Coming under the umbrella of an insolvency and corporate disputes department, the dispute resolution offering at Collas Crill ‘particularly excels at cases which intersect between multiple practice areas’. BVI-related work is overseen by Stephen Leontsinis and Michael Adkins, who are based in the Cayman Islands and Guernsey respectively, while on Tortola the key contacts are Dave Marshall, promoted to counsel in January 2024 and a recent advisor on a large, cross-border unlawful means conspiracy claim; and Fay O’Halloran, who is familiar with the day-to-day work on cross-border disputes. In December 2023, the team saw the departure of David Harby to CANDEY.
Testimonials
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‘There is a great, diverse team, who work really well together. They provide cost-effective, and easy to understand advice on all areas.’
‘Fay O'Halloran has great knowledge and understanding, and provides easy to understand advance and very competitive rates.’
‘Very practical advice, good at getting to grips with problems and coming up with helpful solutions.’
‘Ellie Crespi is super efficient.’
‘Dave Marshall is very responsive, clear and concise advice, also very approachable with a friendly correspondence tone.’
‘A bright team of dedicated lawyers with impressive diversity and collaboration.’
‘Dave Marshall is a gifted lawyer, and impressive advocate and has buckets of charm to boot.’
‘The team has strong experience and expertise across a range of commercial, company, insolvency and trust disputes - and particularly excels at cases which intersect between multiple practice areas.’
Key clients
- Domidias Limited and Merbau Synergy Limited
- Flemingo International (BVI) Limited
- ARF SV 1 Sàrl
- Terraform Labs PTE Ltd
- Strong Media Group Limited and Strong International Limited
- Teneo (BVI) Limited
- Kathryn Brunn
- Finsbury Trust Corporation Ltd
- Jurit LLP
- Artemis Corporate Services Limited
Work highlights
- Advising Domidias Limited and Merbau Synergy Limited on an unlawful means conspiracy claim valued at in excess of $1bn.
- Acting for Flemingo International (BVI) Limited in defence of claims brought by a minority creditor and shareholder of the company within the context of a $200m BVI Company Creditors Arrangement.
- Acting for Terraform Labs PTE Ltd on seeking the assistance of the BVI Court in support of US proceedings brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission to the value of $40bn.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Stephen Leontsinis