Andrew Willins

Practice Areas

Dispute Resolution, Fraud & Asset Tracing, Insolvency & Restructuring, Regulatory Disputes, Trust Disputes, Regulatory Advice, Private Client & Trusts, Trust Disputes

Career

Andrew Willins is a Partner and Group Head of the Dispute Resolution department in the British Virgin Islands. He has over 20 years experience as an advocate, drawn from his time at the Chancery Bar in London and, since 2008, in the British Virgin Islands. He has particular experience in insolvency litigation, shareholders´ disputes and in complex commercial litigation, including professional negligence and cross-border fraud and asset tracing claims.

He has appeared in some capacity or other in many of the major insolvency disputes of the last decade, including Pioneer (for the Liquidators) Fairfield Sentry (for redeeming creditors), Peak Hotels & Resorts Ltd (for the Liquidators), Boston Life & Annuity Company (for the Liquidators), China Fisheries (for Maybank), Unicorn Worldwide (for the Liquidators) Luckin Coffee (for creditors) and he is one of a handful of advocates with meaningful experience in state immunity issues and the enforcement of investment treaty awards. He successfully defeated a strike out application on non-justiciability grounds in Congo Mineral Developments, and successfully represented Pakistan International Airlines in a $5.976bn attempt to enforce an ICSID award over its assets, and is currently advising or representing a number of other sovereign states.

Professional Memberships

Andrew is a member of the Chancery Bar Association, the Property Bar Association and INSOL International. He served as 2nd Vice President of the BVI Bar Association for two terms, between 2011 and 2013.

Publications

Guide to freezing orders in the British Virgin Islands

Where Public Policy Collides: Arbitration v. Insolvency

Applying Twice: BVI Court of Appeal Reinforces The Protection Available to Beneficial Owners

Service via NFT Air-Drop as Good as Gold in the BVI

Legal and Court Systems in the British Virgin Islands

The Last Rites for the Siskina?

Managing the court process

Appointment of Mr Justice Wallbank

BVI Court underlines willingness to support foreign arbitral proceedings

Review of 2018 Offshore Fund Disputes

In The Courts: Companies

In the Courts: Insolvency & Restructuring

In the Courts: Trust Disputes

In the Courts in 2018: an Appleby review of offshore court decisions

BVI companies may see more “just and equitable” petitions