Feb 2025, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS – We are delighted to share that O’Neal Webster has again been recognized in Chambers Global Guide 2025 for the British Virgin Islands jurisdiction in Dispute Resolution and Corporate & Finance, including Funds categories. Ranked individuals include Paul Dennis, KC, for Dispute Resolution and Kerry Anderson and Christopher Simpson in Corporate & Finance, including Funds.
Chambers rankings are a definitive mark of excellence across the international legal profession. A ranking from Chambers shows that a particular law firm or lawyer stands out in the most rigorous, independent, and in-depth research process of any legal directory on the market and has emerged as one of the best in their field.
Managing Partner Vanessa King: “We congratulate Paul, Kerry, and Christopher on their well-deserved recognition in Chambers and Partners’ 2025 Global Guide. Their respective contributions to our dispute resolution, corporate, finance, funds, and regulatory practices strengthen our cross-team approach and enhance our ability to add value to client matters. We extend our gratitude to our clients and colleagues for their trust and support in achieving this recognition.”
Paul Dennis, KC, is the firm’s senior partner and head of the Litigation Department. The breadth of his experience as an advocate, since being called to the British Virgin Islands Bar, is focused on commercial litigation, corporate insolvency, and admiralty law. He has appeared in many leading international commercial cases at all levels of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court and before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London – the BVI’s highest appellate court. In recognition of his outstanding accomplishments as an advocate, Paul was appointed one of His Majesty’s Counsel on March 18, 2013.
Kerry Anderson, former managing partner, leads the firm’s Investment Funds, Regulatory and Digital Assets Practice, advising international clients on complex, multi-jurisdictional matters. Kerry has deep experience in fund formation and structuring and provides ongoing support for asset managers. His clients include US- and EU-based fund managers, emerging managers, and funds of all types, including private equity funds, alternative asset funds, public funds, crypto, and other alternative funds. Kerry also advises on joint venture deals, acquisitions, and financing for select international private and public corporations in various industries, including logistics, food, and technology, as well as on regulatory matters, including financial services, compliance, and tax and information exchange obligations.
Christopher Simpson is the head partner of the firm’s Corporate and Commercial Department. His practice focuses primarily on banking, finance, investment funds, and business and regulatory matters, including FinTech and digital assets. He advises a client base of leading financial institutions, corporations, and law firms. He has been involved in numerous IPOs throughout his career, including on AIM, TSX, NASDAQ, SGX, and the LSE. He has also been involved in groundbreaking deals, including one of the first-ever court-approved corporate arrangement schemes in the BVI and one of China’s largest single-asset real estate financings. Christopher has also acted on the launch of several investment funds and secured approval for many fund managers.
About Chambers and Partners:
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About O’Neal Webster:
Versatile, accessible, and collegial, O’Neal Webster lawyers provide sound, practical advice and prompt service to international and domestic clients from its British Virgin Islands and London offices. In 1989, O’Neal Webster was among the first law firms to establish exclusively in the BVI to serve onshore and offshore corporate, commercial, finance, banking, business, property, and trust and estate clients in transactional, regulatory, and litigation matters. Learn more here: www.onealwebster.com.
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