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Biography

Claire Goldstein
Claire Goldstein Harneys front portrait image

Claire is an innovative solution-finder and one who is devoted to finding solutions for her clients. She is very strong in complex international situations.

Chambers and Partners, 2024

Claire Goldstein

Partner | Dispute Resolution | British Virgin Islands
+1 284 852 4301 claire.goldstein@harneys.com
Biography

Claire is co-head of Litigation & Insolvency and Restructuring in the British Virgin Islands. She joined us in 2014 after having spent five years at another leading BVI law firm. She has extensive experience of complex multi-jurisdictional corporate and commercial litigation, trusts, fraud and asset tracing and insolvency and restructuring matters and has worked with a wide variety of clients. Claire also regularly represents clients in the BVI courts on a number of interlocutory applications including urgent applications for injunctions, the appointment of interim receivers and other forms of interim relief. Claire has worked on some o ...

Claire is co-head of Litigation & Insolvency and Restructuring in the British Virgin Islands. She joined us in 2014 after having spent five years at another leading BVI law firm. She has extensive experience of complex multi-jurisdictional corporate and commercial litigation, trusts, fraud and asset tracing and insolvency and restructuring matters and has worked with a wide variety of clients. Claire also regularly represents clients in the BVI courts on a number of interlocutory applications including urgent applications for injunctions, the appointment of interim receivers and other forms of interim relief.

Claire has worked on some of the leading cases in the jurisdiction including the Fairfield litigation where she represented a number of banks that had invested into Fairfield Sentry Ltd which was a feeder fund into Bernard Madoff Investment Securities Limited. She has also worked on some of the largest and most complex enforcement claims in order to enforce foreign judgments and arbitral awards in the BVI.

Prior to moving offshore Claire worked at Slaughter and May and Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton in London. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2004. Claire was also a lecturer in constitutional and administrative Law at St Hilda’s College, University of Oxford.

Claire is recommended by Chambers and Legal 500 as a leading BVI practitioner. She is on the board of the BVI Restructuring and Insolvency Association (RISA) and is a member of INSOL and the International Women's Insolvency & Restructuring Confederation (IWIRC). Claire is also on the advisory board for the Trusts and Estates Litigation Forum.

Claire is a regular contributor to the Offshore Litigation Blog.

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Recommendations

Claire is recognised for her British Virgin Islands Dispute Resolution expertise. Recent testimonials include: "Claire is an excellent lawyer. She is highly commercial and can think outside of the box. She remains calm in difficult situations." (2024 guide) She is "very diligent and ...

Claire is recognised for her British Virgin Islands Dispute Resolution expertise.

Recent testimonials include:

  • "Claire is an excellent lawyer. She is highly commercial and can think outside of the box. She remains calm in difficult situations." (2024 guide)
  • She is "very diligent and attentive." Sources say: "She is astute and provides great client service." “I have only good things to say. Claire is very experienced. I've seen her with clients and it seems they have a great relationship." (2023 guide)
  • "She is a pleasure to work with - hugely intelligent and a good team player." (2022 guide)
  • She is "an excellent lawyer" who provides "efficient and precise advice". Other commentators highlight her as "a very strategic advocate". (2021 guide)

Claire is recognised as a Leading Individual for her British Virgin Islands Dispute Resolution expertise.

Recent testimonials include:

  • She is noted as "a remarkable litigator with extensive experience in the BVI. She seamlessly combines commercial nuance, analytical thinking and legal expertise and is supported by a great team of dedicated associates." (2024 guide)
  • She is "very intelligent, diligent, and a good team player’. (2022 guide)
  • She is a "very experienced BVI practitioner who knows and understands the market and workings of the system well." (2021 guide)

Prior to the 2021 guide, she was recognised as a Next Generation Partner.

Claire is recommended for her British Virgin Islands expertise in the following categories:

  • Thought Leader – GIR – Asset Recovery (2019 - 2020)
  • Thought Leader – Private Client (2023)
  • Asset Recovery (2019 – 2023)
  • Commercial Litigation (2021 – 2024)
  • Private Client (2021 – 2023)
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British Virgin Islands
2009

England and Wales (not practising)
2004

University of Oxford (BCL)
2003

European University Institute (LLM)
2002

University of Leeds (LLB)
2001

Claire is an innovative solution-finder and one who is devoted to finding solutions for her clients. She is very strong in complex international situations.
Chambers and Partners, 2024

