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Mark Rowlands
Lawyer
BVI
Commerce House, Waterfront Drive
Road Town, Tortola VG 1110
British Virgin Islands
+1 284 852 1604
BVI
Commerce House, Waterfront Drive
Road Town, Tortola VG 1110
British Virgin Islands
+1 284 852 1604

Mark Rowlands specializes in complex international and cross-border disputes and investigations with a focus on contentious trusts, corporate and investment structures, and duties of fiduciaries. He also represents clients in cases involving international enforcement of judgments and arbitral awards, contractual disputes, and corporate insolvency. Mark has worked on some of the most significant cases in the BVI that have established important precedent in relation to international judgment enforcement and the jurisdictions and powers of the BVI courts, and is regularly instructed by ultra-high-net-worth individuals to advise and act in connection with complex matters engaging multiple jurisdictions and areas of practice.

Before joining Kobre & Kim, Mark practiced at another leading BVI law firm, where he handled a wide range of litigation including contentious trusts, complex fraud, corporate insolvency, and asset recovery. Before that, he practiced as an independent barrister at the chambers of Sir Geoffrey Cox KC, the former Attorney General of England and Wales, specializing in commercial chancery, insolvency and property law, and from 2014 to 2015 opened and managed an affiliate office of Thomas More Chambers in the Ebene Cybercity, Mauritius, specializing in private-client, insolvency, and arbitration.

Mark is a member of the Restructuring and Insolvency Specialists Association, the Chancery Bar Association, and the Commercial Bar Association.

Admissions

  • Barrister, Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands)
  • Barrister, England and Wales

Education

  • University College London, LLM
  • University of Law, LLB
  • University of Nottingham, BA and MA

Accolades

  • STEP Private Client Awards 2023/24, International Legal Team of the Year (midsize firm), Shortlist

 

Professional & Community Involvement

  • Chancery Bar Association, Member
  • Commercial Bar Association, Member
  • BVI Bar Association, Member

Publications & Presentations

  • Speaker, “The Politics of Cooperation: An Introduction to the Issues in Cross-border Insolvency Law” (University of Mauritius and University of Central Lancashire, Mauritius, February 2015)

Credentials

Admissions

  • Barrister, Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands)
  • Barrister, England and Wales

Education

  • University College London, LLM
  • University of Law, LLB
  • University of Nottingham, BA and MA

Accolades

  • STEP Private Client Awards 2023/24, International Legal Team of the Year (midsize firm), Shortlist

Professional & Community Involvement

  • Chancery Bar Association, Member
  • Commercial Bar Association, Member
  • BVI Bar Association, Member

Publications & Presentations

  • Speaker, “The Politics of Cooperation: An Introduction to the Issues in Cross-border Insolvency Law” (University of Mauritius and University of Central Lancashire, Mauritius, February 2015)