Profile: James Levy QC

Insolvency and Restructuring

Biography: Insolvency & Restructuring

James Levy is senior partner at Hassans, the largest law firm in Gibraltar. He advises large public companies on mergers and acquisitions and property companies on acquisitions throughout Europe.

He assisted the government of Gibraltar on its development of the jurisdiction as a finance centre. This included advice on anti-money laundering, banking, insurance, financial services and trust legislation.

James has also advanced the use of alternative dispute resolution in Gibraltar.

He recently appeared for the TGWU in a successful challenge against the Ministry of Defence in respect of the Crown Proceedings Ordinance.

James is a contributing author to Tolley's Tax Planning International, joint editor of Tolley's Taxation in Gibraltar and a frequent lecturer on the various aspects of financial services legislation.

An Honours graduate from Manchester University, James attended the Council of Legal Education in London and qualified in 1972, becoming a partner of Hassans soon after in 1974. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in October 2002.