Justin Davis
Global Guide 2024
Up and Coming : Offshore: Dispute Resolution
Up and Coming
About
Provided by Justin Davis
Practice Areas
BVI Law in Europe and Asia
Corporate and Financial Services Disputes
Crypto Disputes
Dispute Resolution
Enforcement of Judgments and Awards
Fraud and Asset Tracing
International Arbitration
Restructuring and Insolvency
Career
Prior to joining Ogier, Justin practised at a leading set of barristers' chambers at the Commercial Bar in London for 14 years before moving to the BVI in early 2017.
Justin's recent work includes:
Acting for the Joint Liquidators of Unigroup International Holdings Ltd ("UIH") and Tsinghua Unigroup International Co. Ltd ("TUI"). UIH and TUI are both companies incorporated in the BVI.
Acting for the Joint Liquidators (the "JLs") of Three Arrows Capital Limited ("3AC"), one of the most prominent cryptocurrency hedge funds. On 27 June 2022 the BVI Court appointed Teneo as the JLs of 3AC further to the hearing of applications from 3AC itself and from a consortium of creditors. Since the JLs' appointment, 3AC has filed for Chapter 15 bankruptcy protection in the Southern District of New York and the JLs have filed recognition proceedings in Singapore.
Re Luckin Coffee Inc ("Luckin Coffee") in provisional liquidation. Acting as BVI and Cayman lawyers for a BVI company which was a creditor of each of Haode Investment Inc. (in liquidation ("Haode") and Summer Fame Limited (in liquidation) ("Summer Fame"), both BVI companies, and Primus Investments Fund, L.P. (in liquidation) ("Primus"), an exempted limited partnership registered pursuant to the laws of the Cayman Islands. Each of Haode, Summer Fame and Primus were registered ordinary shareholders in Luckin Coffee, an exempted company incorporated in the Cayman Islands formerly listed on NASDAQ.
Admitted in:
2003 - England and Wales (non-practising)
2017 - British Virgin Islands
Chambers Review
Global
Justin Davis has a strong track record of advising clients in the area of restructurings and liquidations. He handles insolvency disputes involving multiple parties and jurisdictions, including those relating to Chapter 15 and Chapter 11 proceedings.