Authored by Claire

Offshore Litigation Blog
How to get an injunction in the BVI
Offshore Litigation Blog
Trustee de son tort or not? Trust instrument invalidated ex tunc or ex nunc? BVI Court gives decisive answers to both questions
Offshore Litigation Blog
How to preserve confidential information in BVI proceedings
Offshore Litigation Blog
The BVI Court dismisses Alfa Bank’s second injunction application: No second bite at the cherry
Offshore Litigation Blog
How to enforce security in the BVI - outside of court
Offshore Litigation Blog
How to enforce foreign judgments and arbitration awards in the BVI
Offshore Litigation Blog
How to deal with insolvent BVI companies
Offshore Litigation Blog
How claims work in the BVI
Offshore Litigation Blog
How the court system works in the BVI
Offshore Litigation Blog
Company court restorations in a nutshell
Offshore Litigation Blog
Sanctioned bank fails to meet the standard
Offshore Litigation Blog
Winsley Finance Limited – Another weapon in armoury of creditors seeking cross-border injunctive relief
Article
Liquidation and the remedy of unfair prejudice in the BVI
Offshore Litigation Blog
Sundown again: Privy Council reinstates liquidation order of first instance judge to remedy unfair prejudice
Offshore Litigation Blog
Third time’s not the charm! Only in exceptional cases will the Privy Council entertain appeals against concurrent findings of fact from the Court of Appeal
Article
The resurrection of the rule in Hastings-Bass under BVI statute
Offshore Litigation Blog
When two judgments are not better than one: BVI Court refuses to enforce Russian judgments at common law
Offshore Litigation Blog
Virgin Gorda Yacht Harbour Limited v Little Dix Hotel
Offshore Litigation Blog
English cram downs - Attempts artificially to create an in-the-money class to be avoided
Offshore Litigation Blog
Flexibility of injunctions: JSC Commercial Bank v Kolomoisky
Offshore Litigation Blog
Unfair family fights? Legitimate expectation and proper purpose in family businesses
Article
Harneys highly recommended as “go-to law firm” in Chambers Global 2022 guide
Offshore Litigation Blog
BVI decrypts the legal status of cryptoassets
Offshore Litigation Blog
BVI Court has the power
Offshore Litigation Blog
Re ICGI - the high bar for the appointment of provisional liquidators
Offshore Litigation Blog
English Court of Appeal holds s236 Insolvency Act Examinees Immune from Suit
Offshore Litigation Blog
Court of Appeal confirms that only fees incurred by BVI enrolled legal practitioners are recoverable
Article
The balance between open justice and confidentiality in offshore trust proceedings
Offshore Litigation Blog
Trustees be warned - think before you exclude!
Offshore Litigation Blog
Walking the tightrope - Illegally obtained evidence, privilege and the iniquity exception
Offshore Litigation Blog
Baby, baby, baby, you're out of time
Offshore Litigation Blog
Momentous decisions for trustees – Public Trustee v Cooper Applications in the BVI
Offshore Litigation Blog
It’s time for offshore jurisdictions to have cross class cram downs in the restructuring toolkit
Offshore Litigation Blog
Open borders, closed minds
Offshore Litigation Blog
Bond restructuring – overcoming structural bond impediments to effect a compromise
Offshore Litigation Blog
BVI Court injuncts EGM to consider privatisation
Article
Litigation Webinar: Cross-Border Restructuring | The Offshore Advantage
Offshore Litigation Blog
The Privy Council affirms winding up of a quasi-partnership
Offshore Litigation Blog
The value of finality: BVI Court deals robustly with attempt to introduce evidence after judgment
Offshore Litigation Blog
BVI Court grapples with principles of foreign law in enforcing multiparty arbitral award
Offshore Litigation Blog
Cryptocurrencies are property – A benchmark ruling of the New Zealand High Court
Offshore Litigation Blog
Salford Estates and the effect of an arbitration agreement on a winding-up petition: the debate rumbles on in new Hong Kong judgment
Offshore Litigation Blog
How far can a Lender go in the legitimate enforcement of its security?
Offshore Litigation Blog
BVI Court confirms third party disclosure orders in aid of foreign proceedings
Offshore Litigation Blog
To what extent will the courts accept public policy as a defence to enforcement?
Offshore Litigation Blog
Lifting the stay on proceedings against Cayman Islands companies in liquidation
Article
Harneys recognised for “best-in-class legal advice” – Chambers Global 2020
Offshore Litigation Blog
The cost of expert shopping
Offshore Litigation Blog
Unjust Enrichment and Implied Terms - Barton v Gwyn-Jones
Offshore Litigation Blog
The Court of Appeal confirms that BVI liquidators can turn back time
Offshore Litigation Blog
English Court of Appeal defines the limits of a trustee’s indemnity
News and Deals
“Top of the BVI legal market” – Harneys BVI retains its tier 1 ranking from Legal 500
Offshore Litigation Blog
All about the Benjamin orders – international diplomacy in private trust matters
Article
Shareholder disputes: When is just and equitable liquidation appropriate?