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 partners)‘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.
Lawyer Rankings
- Dispute resolution British Virgin Islands
- Leading partners British Virgin Islands > Dispute resolution