The news comes after the recent appointments of partners Richard de Basto from Allen & Overy and Matthew Feargrieve from Maples and Calder.

Israeli-born Ms Robertson has practised in the UK for seven years and in the Cayman Islands for over three years, and is fluent in both English and Hebrew.

She joins Mourant from her post as Head of Trust Litigation at Maples and Calder, and has in-depth expertise in contentious trust, probate and fiduciary disputes. She advises and represents local and international trustees of large private and charitable trusts.

Mr Hayden joins Mourant from Matthew Arnold & Baldwin Solicitors, where he was a partner in the contentious Banking & Finance group, dealing with financial services litigation. Prior to that he was with Allen & Overy.

He has also been on secondments with UBS and Barclays, and has a range of expertise including acting for financial institutions and professionals in litigation, arbitration and mediation, particularly in insolvency related matters.

Together, the two new appointees will work with Cayman Disputes partner, Hector Robinson, to advance the Disputes practice.

Stephen Ball, CEO, Mourant du Feu & Jeune, stated on Monday that:

“We welcome Ziva and Peter to Mourant. Their appointments come at absolutely the right time for us, as we continue to build on the capabilities and strengths of our expanded Cayman practice, now an operation of some 50 people, following our merger in 2007.”

“We are very excited about the future of Mourant in Cayman; it’s a core part of our strategy for client-led international expansion and our commitment to be the “truly multi-jurisdictional” firm offshore," he concluded.