Cross-border contentious and advisory work represents a defining aspect of XXIV Old Buildings’ practice. XXIV Old Buildings has a pre-eminent international and offshore practice covering a large number of jurisdictions.
The “premier offshore” set (Chambers and Partners), its members have demonstrable expertise in all the major offshore jurisdictions, including the Cayman Islands, the BVI, Bermuda, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Jersey, and Dubai. Members also have substantial experience of cross border issues in numerous onshore jurisdictions in Continental and Eastern Europe, the Russian Federation, Africa, China and North America.
With particularly strong connections to Dubai, members of XXIV Old Buildings have an established reputation in the Middle East for acting in litigation and arbitration within the commercial, construction, and banking and finance areas.
Corporate and commercial matters, trust related work and financial based cases are among the core pillars of the set’s offshore offering.
Many of our barristers are full members of, or have been called, ad hoc, to, the local Bars of these offshore centres. They have also assisted in drafting offshore legislation having been instructed by international Trust Law Reform Committees.
XXIV Old Buildings’ international presence is enhanced and supported by its highly effective office in Geneva.
For more information on our members’ expertise or to discuss a particular matter, please contact us.
Privy Council and Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal matter concerning enforcement of oral wills in the BVI
This important judgment by the Cayman Court of Appeal is the first appellate decision to confirm the Grand Court’s jurisdictional power and scope to support injunctions in support of foreign arbitrations under section 54 of the Cayman Arbitration Act 2012.
Acting in a dispute concerning a Bahamian Trust which owns very valuable Hong Kong corporate assets, and which carries out its activity through companies in the BVI and Hong Kong.
Acting on behalf of c.700 beneficiaries of three Jersey-law trusts, who successfully recovered debt assets with a book value of over £410m.
Acting for the Swiss bank in claim brought in Bermuda by the former prime minister of Georgia arising out frauds committed by a rogue employee.
An application to the DIFC Court of Appeal regarding a preliminary trial related to recoverability of loss and the status of foreign law in the DIFC.
A DIFC claim filed by an Indian development finance institution against a Kuwaiti telecoms provider.
Multi-billion-dollar litigation in Bermuda challenging the validity of, and transfers, into five purpose trusts and the use of powers of addition and exclusion to destroy the substratum of a discretionary trust for the benefit of the family.
Acting in litigation concerning the assets of the late Robert Brockman who was, before his death, accused of the largest US tax fraud in history.
Acting for claimant beneficiaries in complex multi-jurisdictional trust litigation including claims in equitable mistake in the Cayman and the BVI to recover property from trustees.