Kobre & Kim to advise Chinese financial firms from BVI office
Kobre & Kim, the conflict-free litigation boutique focusing solely on cross-border disputes, has announced the opening of an office in the British Virgin Islands.China is expected to be a key focus for the practice.
Chinese corporates and financial firms working in China will be the key focus for the BVI office as the firm expects an increasing number of Chinese corporate and financial firms to be caught-up in BVI-related litigation.
James Corbett QC and Tim Prudhoe, both English barristers with experience in the Caribbean, will lead the firm's initiative in the British Virgin Islands.
"Our expansion into the British Virgin Islands was in response to growing demand. With strong ties to Asia and the Commercial Court, the British Virgin Islands is a leading jurisdiction for high stakes financial and insolvency disputes," Prudhoe said.
The firm has announced the appointment of several new lawyers, providing a range of language capabilities to the firm's cross-border insolvency and judgment enforcement, trusts and estates, and investment funds disputes groups.
Kobre & Kim also has an office in Hong Kong that will be assisting in the cases involving China and the BVI. The firm provides services for private equity funds domiciled in the US or seeking to target US investors, especially with US authorities pushing to extend their oversight offshore.
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