Conyers

Litigation

Partner

Richard Evans is a Partner in the Litigation and Restructuring Department of Conyers in the British Virgin Islands and one of the longest established advocates in the jurisdiction.

Richard’s practice includes all contentious aspects of commercial and insolvency law. He has acted as leading advocate in numerous reported commercial disputes within the jurisdiction, frequently in those giving rise to jurisdictional issues. He is experienced in obtaining, and securing the enforcement of, or alternatively facilitating the discharge of, all forms of urgent interim relief, and works closely with international legal teams on emergency and cross border relief regularly. Richard is an expert in shareholder disputes and connected litigation, with a particular emphasis of disputes originating from Asia and Eastern Europe. In addition, Richard is frequently instructed to enforce high value awards from the world’s leading arbitration jurisdictions, and is experienced in all aspects of strategy and coordination of action to achieve maximum recovery.  He is one of the few BVI litigators to have acted in a crypto currency dispute in the jurisdiction.

English

Member, BVI Commercial Court Users' Committee Overseas member, Chancery Bar Association (specialist bar association for leading chancery practitioners, England) Member, BVI Bar Association Committee member, BVI Bar Association Insolvency Committee Member, Recovery and Insolvency Specialists Association (BVI) Honorary member, Combar (Commercial Bar Association, England) INSOL

Inns of Court School of Law (London), Bar Vocational Court (1993) University of Leeds, (LLB), first class (1992)