Walkers hosts 10 legal interns
Walkers hosted 10 Caymanian legal interns for the annual Legal Internship Programme this August. The purpose of this programme is to give law students an insight into what it is really like to work as a trainee lawyer and, ultimately, as an attorney in a financial services law firm.
The participating interns who joined Walkers for the three-week programme are in various stages of their legal studies having recently completed the LLB, the GDL or their first year of the LLB at various universities, including the Truman Bodden Law School in Cayman.
From 8-26 Aug., the legal interns worked alongside 21 lawyers and paralegals who mentored and guided them through real-time legal matters. Culminating with an internal project, presented to the partnership, the interns showcased business-critical skills such as negotiation, communication and problem-solving.
“We take great pride in designing valuable training programmes for the next generation of Caymanian lawyers. I was delighted to meet such a talented and hardworking cohort of interns walking through our halls this summer and wish them every success in their future studies,” said David Collins, partner and chair of the Walkers trainee committee.
Each intern was placed in one of the firm’s core practices: finance & corporate, insolvency & dispute resolution, investment funds, regulation & risk advisory and private capital & trusts.
Maples seconds Caymanian lawyer to Dubai
Renee Lindo, Caymanian finance associate at Maples and Calder, has commenced her one-year secondment in the law firm’s Dubai office.
As a recipient of the Maples Group’s legal scholarship, she began her career with the organisation as an intern and was later accepted as an articled clerk with the law firm before her admission as an attorney-at-law into its finance practice.
“I am looking forward to the changes and growth, both professionally and personally, that this opportunity will bring,” Lindo said in a press release. “While I expect that the nature of work will be similar, as our Dubai office practises Cayman Islands law, I anticipate that I will be required to approach tasks from a slightly different starting point given varied client needs and expectations and the specific Islamic law considerations for this region.”
Tina Meigh, head of the Cayman Islands finance team, said, “We are committed to providing the highest quality of training and education to our people.
“A secondment offers them the opportunity to learn, grow and expand both geographically and intellectually laying the foundation to becoming a well-rounded professional with experiences that can be used throughout their career.”
GirlForce 100 launches mentoring recruitment
GirlForce 100 has launched its recruitment campaign for mentors and mentees for the 2022/23 academic career-mentoring year.
As part of 100 Women in Finance’s ‘Investing in the Next Generation’ initiatives, GirlForce 100 pairs local professional women with girls and young women aged 13 to 25, who have indicated an interest in a career in finance and have demonstrated notable potential meriting their placement. Through mentorship, GirlForce 100 guides mentees in the development and progression of their career paths to lead them to success.
Christina Bodden, Maples Group partner and global board member of 100 Women in Finance, said in a press release, “GirlForce 100’s influence has served as an inspiration for similar programmes in the US and Asia through its own growth; with 8 years of service in the Cayman Islands and a record for positively impacting young women in the community, we are excited to launch the 2022-2023 recruitment campaign.”
She added, “For our mentors, there is immeasurable value in the program; we are happy to have helped them develop powerful leadership skills and build on their own professional networks. Because of this intrinsic mutual value, the program continues to grow nearly a decade later.”
GirlForce 100 is a strategic community partnership between 100 Women in Finance and the Cayman Islands Ministry of Education.
MP Katherine Ebanks-Wilks said on behalf of the ministry, “Career mentorship is a keystone part of professional growth and GirlForce 100 excels in that. Not only are they enabling their participants to achieve set goals; the critical part is we help them to see their potential to achieve them. We are proud to continue our partnership with GirlForce 100 in providing this best-in-class career mentoring programme. We look forward to celebrating our mentees’ many successes at the end of the educational year.”
To apply as a mentor or mentee and to learn more, go to the 100 Women in Finance website.
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