Iain Tucker

Partner

British Virgin Islands

T +1 284 852 2230

M +1 284 542 2230

E iain.tucker@walkersglobal.com

Practice Areas

Iain Tucker joined the British Virgin Islands office in 2018 where he is a partner in the Insolvency & Dispute Resolution Group.

He advises on contentious commercial work with a particular focus on international insolvency and fraud-related litigation. Iain brings extensive experience in complex, high-value, cross-border disputes and proceedings. He regularly acts for clients based in North America, China and East Asia.

Iain has particular experience in assisting clients in relation to freezing orders and other urgent injunctive relief, often in support of foreign Court and arbitration proceedings. He is an experienced advocate and, prior to joining Walkers, in addition to representing clients as solicitor in commercial proceedings at all levels up to and including the English Supreme Court, appeared as solicitor-advocate before both the Commercial Court and High Court, Chancery Division in London. Since joining Walkers, he has appeared in the BVI Commercial Court (frequently as lead advocate), the ECSC Court of Appeal and the Privy Council.

Prior Employment Experience

Prior to joining Walkers, Iain worked in the Dispute Resolution team at Hogan Lovells where he acted alongside Walkers for many years on the long-running Alfa Telecom v Cukurova litigation in the British Virgin Islands Commercial Court, including many hearings before the ECSC Court of Appeal and the Privy Council.

He also acted on some of the most high profile disputes to come before the English courts, including acting for the Kazakh Bank BTA on the ground-breaking multi-billion dollar dispute in multiple jurisdictions (including the BVI) against its former Chairman, Mukhtar Ablyazov; these proceedings are thought to be the largest fraud claim ever to come before the English Commercial Court.

While at Hogan Lovells, Iain also developed significant experience in contentious insolvency-related matters.

Admitted in & Qualifications

Admitted In:
British Virgin Islands
England and Wales (not practising)

Qualifications:
BA (Hons) in Law, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
Legal Practice Course, College of Law, London, UK

Other Distinctions

2023 Chambers Global - Notable Practitioner - Dispute Resolution - "Iain Tucker is pragmatic and commercially astute."

2023 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Dispute Resolution

2022 Who's Who Legal - Recommended - Investigations

2022 Chambers Global - Notable Practitioner - Dispute Resolution

2022 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Dispute Resolution - 'A very sophisticated lawyer and an expert in international fraud and insolvency litigation.’

2021 Who's Who Legal - Recommended - Investigations

2021 Chambers Global - Notable Practitioner - Dispute Resolution - Commentators laud him as "available, responsive, thoughtful and effective," and go on to praise that "he's technically a very good lawyer and up to speed with the latest developments."

2021 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Dispute Resolution - "Highly personable and a great team player."

2020 Who's Who Legal - Future Leader (Partners) - Litigation

2020 Who's Who Legal - Global Leader - Investigations

2019 Legal 500 - Recomended Lawyer - Dispute Resolution

2018 Who's Who Legal - Litigation

Boards & Associations

Iain is a member of the Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association (UK).

News, Matters and Publications

ADVISORY

Service Not Included - The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Civil Procedure Rules 2000 (as amended) (the "CPR") manifest a c...
Appeals to the Privy Council: 21 days does not mean 21 days and 13 hours - On 12 July 2021, the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (the "Court of Appeal") ...
BVI Court Rejects "Improper Purpose" Argument in an Application to Set Aside a Statutory Demand - In the recent judgment of the ECSC in the matter of Sumner Group Mining Limited v Zica S.A (BVIHC (C...
Setting Aside Company Transactions Involving Jersey, Guernsey and BVI Companies - Financial pressure can change perspectives on transactions - whether through the lens of an insolven...
BVI法院指定接管人接管中国法院判定债务人的资产 - 最近的一项英属维尔京群岛 (“BVI”) 法院判决BVIHC(Com) 2018年第0032号值得注�...

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NEWS

Walkers Leads Legal 500 2023 Offshore Lawyer Rankings - Walkers is proud to receive 44 individual lawyer rankings in the 2023 Legal 500 Caribbean directory ...
Walkers' BVI Office Celebrates its 20 Year Anniversary - Walkers, the international law firm, is celebrating 20 years of operating in the British Virgin Isla...
Walkers Named Best BVI Law Firm 2021 at Who's Who Legal Awards - Walkers is pleased to announce that its BVI office was recently named as the Best BVI Law Firm 2021 ...
Walkers Scoops Asset Recovery and Restructuring & Insolvency Awards at 2021 Who's Who Legal Awards - Walkers is pleased to announce that its Global Insolvency & Dispute Resolution ("IDR") Group has won...
Walkers Leads Legal 500 2022 Offshore Lawyer Rankings - Walkers is pleased to announce it has received 44 individual lawyer rankings in the 2022 Legal 500 C...