Britt Smith

Senior Associate

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Britt Smith is a Senior Associate in the Bermuda Dispute Resolution practice.

She has experience in contentious trust matters, contentious restructuring and insolvency, complex commercial litigation and arbitration, regulatory matters, and fraud and negligence disputes.

She advises and acts for trustees, protectors and beneficiaries in respect of offshore trusts and estates, directors, creditors, shareholders and liquidators in the offshore financial services market, and corporate clients in large commercial disputes. She is accustomed to managing complex, high-value litigation.

Prior to joining Conyers in 2019, Britt practised at Baker McKenzie in their tier 1 Dispute Resolution and Insolvency team, and at a leading offshore firm in the Cayman Islands.

Britt earned her legal qualifications from the University of New South Wales (Juris Doctor, Hons., Class 1) and the Australian National University (Graduate Diploma of Legal Practice). She also holds a Bachelor of Arts (Journalism) degree, has a specialist accreditation in insolvency law, and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb).

Jurisdiction

Bermuda

Experience

Trusts:

Acted for Trustee and Protector in contested Public Trustee v Cooper application (unreported ruling, 2023)
Acted for beneficiaries in contested Public Trustee v Cooper application Re XYZ Trusts [2022] SC 10 Civ
Acted for Trustee in s 47 application Re CT2 Trust [2021] SC (Bda) 94 Civ and Re TT Trust [2021] SC (Bda) 93 Civ
Acted for Trustees in Public Trustee v Cooper and s 47 application A & Anor v C et al [2022] SC (Bda) 93 Civ
Acted for beneficiaries of a high-value estate in proceedings to remove a personal representative

Insolvency & Restructuring/Commercial:

Acted for an investor group comprised of unpaid redeemed investors bringing a winding-up petition seeking the appointment of liquidators over an investment fund with total net assets of US$250m
Acted for liquidators of an investment fund in first instance, Court of Appeal and Privy Council proceedings relating to an anti-suit injunction in respect of auditor negligence claims
Acted for liquidators in a commercial arbitration (American Arbitration Association) in a professional negligence and wilful default dispute against the entity’s former auditors
Acted for an investment fund in respect of the collapse of a private equity firm with $14bn under management
Acted for creditors in winding up proceedings and liquidations of multinational companies
Acted for corporate client in respect of merger by court-sanctioned creditors scheme of arrangement in $700m global restructure and obtaining recognition under Ch 15 of the US Bankruptcy Code
Acted for a corporate client in a professional negligence dispute against a national commercial law firm
Acted for a corporate client in a fraud dispute against a former director

Regulatory:

Advised corporate clients in respect of investigations by Bermuda Monetary Authority and other Bermuda regulators
Advised investors in respect of proceeds of crime reporting obligations

Expertise

Qualifications

Professional Background

Associate, Dispute Resolution/Insolvency & Restructuring, Baker McKenzie, Sydney
Associate, Dispute Resolution/Insolvency & Restructuring, Ogier, Cayman Islands

Education

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb), Fellowship (2022)
University of Technology Sydney, Australia (in partnership with the Australian Restructuring Insolvency & Turnaround Association): Advanced Certification, Restructuring and Insolvency (2016)
Australian National University: G. Dip Legal Practice (2014)
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia: Juris Doctor (2013) (First Class Honors, Truman Hoyle Prize for Best Performing Student in stage 3)
Columbia University, New York: Law (Summer 2012, visiting student)
La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia: BA, Journalism (2005)