecting the firm's consistent excellence in Investment Funds, Corporate and Commercial, Banking, Finance and Capital Markets, and Real Estate.

The firm's Investment Funds team was praised for being “highly commercial in their advice, thinking beyond the immediate issues raised to provide extremely helpful feedback and advice” and for being “very responsive to queries…providing rapid and useful advice and support.”

Leading Partners

Chris Humphries continues to excel as a standout practitioner in the Cayman Islands’ legal market. Praised for his “vast experience” and “excellent, very commercial, and very responsive” approach, Chris remains a trusted advisor across Investment Funds and Corporate and Commercial practice areas, as well as being recognised in Banking, Finance and Capital Markets. Testimonials highlight:

• “Chris Humphries is excellent. Super responsive and knows the answer to nearly every issue.”
• “I have been working with Chris Humphries for over 15 years and he has always been very knowledgeable, very professional and very responsive.”
• “Chris offers great insight, experience, and knowledge.”
• “Chris Humphries is excellent. Very commercial. Very responsive. He knows all aspects of Cayman Islands law.”

Next Generation Partners

Recognised as a Next Generation Partner in Corporate and Commercial, Megan Wright has solidified her reputation as a rising leader in this practice area together with being celebrated as a Recommended Lawyer in Investment Funds and Banking, Finance and Capital Markets. As head of this practice area, Megan has a portfolio of notable corporate transactions, including SPACs, liquidations, licensing, M&A, joint ventures, and other strategic structuring. Clients describe her as:

• “Excellent all around, substantively and from a billing and communications perspective. One of the most thoughtful, thorough, and experienced funds lawyers in the space. Highly responsive and practical.”
• “Proactive and easy to work with.”

Recommended Lawyers

Jonathan McLean (Banking Finance and Capital Markets), Buck Grizzel (Real Estate), and Joseph Bates (Corporate and Commercial) are celebrated as Recommended Lawyers, with contributions spanning banking, digital assets, real estate, and investment funds. Further commentary and feedback include:

• Jonathan McLean leads the team and his work in this area has a focus on cryptocurrency funds and digital asset-related entities.  He has been recognised for his “vast experience in corporate structures and navigation of regulatory issues”.
• Buck Grizzel leads the real estate work at Stuarts Humphries and as the firm's head of local legal services has broad, complementary skills across corporate, commercial, probate and immigration law.  He has been praised for being “competent” and client focused”.
• Joseph Bates was recognised for his significant support to the Investment Funds and Banking, Finance and Capital Markets teams, and is praised for being “thorough and responsive” in his Corporate and Commercial work.

About Legal500

The Legal500 is a prestigious directory analysing the strengths and capabilities of law firms in over 150 jurisdictions. The rankings are based on a series of criteria highlighting the practice area teams who are providing the most cutting edge and innovative advice to corporate counsel. Research is based on feedback from 300,000 clients worldwide, submissions from law firms and interviews with leading private practice lawyers, and a team of researchers who have unrivalled experience in the legal market.

Stuarts Humphries' recognition highlights the firm's continued commitment to delivering exceptional legal services in the Cayman Islands and beyond.

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