Simon Hall
Practice Expertise
Areas of Practice
- Dispute Resolution and Litigation
- Restructuring and Insolvency
Profile
Simon Hall is a partner in Carey Olsen's dispute resolution and litigation practice in the British Virgin Islands (BVI).
Simon moved to the BVI in 2015 and has significant BVI litigation experience. His caseload has primarily involved shareholder / director disputes, fraud and asset tracing, contentious trust and probate, and insolvency work. This has also included a wide array of interlocutory work including applications for freezing orders, prohibitory injunctions and the appointment of receivers. Simon has conducted litigation before the BVI Commercial Court, ECSC Court of Appeal and the Privy Council. He has acted for a wide range of clients including large financial institutions, high net worth individuals, insolvency practitioners and professional trustees.
Simon also has considerable advocacy experience and regularly appears as lead and junior counsel before the BVI Commercial Court and ECSC Court of Appeal. He has conducted numerous trials in the BVI as well as interlocutory hearings (on and without notice), and interlocutory and final appeals.
Areas of Practice
- Dispute Resolution and Litigation
- Restructuring and Insolvency
Professional Career
Recent Experience British Virgin Islands Restructuring & Insolvency chapter 2023 (Lexology/GTDT)Fraud, Asset Tracing & Recovery 2023 - British Virgin Islands (Commercial Dispute Resolution, CDR)Five chapters authored for Commercial Dispute Resolution (CDR) Fraud Asset Tracing and Recovery 2023BVI litigation briefing: Significant changes to court rules governing service out of the jurisdiction come into effect from 31 July 202320 lawyers from Carey Olsen's Bermuda, BVI and Cayman Islands offices ranked in Chambers Global 2023Carey Olsen promotes four lawyers to the partnership across BVI, Guernsey and Jersey officesCarey Olsen attending the IBA Annual Litigation Forum in Buenos Aires22 Carey Olsen lawyers recognised in 2024 edition of The Legal 500 CaribbeanBritish Virgin Islands Litigation Guide 2024 (Chambers)