Scott Cruickshank
Partner
About Scott
Scott is the Office Head and Head of Litigation of the BVI office. He has worked at the forefront of complex, high-value BVI litigation for almost 15 years. He has considerable experience in shareholder disputes, insolvency, fraud and asset tracing, trust litigation, and corporate and commercial disputes generally.
Prior to 2008, Scott was a practising Barrister at the Scottish Bar where he built up a sizeable and successful practice as a corporate and commercial litigator. In February 2008, Scott relocated to the BVI. In September 2009, he was appointed Partner and Head of Litigation of the BVI office of Lennox Paton. He remained in this position for in excess of 12 years prior to joining HFW.
Scott routinely works with financial institutions and corporate and commercial clients based throughout the world on large multi-jurisdictional disputes and transactions. He has substantial courtroom experience matched with an acute commercial acumen.
In addition to corporate and commercial litigation, Scott also has a wide experience of ADR procedures such as arbitration and mediation. Scott is a Fellow of INSOL International, being the first BVI practitioner to have successfully completed the INSOL Global Insolvency Practice Course. Scott is also a member of the Recovery and Insolvency Specialists Association (RISA) in the BVI (and is a former board member and former member of RISA’s Technical Advisory Committee); and a member of the BVI Bar Association. He also remains a non-practising member of the Faculty of Advocates in Scotland.
Scott is consistently ranked by Chambers Global, The Legal 500 Caribbean and Who’s Who Legal. He also received Lexology’s exclusive Client Choice Award 2020 for Asset Recovery in the BVI.
Scott兼任英属维尔京办事处负责人及诉讼业务组负责人。他在英属维尔京拥有15年处理复杂、高价值诉讼的经验。同时, Scott在股权争议、破产、欺诈与资产追踪、信托诉讼及公司法和一般商业争议领域也拥有丰富的经验。
2008年前，Scott是苏格兰大律师协会的诉讼执业律师，并在当地创建了成功，上规模的公司法与商业诉讼业务。同年2月，Scott转战英属维尔京群岛。2009年9月，他成为Lennox Paton律师事务所合伙人并成为该所英属维尔京群岛办事处的诉讼业务负责人。他在这一职位任职逾12年，直至2022年加入夏礼文律师事务所。
Scott常年与设立于世界各地的金融机构、公司和商业客户合作处理大型多司法管辖区的商业纠纷。他拥有丰富的法庭经验和敏锐的商业头脑。 在公司法及商业诉讼领域外，Scott在仲裁和调解等庭外解决的途径也有着丰富的经验。Scott是INSOL（国际重组、破产和破产专业人士协会）国际的研究员，是第一位成功完成INSOL全球破产实务课程的英属维尔京群岛从业人员。Scott还是英属维尔京群岛恢复和破产专家协会 (RISA)的成员（并且是RISA技术咨询委员会的前董事会成员和前成员），还是英属维尔京群岛律师协会的成员。他一直都是苏格兰倡导者学院的非执业会员。
Scott常年荣膺《钱伯斯全球》、《法律事务500强》（加勒比地区）、以及《法律名人录》排名。他还在英属维尔京群岛的资产追回案件领域获得了Lexology 2020年独家评选的“客户之选”大奖。