Nicholas Burkill

Practice Areas

Banking Disputes, Corporate, Corporate and Financial Services Disputes, Dispute Resolution, Enforcement of Judgments and Awards, Equity Capital Markets, Fraud and Asset Tracing, Funds Disputes, International Arbitration, Investigations and Regulatory Advice, Regulatory, Restructuring and Insolvency, Shareholder and Valuation Disputes, Trusts Disputes

Career

Nick has vast experience representing clients in international disputes before the courts and in arbitrations.

Nick has significant expertise in civil fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and asset tracing cases that have usually involved interim freezing and disclosure orders. He has represented clients in obtaining these orders and in resisting them. He has acted in shareholder disputes, joint venture disputes, breach of confidence claims, the enforcement of post termination restrictive covenants and contractual disputes in a large number of sectors.

In addition, Nick has developed significant expertise in the conduct of internal investigations and in corruption issues, including advising clients on the development of anti-corruption procedures designed to comply with international standards.

His recent experience in the BVI includes shareholder and company control disputes, asset tracing/preservation and enforcement, civil fraud, contentious trusts, commercial litigation and arbitration.

Professional Memberships

Chair of the BVI Arbitration Group

Founder Anti-Fraud Network

Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

Member of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Rules Review Committee

Member of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee 2002-2008

Member of the Chancery Court Users Committee 2011 - 2016

Committee member of the London Solicitors Litigation Association 2003-2012