BVI Dispute Resolution specialist David Welford has joined Ogier
as partner.
David joins Ogier's BVI law team in Europe, which works
seamlessly alongside the firm's BVI-based team to provide BVI
Dispute Resolution support across the European and Caribbean
timezones.
David is a barrister with broad experience of commercial and
financial disputes, with a focus on cross-border company, trusts
and insolvency matters. He has extensive advocacy experience before
the BVI Commercial Court and the Court of Appeal.
David previously acted on behalf of PT Ventures SGPS, S.A in
proceedings against Vidatel Ltd., a BVI company owned by Isabel dos
Santos, the daughter of the former president of Angola. PT Ventures
successfully obtained and maintained a US$2.1 billion freezing
injunction in support of Paris sited arbitral proceedings which
amounted to a battle for control of Angola's largest
telecommunications company. Following PT Ventures' success in
those arbitral
