Collas Crill

Financial Services and Regulatory

Managing Partner in the BVI, Head of Financial Services and Regulatory across the Caribbean.

Ellie practises BVI and Cayman laws and advises on all elements of corporate, capital markets and banking transactions as well as restructurings. Her clients include leading onshore law firms, private equity investors, major international financial institutions, listed and private companies and British Virgin Islands statutory and public bodies. 

Ellie has been practising since 2006 and has built a global client base, advising on top-ticket corporate, finance and capital markets transactions in the United States, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Her experience practising and living in Western Europe, the CIS, Asia and the Caribbean brings a nuanced cultural understanding to complex, cross-border transactions with global stakeholders.

Ellie has maintained recommendations by Legal 500 and IFLR since 2015. In 2020, she was recommended and recognised by Legal 500 as a 'Leading Individual' and in 2024 she was ranked in Band 4 in Chambers & Partners . She was nominated by peers as Lawyer of the Year in BVI Finance's 2020 Financial Services Awards.

Trainee, CMS Morgan McKenna, 2006-2008, London Associate, Allen & Overy, 2008-2012, Moscow, Hong Kong Partner, Harneys, 2013-2021, Hong Kong, BVI

Ellie joined Collas Crill in 2021.

German, Russian, French

BVI Bar Association Law Society of England and Wales

College of Law, PgDL, Law, 2003-2004 Oxford Institute of Legal Practice, LPC, Law, 2004-2005 Oxford University, Master of Arts (MA) English Language and Literatuire/Letters, 2000-2003