Conyers

Litigation & Restructuring

Partner

Matthew Brown is a Partner in the British Virgin Islands Litigation & Restructuring practice. Matthew has over twelve years’ litigation experience covering all contentious aspects of commercial, trusts and insolvency law.

Since joining Conyers in 2017, Matthew has been involved in some of the jurisdiction’s leading cases and frequently appears as an advocate on behalf of clients in the Commercial Court and the Court of Appeal. His broad practice spans the full spectrum of commercial litigation and insolvency disputes, many of which are complex, high value and involve cross-border elements, with particular expertise in contentious trusts and estates. Prior to joining Conyers, Matthew practised for six years as a commercial chancery barrister in the UK with a nationally-renowned set of chambers in London and Bristol, where his practice included commercial, trusts and insolvency work.

English

• BVI Bar Association
• Recovery and Insolvency Specialists Association (BVI)

• University of Oxford, BCL (specialising in Personal Taxation, Corporate Insolvency, Restitution and Civil Procedure) – Distinction
• University of Cardiff, LLB – First Class Honours (ranked 1st in the year group)
• University of the West of England – Bar Professional Training Course – Outstanding (ranked 1st in the year group)
• Awards & Scholarships: Astbury Scholarship, Baron Dr Ver Heyden de Lancey Price, Certificate of Honour (Middle Temple), Faculty of Business and Law Prize (UWE), Sweet & Maxwell Law Prize (Cardiff), The Western Circuit Advocacy Prize (2011)