Daniel Hayward-Hughes

Partner | Litigation

About

Daniel has a broad commercial litigation practice with specialisms in contractual, fund, partnership, and shareholder disputes, negligence claims, crypto disputes, and white-collar crime, as well as regulatory disputes and corporate insolvency.


Practices

  • Commercial Litigation

  • International Disputes

  • Arbitration and Mediation

  • Bankruptcy, Financial Restructuring, and Reorganization

  • FinTech and Blockchain

Admissions

  • England and Wales

  • Cayman Islands

  • Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (BVI)

  • Bermuda


Education

  • University of Law, Higher Rights of Audience (civil)

  • BPP University of Law, GDL and LPC

  • Durham University, MA English Literature

  • Durham University, BA English Literature and Classics

Law Firm Experience

  • Walkers

  • Appleby

  • Signature Litigation

  • Herbert Smith Freehills


Corporate Experience

  • Lloyds Banking Group, M&A

  • Deloitte, Private Equity

Publications

  • Co-author of Cayman, BVI and Bermuda chapters of Global Legal Post's Cryptoassets, Law Over Borders Comparative Guide 2024

  • Author of Litigation Against Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs): Navigating Frontier, ThoughtLeaders4, October 2024

  • Author of Crypto disputes: an offshore perspective in International Corporate Rescue, March 2023


Speaking Engagements

  • Panellist, "Crypto collapse and the Globix affair lessons to be learnt and recent trends" as part of Penningtons' series on crypto disputes, December 2023

  • Panellist, "Crypto – defining, regulating and litigating" at the Legal Business Financial Regulatory and Disputes Summit 2022


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