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Michael Fay 

Michael Fay 

Partner, British Virgin Islands

 
phone +1 284 852 7301 
 
email michael.fay@ogier.com 
 
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Location:

British Virgin Islands

Area of expertise:

Corporate and Commercial, Litigation, Private Client and Trusts, Restructuring & Insolvency

Background:

Michael is Managing Partner of the BVI legal practice. His own practice covers corporate law, dispute resolution and trusts. Michael routinely works with law firms, banks and fiduciary service providers throughout the world with respect to large multi-jurisdictional transactions and disputes.

Prior to joining Ogier, Michael Fay practiced between 1989 and 1996 at 5 Fountain Court and 11 New Square. He relocated to the British Virgin Islands in 1996, and was a founder partner at WSmiths prior to its merger with Ogier in 2007.

Michael is a member of STEP and is a former Vice-President of the British Virgin Islands Bar Association. He is a member of the BVI Government Company Law Review Committee, the BVI Government Joint Anti-money Laundering and Terrorist Financing Advisory Committee and various other Government advisory bodies.

Michael attended Nottingham Law School where he graduated with an LLB in 1988. He then went on to the Inns of Court School of Law and was called to the Bar in 1989.

He is married to Sofia and has 3 fabulous children.

Admitted in:
2005 - St. Kitts and Nevis
1999 - Turks & Caicos Islands (not practising)
1998 - Anguilla
1996 - British Virgin Islands
1989 - England and Wales (not practising)



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 Recognition

quotation mark  a “very impressive and powerful figure” in general commercial and trust disputes, and sources praise his deep knowledge and expertise quotation mark
Chambers 2008
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quotation mark  Highly respected corporate specialist handling all types of restructuring & insolvency issues quotation mark
PLC 2009
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quotation mark  Spearheads the firm’s ‘simply outstanding’ contentious team. ‘Michael is an experienced and technically strong lawyer who consistently produces advice with a clear strategic focus as opposed to simply answering questions of BVI law’ quotation mark
Legal 500 2009
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quotation mark  Michael Fay heads the litigation team and is held in high esteem by clients as “an extremely capable performer in court” with fine commercial acumen and courtroom instincts quotation mark
Chambers 2009
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