Rosalind Nicholson
Partner
British Virgin Islands
Rosalind specialises in corporate litigation and advises on strategy, risk management and corporate governance issues.
She focuses particularly on shareholder and boardroom disputes, contested takeovers, and contentious and non-contentious solvent and insolvent corporate restructuring and complex insolvency. As part of our Insolvency & Dispute Resolution Group, her work extends to all areas of company law in which a litigation risk might come up, or the need to apply to the court.
She started working at Walkers in 2016.
She started working at Walkers in 2016.
Rosalind is very bright and experienced.
Experience and recent work
Previously Rosalind worked as a barrister in the litigation department of another leading offshore British Virgin Islands firm. Before that she was a barrister for over 20 years at 4 Stone Buildings, Lincoln’s Inn, where she specialised in company law, corporate finance, corporate litigation and contentious and non-contentious restructuring. She was called to the bar in England and Wales in 1987.
Qualifications
Admitted in:
- British Virgin Islands
- England and Wales (not practising)
Rosalind is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and an Accredited Mediator.
2025 Legal 500 - Leading Partner - Dispute Resolution
Lexology Index - Thought Leader - Commercial Litigation
2024 Chambers Global - Dispute Resolution - Band 2
2023 Chambers Global - Notable Practitioner - Dispute Resolution - "Rosalind is a clear strategic thinker."
2023 Legal 500 - Leading Individual - Dispute Resolution - 'Rosalind Nicholson: a standout company lawyer who knows this field inside and out. A great strategist even in the most challenging of cases and a real fighter for her client. You need her on your side.’
2023 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Trusts & Private Client
2022 Who's Who Legal - Thought Leader - Commercial Litigation
2022 Chambers Global - Notable Practitioner - Dispute Resolution
2022 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Trusts & Private Client - ‘Rosalind Nicholson is a tough and practical litigator who brings her experience at the English bar to bear very effectively. I would much rather have her in my corner than against me.’
2022 Legal 500 - Leading Individual - Dispute Resolution - 'Ros Nicholson is the stand-out corporate / chancery lawyer on the island in my view. Her corporate knowledge is encyclopaedic and her legal judgment sharp and brilliant.’ and ‘Rosalind Nicholson is the doyen of corporate and shareholder disputes and without peer on any particularly difficult commercial chancery issue. She is pragmatic, knowledgeable and invaluable to have on your side of the trenches.'
2021 Who's Who Legal - Recommended - Commercial Litigation - Rosalind Nicholson ranks highly among peers who note she "knows all there is to know about the company and insolvency world."
2021 Chambers Global - Notable Practitioner - Dispute Resolution - Fellow practitioners highlight her "real depth of knowledge in company law." One source went as far as to call her "the best company lawyer in the BVI." Commentators add that "she is incredibly efficient" while being "always available for clients; she provides hands-on advice."
2021 Who's Who Legal - Recommended - Restructuring & Insolvency
2021 Legal 500 - Leading Individual - Dispute Resolution - "very client friendly. Fiercely intelligent and very good at getting to the heart of the issue."
2021 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Trusts & Private Client
2020 Chambers Global - Notable Practitioner - Dispute Resolution - "Rosalind is a powerhouse. She is absolutely amazing in court, a top insolvency lawyer in the BVI, and Walkers is lucky to have her."
2020 Legal 500 - Leading Individual - Dispute Resolution
2020 Who's Who Legal - Thought Leader - Litigation
2019 Who's Who Legal - Global Leader - Asset Recovery
2019 Who's Who Legal - Global Leader - Litigation
2019 Chambers Global Guide - Notable Practitioner - Dispute Resolution - "A source praised her as "very strong indeed - a good litigator and good company lawyer." Another commentator went further, lauding her as "one of strongest company lawyers in the jurisdiction."
