Lawyers in British Virgin Islands
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88 lawyers listed
Ruairi Bourke
Ruairi is co-head of Maples and Calder’s Corporate and Finance teams in the Maples Group’s British Virgin Islands office. He advises on a wide range of corporate transactions including mergers, acquisitions, stock exchange listings, private equity structures, private placements, corporate restructuring and reorganisation transactions and the formation of joint ventures. On the finance side, Ruairi advises on acquisition, real estate, ship and aircraft finance transactions. He also has significant experience in capital markets transactions, both equity and debt.
Maples Group
Sarah Latham
Managing Associate
Ogier
Saraid Taylor
Saraid is Counsel in the Mourant BVI Corporate and Finance practice. She has extensive experience advising on a range of corporate finance transactions, equity capital markets and mergers and acquisitions. She also advises on regulatory law, corporate restructurings, equity and debt fundraisings and general corporate matters.
Mourant
Shana Simmonds-Lewis
Partner
Appleby
Shane Donovan
Shane is a commercial litigation lawyer with specialist experience in complex international litigation, including fraud and asset recovery, insolvency, and corporate and shareholder disputes. He is also experienced in obtaining urgent injunctions such as worldwide freezing orders and anti-suit injunctions, and Norwich Pharmacal (disclosure) orders.
Mourant
Shaun Reardon-John
Partner
Baker & Partners LLP
Simon Hall
Simon Hall is a Partner in Carey Olsen's dispute resolution and litigation practice in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). Simon moved to the BVI in 2015 and has significant BVI litigation experience. His caseload has primarily involved shareholder / director disputes, fraud and asset tracing, contentious trust and probate, and insolvency work. This has also included a wide array of interlocutory work including applications for freezing orders, prohibitory injunctions and the appointment of receivers. Simon has conducted litigation before the BVI Commercial Court, ECSC Court of Appeal and the Privy Council. He has acted for a wide range of clients including large financial institutions, high net worth individuals, insolvency practitioners and professional trustees. Simon also has considerable advocacy experience and regularly appears as lead and junior counsel before the BVI Commercial Court and ECSC Court of Appeal. He has conducted numerous trials in the BVI as well as interlocutory hearings (on and without notice), and interlocutory and final appeals. His recent cases include: Conducting a four week trial on behalf of two defendants to a derivative claim alleging breach of directors’ duties, dishonest assistance, conspiracy and unjust enrichment; Acting for a BVI shareholder in relation to unfair prejudice proceedings to prevent the compulsory redemption of a BVI minority shareholders' shares at an unfair price, including obtaining an interim injunction preventing the redemption; Conducting unfair prejudice proceedings on behalf of two defendant shareholders which proceeded to a three week trial in the BVI, a three day appeal before the Court of Appeal and which is now before the Privy Council; Acting for the defendant BVI company to a claim for rectification of the share register in circumstances where there were allegations of fraud; Conducting and advising on various sets of proceedings on behalf of a BVI shareholder, including as claimant on an application for the winding of a BVI company on just and equitable grounds, and advising as the funding creditor of litigation being conducted by appointed liquidator.
Carey Olsen
Simon Schilder
Partner
Ogier
Sophia Collis
Associate
Conyers
Sophie Christodoulou
Sophie is Counsel within the Litigation and Insolvency practice of the BVI office. She deals with a broad range of matters including director, shareholder, and general company disputes, insolvency matters, and trust related disputes. Sophie regularly works on injunctions, appeals, and interim applications, as well as running cases to trial. She has practised in the BVI since January 2019, working across time zones with global teams, with significant Court exposure.
Mourant
Stuart Rau
Stuart is a partner in Maples and Calder’s Dispute Resolution & Insolvency team in the Maples Group’s British Virgin Islands office. He has extensive experience of contentious cross-border matters arising out of multiple jurisdictions including Europe, Asia, the US and the Caribbean. Stuart’s area of practice also specialises in financial litigation and regulatory investigations.
Maples Group
Tamara Cameron
Senior Associate
Appleby
Tameka Davis
Partner
Conyers
Tiffany Tolliss
Senior Associate
Ogier
Tim Wright
Tim is a partner in Carey Olsen's British Virgin Islands (BVI) Dispute Resolution and Litigation team, practising BVI law from Carey Olsen’s London office. Tim has over 15 years' onshore and offshore experience of high profile and complex cross-border litigation and insolvency work and has recently relocated to London after living and working in the BVI for eight years. Tim is qualified as a Solicitor and Barrister and regularly appears in Court. He is a highly experienced offshore litigator, working on all elements of shareholder and company disputes, cross-border fraud and asset tracing, injunctions, trusts, insolvency and restructuring. Tim's cases are often complex multi-jurisdictional disputes which involve working with professional advisors in other countries and time zones. Tim is well versed in new litigation trends such as cryptocurrency and digital asset disputes, and cases involving economic sanctions. Tim is a business minded and pragmatic litigator who takes the time to understand his clients' needs and objectives. He recognises that legal disputes can be stressful and destructive for businesses. He aims to find the best outcome for his clients, whether in court or by commercial settlement.
Carey Olsen
Vanessa King
Managing Partner
O'Neal Webster