Brian Simms KC
High Net Worth Guide 2023
Band 1 : Offshore: Trusts
About
Provided by Brian Simms KC
Practice Areas
Brian Simms QC is Senior Partner at Lennox Paton and head of its Litigation and Dispute Resolution, Insolvency and Restructuring and Contentious Trusts groups. He has specialist expertise in trust disputes, commercial litigation, insolvency, asset recovery and complex fraud cases. He has extensive experience in running offshore cases involving several jurisdictions and is instructed in the most substantial Bahamian and international offshore cases. He is often called upon to form part of a team of international lawyers from onshore and offshore jurisdictions. Brian regularly speaks at international conferences with respect to Bahamian law.
Career
Brian is one of the Bahamas’ leading advocates. He has vast experience in the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal, in addition to having appeared several times in the Privy Council. Brian was appointed Queen's Counsel in 2009. Additionally, he was acting judge of the Supreme Court of The Bahamas in 2015.
Professional Memberships
Brian attended McGill University and Exeter University. He is a member of the Bahamas Bar Association and INSOL; a former member of the Bar Council; former chair of the Bar and Bench Committee; an overseas member of the English Chancery Bar Association; and an honorary fellow of the Institute for International Legal Studies.
Articles, highlights and press releases
2 items provided by Lennox Paton
Privy Council judgment in an important case affecting the insolvency law of The Bahamas
Privy Council hands down judgment on the extra-territorial jurisdiction of cross-border clawback claims in a Bahamian Mutual Fund Liquidation.
MV v DSL & GV: arbitration, governing law and jurisdiction clauses
Recently there has been a great push to encourage arbitration of trust disputes. Indeed, the Bahamian Trustee Act specifically provides for the arbitration of trust disputes. However, in the recent decision of MV v DSL & GV ( 7 Aug 2019) provides important clarification on the jurisdiction limited.
Privy Council judgment in an important case affecting the insolvency law of The Bahamas
Privy Council hands down judgment on the extra-territorial jurisdiction of cross-border clawback claims in a Bahamian Mutual Fund Liquidation.
MV v DSL & GV: arbitration, governing law and jurisdiction clauses
Recently there has been a great push to encourage arbitration of trust disputes. Indeed, the Bahamian Trustee Act specifically provides for the arbitration of trust disputes. However, in the recent decision of MV v DSL & GV ( 7 Aug 2019) provides important clarification on the jurisdiction limited.