BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS Law and Practice Contributed by: Alex Hall Taylor KC, Richard Brown, Tim Wright and Simon Hall, Carey Olsen
Carey Olsen has a global BVI dispute resolu- tion and insolvency practice comprising over 25 fee earners and 9 partners, with four partners based in Asia and one in London. The team represents clients across a range of conten- tious and non-contentious matters and is rec- ognised for its expertise in both international and domestic cases, including investment funds, corporate, commercial and civil dis- putes, banking, financial services and trusts liti- gation, restructuring and insolvency, and fraud and asset tracing claims. From mediation to
trial advocacy, the firm successfully guides its clients through the full range of disputes, from multiparty, cross-jurisdictional corporate litiga- tion to domestic claims before the local courts. It has also represented clients before the Privy Council and many of its cases have established judicial precedents that are referred to in juris- dictions around the world. Carey Olsen advises on Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Is- lands, Guernsey and Jersey law across a global network of nine international offices.
Authors
Alex Hall Taylor KC is head of Carey Olsen’s BVI dispute resolution and insolvency practice. He lives and works in the BVI, appearing regularly in the Commercial Court. Alex has
Richard Brown is a BVI partner at Carey Olsen based in London. His practice encompasses all aspects of BVI commercial disputes, but with a focus on insolvency and security
over 25 years’ court experience in commercial litigation and dispute resolution across a broad range of commercial, company, shareholder, trusts, insolvency, restructuring, civil fraud, asset tracing, security enforcement, tax, professional liability and fiduciary claims, arbitrations and mediations. He has extensive case management, interlocutory, trial and appellate advocacy experience, including before the Privy Council. He is a CEDR- accredited mediator. He is a member of the BVI Bar Association, RISA and the Chancery Bar Association.
enforcement, fraud and asset recovery, shareholder disputes and contentious trust matters. Richard has particular experience of obtaining interlocutory applications such as freezing injunctions and Norwich Pharmacal orders, often in support of foreign court proceedings or arbitrations. Richard is a solicitor advocate and regularly appears in the BVI Commercial Court and Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal. He is a member of the Insolvency Lawyers Association, R3, INSOL, RISA, and the Commercial Fraud Lawyers’ Association.
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