Member Profile

A highly respected advisor to successive government leaders, Michael Alberga has carried on the well respected tradition established by Ramon Alberga Q.C., the father of the Cayman Islands Bar. An expert in government relations, Michael has also developed a specialist regulatory and litigation practice during his 30 years as a Cayman Islands attorney, including specifically, the licensing and regulation of all forms of entity involved in the provision of financial services. Michael is highly regarded in relation to dispute resolution and advises generally on all forms of corporate commercial law, real estate, banking, mutual funds, partnerships, government relations, labour law, and aircraft and shipping matters. Michael has also specialised in advising high net worth clients and family offices in relation to the formation of trusts, the duties of trustees, trustee administration and family and beneficiary dispute resolution. Michael is also an expert on the establishment of philanthropic structures.

Michael is a former President of the Cayman Islands Law Society and a widely published author of articles on many aspects of Cayman Islands law.

Travers Thorp Alberga is a partner-led Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands law firm that provides intuitive and incisive advice on all types of offshore structure including hedge funds, private equity, corporate and partnership vehicles, asset and structured finance, capital markets, general corporate and commercial matters from its offices in Grand Cayman , The British Virgin Islands and Hong Kong. The firm has a highly experienced four-partner litigation team specialising in complex dispute resolution and insolvency.

We advise exclusively in relation to matters of Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands law and not in relation to the laws of any other jurisdiction. Our advice is provided on the basis that our clients are fully and properly advised by counsel and accountants in and comply with the legislation, taxation and regulation of all other relevant and applicable jurisdictions including their jurisdictions of residence and domicile.

Our core practice areas are Corporate, Investment Management, Finance, Insurance, Regulation, Dispute Resolution and Insolvency, Government Relations, Local Business and Private Client. In each of these areas, we provide intuitive and incisive advice on Cayman Islands and BVI law.

Our clients are based in the world’s major financial centres and range from high net worth individuals to financial institutions, from start up hedge funds to well established asset managers and from entrepreneurs to international corporations.