Richard Evans > Conyers > Tortola, British Virgin Islands > Lawyer Profile
Conyers Offices
COMMERCE HOUSE, WICKHAMS CAY 1
PO BOX 3140, ROAD TOWN
TORTOLA, VG1110
British Virgin Islands
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Richard Evans
Work Department
Litigation
Position
Partner
Career
Richard Evans is a Partner in the Litigation and Restructuring Department of Conyers in the British Virgin Islands and one of the longest established advocates in the jurisdiction.
Richard’s practice includes all contentious aspects of commercial and insolvency law. He has acted as leading advocate in numerous reported commercial disputes within the jurisdiction, frequently in those giving rise to jurisdictional issues. He is experienced in obtaining, and securing the enforcement of, or alternatively facilitating the discharge of, all forms of urgent interim relief, and works closely with international legal teams on emergency and cross border relief regularly. Richard is an expert in shareholder disputes and connected litigation, with a particular emphasis of disputes originating from Asia and Eastern Europe. In addition, Richard is frequently instructed to enforce high value awards from the world’s leading arbitration jurisdictions, and is experienced in all aspects of strategy and coordination of action to achieve maximum recovery. He is one of the few BVI litigators to have acted in a crypto currency dispute in the jurisdiction.
Languages
English
Memberships
- Member, BVI Commercial Court Users’ Committee
- Overseas member, Chancery Bar Association (specialist bar association for leading chancery practitioners, England)
- Member, BVI Bar Association
- Committee member, BVI Bar Association Insolvency Committee
- Member, Recovery and Insolvency Specialists Association (BVI)
- Honorary member, Combar (Commercial Bar Association, England)
- INSOL
Education
- Inns of Court School of Law (London), Bar Vocational Court (1993)
- University of Leeds, (LLB), first class (1992)
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