Blake Egelton is an associate based in the Cayman Islands office.
He joined Walkers in 2019 and is a member of the Insolvency and Dispute Resolution Group, specialising in contentious and non-contentious insolvency matters and general offshore disputes.
Blake has broad experience advising large corporate and institutional clients on a wide range of high value and high profile international and cross-border disputes.
Experience and recent work
Prior to joining Walkers, Blake worked at Clyde & Co Australia in their Sydney office in the Litigation and Insurance groups. Blake undertook two external secondments and an internal secondment to New York, before relocating to Perth, Australia for a large international arbitration.
In 2018, Blake joined Clyde & Co's London office in its Professional and Financial Disputes team.
Qualifications
Admitted in:
Cayman Islands
Supreme Court of New South Wales (not practising)
Education:
Graduate Certificate in Professional Legal Practice, University of Technology, Sydney
Juris Doctor, University of Technology, Sydney
Masters of Physiotherapy, University of Sydney
Bachelor of Exercise Science, Australian Catholic University, Sydney
Blake is a member of the Law Society of New South Wales and was a member of the Australia Insurance Law Assocation Young Professionals Education Committee (2016 - 2018).
2017, Lawyers Weekly – Finalist, 30 under 30 Awards, Australia 2016, Insurance Business – recognised as an industry "Young Gun", Australia