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Forbes Hare is an independent law firm practising British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Anguilla, St Kitts, Nevis, and Grenada Law. Our core practice areas are litigation, insolvency, corporate, finance, investments funds and private client and trust law.
We have an experienced litigation team which is able to assist in contentious matters of practically any nature. The majority of work we undertake involves, in one way or another, disputes involving offshore structures and entities in the British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands. Much of our work has cross-border elements. While our primary markets are the BVI and Cayman Islands, we are also able to assist in cases involving other common law Caribbean jurisdictions where we have lawyers locally admitted and/or relationships with local firms.
We have a broad-based corporate insolvency practice, and act for creditors, debtors and office holders in a variety of insolvency and restructuring situations. We have considerable familiarity with the use of insolvency remedies in fraud and asset tracing exercises, and in shareholder disputes.
+1 284 852 1890
William is a founding partner of the firm and heads the firm’s litigation and insolvency group. He is a generalist who undertakes a broad range of legal work including litigation and insolvency, general corporate work, distressed (or insolvent) investment funds and regulatory advice.
William has substantial experience of international commercial litigation, contentious insolvency, shareholder disputes, fraud and asset tracing, and trust litigation. He has appeared or acted in many of the leading cases in the BVI in recent years, and has 20 years’ experience of a variety of market sectors. Non-contentious experience includes complex corporate work (transactional, restructuring and general advisory), regulatory work and risk management. He serves, or has served, as external counsel/liaison partner for a number of the firm’s clients.
Bar Admissions
Admitted to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis).
Admitted to the Bar of England & Wales (now non-practising).
+44 203 934 8988
José, managing partner (BVI) and Head of Corporate advises corporate and private clients in relation to wealth-holding structures, corporate, corporate finance and investment fund services. He joined Forbes Hare from Maples and Calder as a corporate partner in 2010. He trained and qualified with Baker McKenzie in London, and has over 20 years’ experience working for leading firms in London, the Cayman Islands and the BVI. He is bilingual in English and Spanish and also has a good working knowledge of Brazilian Portuguese. José heads the firm’s Latin American practice.
On the corporate side, José specialises in all aspects of corporate and commercial transactions including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, debt and equity financings, public financing (including listings on all the major markets), structured finance and offshore investment funds. He has particular niche expertise in Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) transactions, having advised on the majority of the leading BVI and Cayman SPAC offerings and subsequent business combinations.
In the private client sphere, José advises families, individuals and their professional service providers in relation to the establishment and management of compliant wealth-holding structures. A significant proportion of this work originates in Latin America.
Contact
Head Office
Main Location
Qwomar Building, PO Box 4649
Road Town
Tortola, VG1110
BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
Regional Offices
Cassia Court, Camana Bay,
Suite 716, 10 Market Street
Grand Cayman , KY1-9006
CAYMAN ISLANDS
Seefeldstrasse 123
P.O. Box 8008
Zurich, Switzerland
Executive Director
Rafael Truan Blanco
The Law Firm Network is a network of independent law firms originated in 1989. Our members are not affiliated in the joint practice of law; each member firm is an independent law firm and renders professional services on an individual and separate basis
The Law Firm Network is a network of independent law firms originated in 1989. Our members are not affiliated in the joint practice of law; each member firm is an independent law firm and renders professional services on an individual and separate basis
