Acting for an eclectic, international client base, the corporate law team at Collas Crill assists with cross-border transactions, debt restructuring and insolvency, and corporate advisory issues. Practice head Ellie Crespi is a well regarded practitioner across corporate and finance matters in the BVI, and her practice is increasingly strong in regulatory matters and corporate governance. Greg Boyd is also an experienced figure in cross-border transactions, abreast of BVI law and its function in protecting investment. At more junior level, Annabel Bishop is developing solid BVI mergers expertise, recently advising on a number of corporate business combinations and separations.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘Led by two of the best corporate lawyers in BVI, with many years of offshore in addition to heavyweight multi-jurisdictional onshore experience. A truly diverse office: female led with a higher proportion of impressive Caribbean professionals than most other firms who are overloaded with English lawyers.’
‘Ellie Crespi really knows her stuff - exceptionally smart - responsive and works hard for her clients.'
'Greg Boyd was a great hire for Collas Crill - loves finding solutions to complex corporate problems.'
'Annabel Bishop provides excellent support.’
‘Flexible, approachable, friendly, competent.’
‘Always going the extra mile to help us out.’
Key clients
- CORE LLC
- Huawei
- MAPA Group
- Mason Hayes & Curran LLP
- Bay Point Capital
- FourWorld Capital LLC
- ALPINE PARTNERS (BVI), L.P.,
- Lightstone Enterprises Limited
- Cardinal Health Inc.
- AirBnB
- Multiplicity Partners AG
- Farallon Capital
- Petroserv Marine Inc.
- Cohort Capital
- Highway Holdings Limited
- Partners for Growth
- Velox Arbitrage Fund
- Vector Capital
- Site Technology, UAE
- Exponential Age Asset Management
- Eversheds (London)
- Thomson Hine (New York, Georgia)
- AFRA (Panama)
- Alcogal (Panama)
- Aleman, Cordero, Galindo & Lee
- BSG Valentine
- Citco
- Dajani & Associates
- Eversheds Sutherland (Dubai and Amman)
- Mishcon de Reya LLP
- Morgan & Morgan (Panama)
- Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton
- Smythe & Greenwood
- Shimonov & Co
- Squire Paton Boggs
- TMF Group
- Trident Trust
- Taylor Wessing
- White and Case (New York)
- Zhong Lun Law Firm
- Zodiac Maritime
Work highlights
- Advising Highway Holdings on its acquisition of OEM Synova, a German manufacturer of electrotechnical and electromechanical components.
- Advising Huawei on a global regulatory and corporate governance exercise across BVI and the Cayman Islands.
- Advising a US chemical manufacturer on a statutory merger of 5 BVI companies and companies registered in the US, Hong Kong, China, Colombia and the Netherlands.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Ellie Crespi