Kim Leck is Director in the Restructuring practice, based in Cayman Islands. Kim leverages more than 17 years of experience in delivering cross-border insolvency, distressed situations, disputes and financial/corporate advisory roles across the Caribbean, Asia Pacific and North America.
Prior to joining Kroll, Kim served as Director at boutique restructuring firm in the Cayman Islands. Before that, he held the title of Associate Director at EY in Australia working in its Turnaround and Restructuring Strategy Team.
Kim has been appointed by the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands as a provisional liquidator and official liquidator and has been appointed by global banks as receiver on a number of Cayman based and cross-border insolvencies and receiverships.
Some of Kim’s notable engagements include:
- Appointed Joint Official Liquidator a formerly Nasdaq listed pharmaceutical research and development company with assets and operations in Singapore, Australia and the United States.
- Appointed Joint Official Liquidator of Cayman Islands investment fund structure requiring investigations into underlying assets located in Singapore and Ireland.
- Appointed Joint Receiver of Cayman Islands tourism and property development assets on behalf of global bank.
- Appointed Joint Provisional Liquidator and Joint Official Liquidator of Atom Holdings, a cryptocurrency exchange which involved the securing of subsidiaries, records and assets in Hong Kong, Seychelles, Malta, Singapore and the United States.
- Appointed Joint Official Liquidator of two Cayman Islands segregated portfolio companies in relation to the offshore asset recovery for 1Malaysia Development Berhad and its sister company SRC International Sdn. Bhd. Supporting the broader engagement in relation to BVI and Samoan liquidations involving foreign recognition hearings in Singapore, Hong Kong, Barbados, Switzerland and U.S.. Also, supporting company record recovery and formulation of claims in these jurisdictions along with Mauritius, Seychelles, Curacao, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom.
- Led the novation and winding up of two Segregated Portfolios of a Segregated Portfolio Company operating in the captive insurance sector resulting in the successful transition of the re-insurance treaties.
- Appointed Joint Provisional Liquidation of Bermuda incorporated energy company with assets in Indonesia and India.
- Appointed Joint Liquidator of various BVI solvent liquidations.
Kim’s is a Cayman Islands Official Liquidator, a member of Recovery & Insolvency Specialists’ Association (RISA) – Cayman Islands Education Committee, a member of the International Association of Restructuring, Insolvency & Bankruptcy Professionals (INSOL), a member of the Australian Restructuring, Insolvency and Turnaround Association (ARITA) and a member of Chartered Accountants Australia and New Zealand (CAANZ).
Kim received a Bachelor of Commerce degree and holds a Master of Business Administration degree from Deakin University. He has also received a Foundation Certificate in international insolvency law and is undertaking the asset tracing and recovery course from INSOL.