
Nicholas Brookes
Partner
British Virgin Islands

Nicholas Brookes
Partner
British Virgin Islands
Services
We have the knowledge and expertise to handle the most demanding and complex transactions and provide expert, efficient and cost effective services to all our clients. Our commercial understanding and experience of working with leading financial institutions, professional advisers and regulatory bodies enable us to add real value to our clients’ businesses.
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Our sector approach relies on smart collaboration between our business divisions, our service lines and our jurisdictions. These sector-based teams have a deep understanding of related businesses and industry dynamics. The specific combination of our highly informed experts helps our clients see around corners.
We have the knowledge and expertise to handle the most demanding and complex transactions and provide expert, efficient and cost effective services to all our clients. Our commercial understanding and experience of working with leading financial institutions, professional advisers and regulatory bodies enable us to add real value to our clients’ businesses.
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Ogier provides practical advice on a unique combination of six laws: BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Irish, Jersey and Luxembourg. Our global network covers Asian, European and US time zones.
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Providing exceptional and efficient service, our Corporate, Funds, Private Wealth and Capital Markets teams offer clients integrated legal and corporate administration services with a strong reputation in governance and regulatory compliance.
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Our sector approach relies on smart collaboration between our business divisions, our service lines and our jurisdictions. These sector-based teams have a deep understanding of related businesses and industry dynamics. The specific combination of our highly informed experts helps our clients see around corners.
Ogier provides practical advice on BVI, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Irish, Jersey and Luxembourg law through our global network of offices across the Asian, Caribbean and European timezones. Ogier is the only firm to advise on this unique combination of laws.
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The continued global growth in the use and value of cryptoassets has seen an accompanying rise in crypto disputes.
From fraud and asset tracing, restructuring, shareholder and fund disputes to regulatory and private client concerns, many areas of litigation have a nexus with cryptoassets.
Our team successfully combines market-leading legal expertise with the necessary technical knowledge of cryptoassets, including NFTs and cryptocurrencies, to effectively support our clients in this area.
With a strong track record of supporting clients across a range of disputes, our Dispute Resolution specialists work closely with other Ogier teams with a specialisation in crypto to provide an end-to-end service.
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Nicholas Brookes
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British Virgin Islands
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17 February 2023
Ogier the go-to firm for crypto disputes with appointment to represent liquidators of FTX Digital Markets
Grant Carroll
Team: Justin Davis, Brian Lacy, Oliver Payne
British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong
Case
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加密货币纠纷的法律顾问首选——奥杰获任命担任 FTX Digital Markets清盘人的法律顾问 Ogier the go-to firm for crypto disputes with appointment to represent liquidators of FTX Digital Markets (Simplified Chinese)
Grant Carroll
Team: Justin Davis, Brian Lacy, Oliver Payne, Sophie Zhong, Kelvin Cheung
British Virgin Islands
Case
17 February 2023
仮想通貨訴訟屈指の法律事務所オジエ、FTX Digital Markets の清算人代表を受託 Ogier the go-to firm for crypto disputes with appointment to represent liquidators of FTX Digital Markets (Japanese)
Grant Carroll
Team: Justin Davis, Oliver Payne, Brian Lacy, Sophie Zhong, Andrea Ho
British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong
Case
8 July 2022
Cross-border Ogier team advises joint liquidators appointed over cryptocurrency hedge fund Three Arrows Capital Limited
Grant Carroll
Team: Justin Davis, Sarah Latham, Maria On, Alan Wong, Shane Quinn, Romauld Johnson, and 1 more
British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong
Case
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Alex Horsbrugh-Porter elected fellow of the Insolvency Practitioners Association
News
23 February 2023
Three Arrows case sees what is believed to be BVI's first ever extra-territorial summoning of company directors to appear for a private examination by joint liquidators
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Team: Grant Carroll, Justin Davis, Brian Lacy, Oliver Payne
British Virgin Islands
Insight
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British Virgin Islands enacts new Virtual Assets Service Providers Act
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Team: Alan Wong
Hong Kong
Insight
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Cross-border Ogier team advises joint liquidators appointed over cryptocurrency hedge fund
Grant Carroll
Team: Justin Davis, Sarah Latham, Maria On, Alan Wong, Shane Quinn, Ada Chan, and 2 more
British Virgin Islands, Hong Kong
News
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BVI Court freezes crypto wallets
Daniel Mitchell
Team: Brian Lacy
British Virgin Islands
Insight
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INSOL Europe insights: cryptoassets and insolvency
Alex Horsbrugh-Porter
Team: Fay Warrilow, Mathew Newman
Guernsey
Insight
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Snapshot: Crypto recovery
Jennifer Fox
Team: Jeremy Snead
Cayman Islands, London
Insight
14 February 2020
Crypto-assets as property: Cayman litigators' tools to assist in their tracing and recovery
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Cayman Islands
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