Dispute Resolution

About

Provided by Ogier

Ogier's Dispute Resolution team in the BVI, led by partner Brian Lacy, is one of the largest in the jurisdiction. Strategically formed to incorporate the right combination of local talent, commercial litigation solicitors and barristers from top London firms and chambers, the BVI Dispute Resolution team offers the full range of legal services in a style and to a standard familiar and expected by those instructing us from top-tier onshore firms. 

We offer legal advice relating to:

• Commercial disputes and fraud matters: fraud, asset tracing, protection and recovery; enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards, shareholder disputes, jurisdiction challenges and injunctive relief
• Restructuring and corporate recovery: winding up cross border insolvency applications, restructuring applications, protection of investors/shareholders rights, schemes of arrangement, amalgamation and reconstruction and asset recovery
• Contentious regulatory advice: regulatory investigations and enforcement, proceeds of crime and money laundering claims
• Contentious trusts: breach of trust claims, administrative claims and trust restructuring

Some recent cases we have acted in before the BVI courts include: Constellation, Phoenix, King Bun, Al-Thani, and Dakota Global.

Key contacts: Brian Lacy, Nicholas Burkill, Nicholas Brookes and David Welford.