Iain Tucker
Partner
British Virgin Islands
Iain advises on contentious commercial work, focusing on international insolvency and fraud-related litigation.
As a member of our Insolvency & Dispute Resolution Group, he has extensive experience of complex, high-value cross-border disputes and proceedings. Iain regularly acts for clients based in North America, China and East Asia.
Iain has particular expertise in helping clients with freezing orders and other urgent injunctive relief, often in foreign Court and arbitration proceedings. He is an experienced advocate and has appeared in the British Virgin Islands Commercial Court (often as lead advocate), the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Court of Appeal and the Privy Council.
Iain has particular expertise in helping clients with freezing orders and other urgent injunctive relief, often in foreign Court and arbitration proceedings. He is an experienced advocate and has appeared in the British Virgin Islands Commercial Court (often as lead advocate), the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Court of Appeal and the Privy Council.
Iain is very concise and quick to the point.
Experience and recent work
Before joining Walkers, Iain worked in the Dispute Resolution team at Hogan Lovells where he developed significant experience in contentious insolvency-related matters. He also worked alongside us on the long-running Alfa Telecom v Cukurova litigation in the British Virgin Islands Commercial Court.
Iain has worked on some of the most high-profile disputes to come before the English courts, including for the Kazakh Bank BTA on their ground-breaking multi-billion dollar dispute in multiple jurisdictions (including the British Virgin Islands) – this is thought to be the largest fraud claim ever to come before the English Commercial Court.
Iain has worked on some of the most high-profile disputes to come before the English courts, including for the Kazakh Bank BTA on their ground-breaking multi-billion dollar dispute in multiple jurisdictions (including the British Virgin Islands) – this is thought to be the largest fraud claim ever to come before the English Commercial Court.
Qualifications
Admitted in:
- British Virgin Islands
- England and Wales (not practising)
Education:
- BA (Hons) in Law, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- Legal Practice Course, College of Law, London, UK
Iain is a member of the Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association (UK).
2025 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Dispute Resolution
Lexology Index - Recommended - Commercial Litigation
2024 Chambers Global - Dispute Resolution - Band 4
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 - Recommended Lawyer - Dispute Resolution
2018 Who's Who Legal - Litigation
Team Members
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