Francesca Gibbons is a partner in our Litigation and Insolvency practice in London, practising BVI and Bermuda law, having over 15 years’ experience of complex and high-value international commercial and trust litigation and asset recovery in a range of industries including oil, mining, shipping and telecoms.
Francesca acts for a wide range of clients, including global and boutique law firms, IPs, trustees, and ultra-high-net-worth individuals from around the world.
Much of Francesca’s work includes coordinating strategy in large-scale cross-border disputes, with specialist expertise in Switzerland, Russia, Ukraine, Sweden and the Middl
...Francesca Gibbons is a partner in our Litigation and Insolvency practice in London, practising BVI and Bermuda law, having over 15 years’ experience of complex and high-value international commercial and trust litigation and asset recovery in a range of industries including oil, mining, shipping and telecoms.
Francesca acts for a wide range of clients, including global and boutique law firms, IPs, trustees, and ultra-high-net-worth individuals from around the world.
Much of Francesca’s work includes coordinating strategy in large-scale cross-border disputes, with specialist expertise in Switzerland, Russia, Ukraine, Sweden and the Middle East.
Before joining us in 2015, Francesca was a banking and finance litigation solicitor onshore. In that role, she undertook three successful client secondments at Barclays Bank PLC in London and has a unique insight into the client experience.
Francesca is called to the Bermuda and BVI bar and has appeared as sole advocate in the Commercial Court of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court and as a junior in the Privy Council.
Alongside her commercial practice, Francesca is a trusts litigation expert and was a founding committee member of the Contentious Trusts Association (ConTrA) for six years. Other memberships include the ILA, CFLA, IWIRC, and RISA (associate member).
Francesca sits on Harneys’ global litigation blog editorial board and regularly contributes to articles and podcasts. Francesca has also been a member of the CSR committee since 2016.
