Jennifer Colegate is a Partner based in Baker & Partners’ Cayman Islands office. In 2025, she was also admitted to the bar of the British Virgin Islands. Jennifer is recognised as a Leading Partner in Legal 500.

She is a commercial litigator specialising in cross-border litigation with expertise in insolvency and restructuring, investigations, asset tracing and enforcement and recovery across a variety of industry sectors. Jennifer has extensive experience advising on various issues arising in complex cross-border insolvencies, arising from her engagement by the provisional liquidators to a number of Lehman Brothers entities in the Asia-Pacific region, and more recently in connection with cryptoassets, private banks, investment funds and holding companies domiciled in the Cayman Islands. 

She is a well-respected lawyer and described by clients as “…whip-smart and super-responsive” (Chambers & Partners).

Jennifer Colegate is a Partner based in Baker & Partners’ Cayman Islands office. In 2025, she was also admitted to the bar of the British Virgin Islands. Jennifer is recognised as a Leading Partner in Legal 500.She is a commercial litigator specialising in cross-border litigation with expertise in insolvency and restructuring, investigations, asset tracing and enforcement and recovery across a variety of industry sectors. Jennifer has extensive experience advising on various issues arising in complex cross-border insolvencies, arising from her engagement by the provisional liquidators to a num...

Publications

Cryptoassets Law Guide

Co-author of the British Virgin Islands chapter in the Cryptoassets Law Guide , published 2 June 2026 , alongside Shaun Reardon-John .