Dispute resolution

Conyers

‘Outstanding boutique’ Conyers is a go-to firm for international litigation and the team of litigators and advocates regularly appears before the Commercial Court and the Court of Appeal in cross-border disputes. The practice excels in restructuring and insolvency work, including schemes of arrangement, liquidation and asset tracing. Mark Forte leads, boasting an active cross-border litigation and insolvency practice that sees him advise foreign states, government agencies and liquidators. ’Hugely experienced, absolutely dedicated’ partner Richard Evans focuses on shareholder disputes and contentious insolvency matters, and Jerry Samuel is regularly involved in multi-jurisdictional disputes. Tameka Davis brings to the team extensive offshore litigation experience, with particular expertise in the civil procedure and the enforcement of foreign judgments and awards in the BVI. Matthew Brown is another key member of the team, along with Jane Fedotova and Charles Goldblatt.

Legal 500 Editorial commentary

Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

‘Conyers remain an outstanding boutique BVI practice, securing the an extraordinary wealth of heavyweight commercial instructions from across the world. They have huge experience of every aspect of BVI legal practice - and the ear of the judges. They should be a first port of call for any major dispute.’
‘Richard Evans: Richard is hugely experienced, absolutely dedicated to his client's cause, exceptionally personable and just wonderful to work with. An extraordinary and unique mix of experience, tenacity, dedication and loyalty. Charles Goldblatt: Charles is a great addition to the team. Very bright, diligent and careful - he's a first class litigator and you want him on your team.’
‘A firm with strong links to PRC including HK.’
‘The BVI team of Conyers Dill & Pearman is one of the top litigation teams in the BVI. It has a stable of established partner litigators, ably supported by dynamic and knowledgeable associates.’
‘Mark Forte, Richard Evans and Tameka Davis are the standout partners of the dispute resolution practice.’
‘The team is very well-embedded and visible in the market, with confident and able fee earners who are responsive and effective. The case on which I worked with them was high value, interesting and well-fought.’
‘Jerry Samuel is first class, hands-on, manages client expectations well and is a pleasure to deal with, displaying no ego and keeping his clients' interests firmly in focus whilst remaining commercially savvy.'

Key clients

Digital Currency Group Inc.
Avalon Capital Partners Limited
Grove Services
Sound Hong Kong Limited and NewOcean (Shenzhen) Energy Limited
Cheong Jun Yoong / Defiance Capital
King Bun Limited (and Others)
Haimen Zhongnan Investment Development (International) Co. Ltd.
AMS Holdings Limited
Mr. Soemarli Lie
Masirah Oil Limited
1MDB

Work highlights

Advising DCG as the largest creditor in 3AC’s liquidation, a substantial BVI liquidation with creditor claims in excess of $2.8bn.
Advising Avalon as the largest creditor in respect of its claims in voluntary liquidation of All Blue Investment Management Limited and in liquidation of All Blue Investments North Star 1 Limited, claiming a loss of approximately $93m.
Representing Grove Services Inc, one of the 54 Defendants to a claim by BTA Bank, which arises in connection with the longstanding Ablyazov fraud: in the present claim BTA alleges that it is the victim of a fraudulent scheme concerning the issue of approximately 100 high-value letters of credit between approximately March 2005 and January 2009, which BTA alleges resulted in a total loss to it of approximately $230m.