2019 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer - Trusts & Private Client
2019 Legal 500 - Leading Individual - Dispute Resolution - "Rosalind Nicholson is 'an excellent litigator who does quality work' "
2018 Who's Who Legal - Litigation
2018 Chambers Global Guide - Notable Practitioner - Dispute Resolution - "Excellent litigator; her opinions and arguments hold a lot of weight." Another source praised her as a "person of real quality."
2018 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer - Dispute Resolution
2018 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer - Trusts & Private Client
2017 Chambers Global Guide – Notable Practitioner - Dispute Resolution - "[Rosalind] is well regarded by interviewees, who agree she is 'a very high-quality litigator'."
2017 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer - Dispute Resolution - "Rosalind Nicholson is ‘naturally very authoritative’ and is noted for her ‘vast experience of big-ticket litigation’."
2016 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer - Dispute Resolution
2012 Chambers & Partners - "A creative problem solver who is as commercial in her approach as she possibly could be."
2011 Legal 500 - Leading Lawyer - "Combines a rigorous intellectual examination of questions with a user-friendly approach”, “very reliable”.
2011 Chambers & Partners - “Whether working on corporate transactions or in the midst of company litigation, she has shown herself to be capable, receptive and a pleasure to deal with.”
Rosalind was recommended by both Chambers UK and the Legal 500 for many years for her expertise in Company Law.
Rosalind is the author of the following publications:
Articles of Association: Table A and the New Model Articles (Sweet & Maxwell, 2010)
Annotated Companies Acts: Financial Assistance for purchase of own shares; Reductions of Capital; Redenomination of Share Capital (Oxford University Press, 2006)
The role of Directors & their Duties and Responsibilities: Chapter 4, Potential Liabilities (City & Financial, 2000)
Rosalind is also a regular contributor to leading industry news sources including, but not limited to, the below:
Shareholder Relief: Eastern Caribbean Appeal Court Considers the Just and Equitable Grounds for Winding up a BVI Company, (Insol International News, March, 2015)
Defining Directorship: De Facto Directors and the BVI Business Company, (Mondaq, December, 2014)
Cross-Border Derivative Issues Considered in Hong Kong, (The Lawyer, September 5, 2014)
Foreign Arbitration Award Sufficient Basis for a BVI Statutory Demand, (The Lawyer, August 22, 2014)
International co-operation in cross-border insolvencies: smoothing the path for foreign liquidators in Hong Kong, (The Lawyer, August 19, 2014)
BVI Arbitration – FAQ (Insol International News, August, 2014)
A Democratic Solution: Managing the Headcount Test in Schemes of Arrangement Offshore (Insol World, April, 2013)
Lexology Index - Thought Leader - Commercial Litigation
2024 Chambers Global - Dispute Resolution - Band 2
2023 Chambers Global - Notable Practitioner - Dispute Resolution - "Rosalind is a clear strategic thinker."
2023 Legal 500 - Leading Individual - Dispute Resolution - 'Rosalind Nicholson: a standout company lawyer who knows this field inside and out. A great strategist even in the most challenging of cases and a real fighter for her client. You need her on your side.’
2023 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Trusts & Private Client
2022 Who's Who Legal - Thought Leader - Commercial Litigation
2022 Chambers Global - Notable Practitioner - Dispute Resolution
2022 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Trusts & Private Client - ‘Rosalind Nicholson is a tough and practical litigator who brings her experience at the English bar to bear very effectively. I would much rather have her in my corner than against me.’
2022 Legal 500 - Leading Individual - Dispute Resolution - 'Ros Nicholson is the stand-out corporate / chancery lawyer on the island in my view. Her corporate knowledge is encyclopaedic and her legal judgment sharp and brilliant.’ and ‘Rosalind Nicholson is the doyen of corporate and shareholder disputes and without peer on any particularly difficult commercial chancery issue. She is pragmatic, knowledgeable and invaluable to have on your side of the trenches.'
2021 Who's Who Legal - Recommended - Commercial Litigation - Rosalind Nicholson ranks highly among peers who note she "knows all there is to know about the company and insolvency world."
