Caribbean - British Virgin Islands
Walkers BVI
Walkers BVI‘s team of specialist lawyers is sought out by a host of entrepreneurs, wealthy families, and institutional and individual trustees for its expertise in non-contentious issues and contentious matters before the BVI Courts. Company law and corporate litigation specialist Rosalind Nicholson leads the practice together with David Pytches, who splits its time between Cayman and BVI and leads on multi-billion-dollar trust restructuring matters. Pytches is also noted for his expertise in the fintech sector and has advised on various BVI trusts in the blockchain space. Oliver Clifton regularly appears in proceedings involving fraud and asset tracing issues as well as oligarch-related litigation.
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Key clients
- Intertrust
- Rawlinson & Hunter
- Trident Trust
- Nerine Trust Company (BVI) Limited
- Formal Holdings Limited (FHL)
Work highlights
- Acted for an individual in a long-running dispute regarding the ownership of shares in a significant PRC pharmaceutical company and other group companies held by a BVI company called Endushantum through a complex trust structure.
- Acted for an individual and Formal Holdings Limited as defendants in a claim brought by the Trustees of the Erica Trust against multiple defendants relating to the transfer of a substantial portion of the trust's assets to FiHAG, a Swiss Company.
Lawyers
Leading individuals
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
David Pytches, Rosalind Nicholson