Nicholas Brookes

Partner  |  Ogier
JURISDICTION

TOP SPECIALISMS

Commercial Litigation

Estates: Contentious

Trusts: Contentious

Office Location

British Virgin Islands

Short Biography

Nick is BVI office head of Dispute Resolution. He has more than a decade's experience in BVI litigation, in particular in director and shareholder disputes, trust and estates litigation, insolvency, fraud and asset tracing, and general corporate and commercial disputes. He formerly worked as a commercial and chancery barrister in London. Nick has a specialism in trust, estates and contentious private client work. He ran the BVI aspect of Gany Holdings (PTC) SA v Khan and others [2018] UKPC 21, including successfully both in the Court of Appeal and Privy Council stages. He has also appeared in BVI aspect of the Scherbakov Estate case (Claim no. BVIHC (COM) 2018/134) and ran the Al Thani dispute (BVIHCVAP2021/0001) successfully at first instance and in the Court of Appeal, as well as working with a large number of other ultra HNW individuals and families.

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

La Manoir

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

Errors only become mistakes if you refuse to correct them.

What was your first job?

Insurance contract manager

What is the book you recommend to everyone?

Never Split the Difference: Negotiating as if Your Life Depended on It

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

A continual increase in HNW Middle East and Far East disputes and related issues (particularly from Dubai and Singapore), along with an increase in trust insolvency issues. There are also significant increases in Crypto disputes particularly with (at the time of writing) renewed buoyancy in crypto assets.