Eleanor Morgan

Office Location

British Virgin Islands

Short Biography

I’m the Managing Partner and Practice Leader of the Litigation team in our BVI office. I have practised in the BVI since 2011, before which, I worked in London at Macfarlanes LLP. I have extensive experience acting on a wide range of international litigation, contentious trust and insolvency matters, with emphasis on distressed funds work. I have been involved in many of the largest offshore disputes to come before the BVI Court in recent history including advising the beneficiaries and/or trustees of BVI trusts in relation to a wide range of different issues, including breach of trust claims, contested probate disputes, beneficiaries; information requests, issues with chains of trusteeship and in cases where the trustee has been named in foreign divorce proceedings in which the settlor or a beneficiary is a party.

What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?

Sushi Bar (BVI)

What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?

Women should lift each other up (not tear each other down)

What was your first job?

Doorman at a private members' club!

What is the book you recommend to everyone?

I don't recommend books - I like cheesy page-turning chicklit

What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?

We are involved in a number of contentious probate disputes relating to very large international estates, in a way that was not common 18 months ago. I don't expect any particular changes over the next year, but things get busier and busier, with increasing probate disputes.