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Conyers Offices
COMMERCE HOUSE, WICKHAMS CAY 1
PO BOX 3140, ROAD TOWN
TORTOLA, VG1110
British Virgin Islands
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Mark Forte
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Mark Forte is Partner and Head of the British Virgin Islands office of Conyers.
He specialises in complex cross-border litigation and contentious cross-border insolvency, and is recognised for his emergency interim relief work and considerable insolvency experience. Mark also advises foreign states, government agencies and liquidators on international asset tracing measures.
Career
A frequently appearing advocate in some of the jurisdiction’s leading cases, Mark has over 25 years of litigation experience, starting his professional career as a barrister at 8 King Street Chambers in Manchester, England in 1989 and teaching contract on the Bar Vocational Course at Manchester University. Since joining Conyers in 2004 to launch the BVI Litigation and Restructuring practice, he has grown the team to include ten experienced solicitors and barristers, all based in the BVI.
Memberships
- Member, RISA local insolvency professionals association
- Honorary member, COMBAR (North American Group)
- Member, Chancery Bar Association
- Regional Chair (Caribbean offshore) for the INSOL International Channel Islands Seminar 2014
Education
- Inns of Court School of Law, London
- Manchester Metropolitan University, LLB (Hons), England
Lawyer Rankings
British Virgin Islands > Dispute resolution
(Leading individuals)As ‘a quintessential BVI outfit‘, Conyers‘ litigation and restructuring team handles local and global litigation and often appears before the Commercial Court and Court of Appeal, acting for a client roster of financial institutions, Fortune 100 companies and private equity houses. Recent areas of activity include handling shareholder disputes, insolvency litigation, asset tracing matters and enforcement proceedings. The team notably handled some of the largest asset tracing litigation involving CIS states, and more recently ventured into emerging areas, including cryptocurrency disputes. The ‘very smart and practical’ Mark Forte sits at the helm of the department and acts in cross-border litigation, insolvency proceedings and emergency interim relief work, while Richard Evans excels in shareholder disputes, with a particular focus on those stemming from Asian jurisdictions. Triple-qualified Tameka Davis regularly acts in insolvency, conspiracy, and asset tracing claims and also handles enforcement work, and recently promoted partner Matthew Brown is praised as ‘level-headed and thoughtful, and always takes care to talk through the rationale for strategic decision making‘, while Jerry Samuel is singled out as ‘first class, extremely hard working and very client focused‘.
Lawyer Rankings
- Dispute resolution British Virgin Islands
- Leading individuals British Virgin Islands > Dispute resolution