Matt Richardson joined Grant Thornton BVI in 2017 and has spent over 17 years living and working in the British Virgin Islands. Prior to joining the firm, he established and ran the office of a global firm specializing in contentious insolvency and asset recovery.
Matt is licensed to act as an Insolvency Practitioner in the British Virgin Islands, and has extensive experience in corporate recovery services, primarily in contentious cross-border insolvency and fraud involving international litigation, fraud investigation, asset tracing and the realization of complex and liquid assets. Matt has undertaken work in a variety of industries, including financial services, offshore banking, real estate, shipping, financial institutions, mining, oil & gas and telecommunications.
Recent matters include acting as Liquidator of three BVI companies involved in defrauding the Municipality of Sao Paulo of significant sums of money. This matter involved legal actions and asset tracing in multiple jurisdictions including the BVI, the USA, the Channel Islands, Switzerland and Brazil. Following the recovery of various assets, a sale (coupled with a settlement agreement) was achieved, resulting in full payment of all admitted unsecured creditor claims.
Matt is also the Court appointed Receiver of a BVI company owned by Isabel dos Santos, following an adverse arbitration a...
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With a wealth of experience in corporate recovery across the BVI and international jurisdictions, Matthew Richardson is widely regarded as a leading choice for clients seeking to recover assets in complex, cross-border insolvency disputes.
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