2021 Chambers Global - Notable Practitioner - Dispute Resolution - Fellow practitioners highlight her "real depth of knowledge in company law." One source went as far as to call her "the best company lawyer in the BVI." Commentators add that "she is incredibly efficient" while being "always available for clients; she provides hands-on advice."
2021 Who's Who Legal - Recommended - Restructuring & Insolvency
2021 Legal 500 - Leading Individual - Dispute Resolution - "very client friendly. Fiercely intelligent and very good at getting to the heart of the issue."
2021 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Trusts & Private Client
2020 Chambers Global - Notable Practitioner - Dispute Resolution - "Rosalind is a powerhouse. She is absolutely amazing in court, a top insolvency lawyer in the BVI, and Walkers is lucky to have her."
2020 Legal 500 - Leading Individual - Dispute Resolution
2020 Who's Who Legal - Thought Leader - Litigation
2019 Who's Who Legal - Global Leader - Asset Recovery
2019 Who's Who Legal - Global Leader - Litigation
2019 Chambers Global Guide - Notable Practitioner - Dispute Resolution - "A source praised her as "very strong indeed - a good litigator and good company lawyer." Another commentator went further, lauding her as "one of strongest company lawyers in the jurisdiction."
2019 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer - Trusts & Private Client
2019 Legal 500 - Leading Individual - Dispute Resolution - "Rosalind Nicholson is 'an excellent litigator who does quality work' "
2018 Who's Who Legal - Litigation
2018 Chambers Global Guide - Notable Practitioner - Dispute Resolution - "Excellent litigator; her opinions and arguments hold a lot of weight." Another source praised her as a "person of real quality."
2018 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer - Dispute Resolution
2018 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer - Trusts & Private Client
2017 Chambers Global Guide – Notable Practitioner - Dispute Resolution - "[Rosalind] is well regarded by interviewees, who agree she is 'a very high-quality litigator'."
2017 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer - Dispute Resolution - "Rosalind Nicholson is ‘naturally very authoritative’ and is noted for her ‘vast experience of big-ticket litigation’."
2016 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer - Dispute Resolution
2012 Chambers & Partners - "A creative problem solver who is as commercial in her approach as she possibly could be."
2011 Legal 500 - Leading Lawyer - "Combines a rigorous intellectual examination of questions with a user-friendly approach”, “very reliable”.
2011 Chambers & Partners - “Whether working on corporate transactions or in the midst of company litigation, she has shown herself to be capable, receptive and a pleasure to deal with.”
Rosalind was recommended by both Chambers UK and the Legal 500 for many years for her expertise in Company Law.
Rosalind is the author of the following publications:
Articles of Association: Table A and the New Model Articles (Sweet & Maxwell, 2010)
Annotated Companies Acts: Financial Assistance for purchase of own shares; Reductions of Capital; Redenomination of Share Capital (Oxford University Press, 2006)
The role of Directors & their Duties and Responsibilities: Chapter 4, Potential Liabilities (City & Financial, 2000)
Rosalind is also a regular contributor to leading industry news sources including, but not limited to, the below:
Shareholder Relief: Eastern Caribbean Appeal Court Considers the Just and Equitable Grounds for Winding up a BVI Company, (Insol International News, March, 2015)
Defining Directorship: De Facto Directors and the BVI Business Company, (Mondaq, December, 2014)
Cross-Border Derivative Issues Considered in Hong Kong, (The Lawyer, September 5, 2014)
Foreign Arbitration Award Sufficient Basis for a BVI Statutory Demand, (The Lawyer, August 22, 2014)
International co-operation in cross-border insolvencies: smoothing the path for foreign liquidators in Hong Kong, (The Lawyer, August 19, 2014)
BVI Arbitration – FAQ (Insol International News, August, 2014)
A Democratic Solution: Managing the Headcount Test in Schemes of Arrangement Offshore (Insol World, April, 2013)
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British Virgin Islands
