Carolyn Kelly
Co-founder & Director,
Cara Global
Carolyn is a Co-founder and Director at Cara. Carolyn is a leading legal expert on Cayman Islands foundation company structures, DAO governance and token launches. In her former role as a prominent lawyer in the Fintech team at Walkers, Carolyn advised many of the world’s leading blockchain projects spanning across a wide range of sectors.
Carolyn provides independent, non-executive director services as well as consultancy and project management advisory support to digital asset projects for both short and long-term engagements.
Prior to moving to the Cayman Islands, Carolyn practised corporate law at leading global firms in the UK where she focused predominantly on complex cross border M&A. Carolyn then moved with her family to the Cayman Islands to work in the Fintech team at Walkers where she pivoted away from advising clients in traditional sectors to those in more disruptive ones, and never looked back.
Carolyn has spoken on panels and podcasts and was included as a panellist on the “Next Gen Crypto Lawyer” event by the Blockchain Association in the Cayman Islands. Carolyn is involved in community initiatives, including acting as a panel judge at the TechKY Youth and Hackathon event in the Cayman Islands advocating for the support and advancement of career opportunities for local youth within the technology sector.