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Signature Litigation’s BVI-based proceedings case featured in Commercial Dispute Resolution. 

This article has been published in Commercial Dispute Resolution, 24 October 2016, and can be found here.

“Channel Islands-headquartered Collas Crill has announced its expansion into the British Virgin Islands with a merger between itself and local firm Farara Kerins.

Channel Islands law firm Collas Crill is to merge with British Virgin Islands (BVI) law firm Farara Kerins in January 2017, creating a local BVI practice which will focus on dispute resolution, corporate and funds, led by senior partners Gerard Farara QC and Charles Kerins…

…Last year, UK firm Signature Litigation secured a victory in BVI-based proceedings related to ‘carried interest’ in a limited liability partnership in the BVI. The firm acted for the respondents in a case, Krys v KBC Partners, concerning investments made by the late Boris Berezovsky, a Russian oligarch best known for his litigation against Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich, and his Georgian friend and fellow oligarch, the late Arcady ‘Badri’ Patarkatsishvili.”