Andrew Thorp

Andrew Thorp is a partner with Harneys in Road Town, Tortola, British Virgin Islands, where heads up the firm's BVI litigation and insolvency practice group. For over a decade, he has advised law firms, banks, funds, private-equity houses and trust companies on all aspects of BVI contentious law. Mr. Terzo has particular expertise in cross-border asset recovery and insolvency work and is a recognised industry leader. Much of his focus is on pre-emptive remedies, including freezing orders, provisional liquida- tions and discovery orders, often against a background of fraud. He has acted in numerous successful asset-retrieval operations across CIS, Latin America and Asia alongside teams from Harneys, other international law firms and investigatory professionals. Mr. Thorp has been at the forefront of develop- ing insolvency law in the BVI, having successfully led teams in the seminal hedge fund cases following the liquidity crises and high-profile frauds of the last 10 years. Additionally, he has pioneered a number cross-border protocols between court officers and is regularly retained to advise on the restructuring of international distressed structures. Mr. Thorp is a director of INSOL Global as well as chairman of RISA (Restructuring and Insolvency Professional Association). He is also an honorary member of COMBAR and the Chancery Bar Association, and he contributes to The Offshore Litigation Blog, a Harneys blog that shares news and views about litigation, dispute resolution, restructuring and insolvency offshore. Mr. Thorp is ranked in Band 1 by Chambers & Partners in the British Virgin Islands, is recommended by Legal 500, IFLR 1000 and Citywealth's Leaders List; and is recognized as being among the world's leading asset-recovery and private client lawyers by Who's Who Legal.