Sophie Christodoulou
MourantMourant continues to broaden its international capabilities, with the opening of its Singapore office in October and expansion into Luxembourg in June of 2023. In addition to commercial litigation, the BVI dispute resolution team handles distressed fund disputes, restructuring and insolvency, and contentious trust work. With a broad commercial litigation and insolvency practice, Eleanor Morgan leads the team, specialising in contentious trusts work. Jennifer Jenkins and Shane Donovan are other active members of the team to note. Sophie Christodoulou handles director, shareholder, and company disputes, insolvency cases, and trust and fraud disputes.
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Testimonials
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‘Mourant has been responsive, creative and practical on advice and potential options available under BVI law. The lawyers are smart, extremely responsive, resourceful and give good, practical legal advice.’
‘I have worked with Shane Donovan. Shane is extremely responsive but thoughtful. Extremely knowledgeable of the laws and provides practical advice.’
‘Magic circle quality lawyers offshore.’
‘Jennifer Jenkins is an outstanding lawyer. She is technically astute, personable and hard-working.’
‘Mourant has a great team of experienced litigators in their BVI practice. They have strength and depth in all areas of dispute resolution. They provide seamless coordination across their offices and deliver high-quality and timeous results. They are one of the strongest dispute resolution teams in the market and I would highly recommend them to anyone looking for legal advice or representation in the BVI.’
‘Jenni Jenkins is an exceptional litigator who can handle complex and challenging cases with ease. She has a remarkable ability to think outside the box and devise innovative strategies that achieve the best outcomes for her clients. She is calm and collected even in highly volatile situations, and never loses her composure or professionalism. Jenni is a pleasure to work with and is my go-to litigator in the BVI.’
‘Excellent, knowledgeable and responsive team with serious contentious trusts expertise. The firm you want to have on your side.’
‘Eleanor Morgan - top class litigator, very experienced, excellent strategist and superb client service.’
Key clients
- Interpath BVI.
- Hollysys Automation Technologies
- Alvarez & Marsal
- Begbies Traynor
- Ieremieva
- Linxens Holding SAS
- Credit Suisse
- Romay
- Grant Thornton
- Cithara Global Multi-Strategy SPC
Work highlights
- Acting for the respondent company Hollysys Automation Technologies in a contentious merger/takeover process with competing bidders.
- Acting on behalf of the Algosabi family and affected third parties to a freezing injunction and receivership order relating to the enforcement of a $68m Saudi arbitration award in the BVI.
- Represented beneficial note holders, Cithara Global Multi-Strategy SPC (Cithara), in its application to wind up a bond issuer, which served as the finance-raising vehicle for a PRC-based construction group.
Lawyers
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Eleanor Morgan
MourantNext Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Shane Donovan
MourantPractice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Eleanor Morgan