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Carey Olsen LLP Offices

Carey Olsen LLP
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33 Gutter Lane
LONDON
EC2V 8AS
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Richard Brown

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Work Department

Dispute Resolution and Litigation; Restructuring and Insolvency; Trusts and Private Wealth

Position

Richard is a partner practising BVI law from Carey Olsen’s London office. Richard’s practise encompasses all aspects of BVI commercial disputes, but with a focus on insolvency and security enforcement, fraud and asset recovery, shareholder disputes and contentious trust matters. Richard has particular experience of obtaining interlocutory applications such as freezing injunctions and Norwich Pharmacal orders, often in support of foreign court proceedings or arbitrations.

Richard’s location in London enables him to advise clients in the EMEA region in a convenient time zone, and he works closely with the BVI-based litigation team to provide a seamless service to clients.

Richard is a solicitor advocate and has successfully represented clients as advocate in matters before both the BVI Commercial Court and the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal.

Career

Richard started his career with Hogan Lovells in London, where he practised for eight years prior to moving to the BVI in 2013. Richard gained his higher rights of audience in the English Courts in 2010 and was admitted as a solicitor advocate in the BVI in 2013. Between 2015 and 2017, Richard worked for Carey Olsen in Jersey.

Memberships

He is a member of the Insolvency Lawyers Association, R3, INSOL, RISA, and the Commercial Fraud Lawyers’ Association.

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London > Offshore firms in London > Offshore firms in London

(Next Generation Partners)

Richard Brown – Carey Olsen LLP

Noted as the largest offshore firm specialising exclusively in Bermuda, BVI, Cayman Islands, Jersey and Guernsey matters from London, Carey Olsen LLP has recently seen a marked increase in instructions on high-profile global restructuring transactions, M&A deals and litigation matters relating to the BVI and Cayman Islands, as well as instructions on novel Guernsey fund structures. Jasmine Amaria is now registered to practice Bermuda law in London, adding additional expertise to the firm’s evolving Bermuda corporate practice; she primarily works on corporate, banking and regulatory matters, particularly on behalf of start-up companies. With a career in international disutes spanning 20 years, Richard Brown focuses on cross-border fraud cases, insolvencies, shareholder disputes and contentious trusts. Matthew Brehaut has particular experience in the structuring and launch of investment funds. Senior associate Nina Clift and counsel Sheba Raza are also recommended.

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(Next Generation Partners)

Richard Brown – Carey Olsen LLP

Overview

Leveraging the expertise throughout its UK and Asia offices, Carey Olsen’s ‘incredibly responsive and effective’ global Caribbean-focused practice draws on ‘deep reservoirs of expertise and experience’ to field ‘the A-Team of all offshore practices operating today’. The firm’s team is spread across its London, Hong Kong and Singapore offices, covering Bermuda, BVI and Cayman law with particular experience in corporate, finance, funds and insolvency work, and litigation.

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Acting for ‘a stellar array of clients drawn from across the Asia Pacific region and beyond, which underscores the firm’s status as the best of the best’, Carey Olsen Hong Kong LLP utilises the expertise of managing partner Michael Padarin as a go-to name for fund issues, including the formation, operation and restructuring of funds, particularly those with Cayman law elements. Jeremy Lightfoot leads the litigation practice in Hong Kong and is praised as ‘an outstanding litigation lawyer and an impressive critical thinker’; the litigation team was further bolstered in mid-2023 with the recruitments of Tim Haynes and Matthew Watson, who focus on Cayman and Bermuda issues, respectively. In Carey Olsen Singapore LLP, managing partner Anthony McKenzie also leads the corporate practice, while James Noble, who is praised as ‘quite simply the best of the best’, heads up the litigation, insolvency and restructuring practice. Tom Katsaros is the primary contact in the jurisdiction for investment fund work, and litigator Helen Wang is singled out as ‘very experienced with great cross-jurisdictional knowledge and analysis’.
Key names in Carey Olsen LLP’s London office include managing partner Jasmine Amaria, who focuses on corporate, fund and finance work with a Cayman or BVI aspect, acting for clients in the UK, Europe and the Middle East. Richard Brown is singled out by clients as ‘superb as a lawyer, as a litigator and as a strategist’, and provides ‘a seamless service that is second to none’; he is the primary contact for dispute resolution advice and insolvency issues involving BVI law and was further admitted as a registered associate of the Bermuda Bar in 2023. Counsel Sheba Raza is also a key name to note and ‘always feels part of the team she is working with’.

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