Collas Crill's teams in the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Cayman Islands have received another strong set of rankings in this year's Legal 500 Caribbean directory.
The firm is consistently ranked across all of its key practice areas, having moved from "Firm to Watch" in Banking, Finance and Capital Markets to Tier 4 in 2025.
Stephen Leontsinis, Cayman Managing partner and Real Estate Partner Gina Berry have both been listed as "Leading Partners" while Senior Associate Sally Peedom has been listed as "Leading Associate".
BVI Managing Partner Ellie Crespi and Partner Rocco Cecere have maintained their "Leading Individual" and "NextGen Partner" status, respectively.
Greg Boyd, Annabel Bishop, Chantelle Day, Janeen Aljadir and Andrew Peedom have all been listed as "Key Lawyers".
The firm has also received a plethora of industry endorsements on the expertise, commerciality and customer-first approach of its teams.
See below an overview of the firm's rankings and a selection of the testimonials received.
To view Collas Crill's full BVI rankings, click here. For the firm's Cayman Islands rankings, click here.
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Banking, Finance & Capital market – Tier 4 (BVI and Cayman)
Ellie Crespi - Leading Partner
Greg Boyd, Annabel Bishop- Key Lawyers
- ‘Ellie Crespi and Greg Boyd have decades of offshore experience, in addition to real onshore experience in London and CIS that few offshore lawyers can boast. Their book of private equity, asset finance and non-contentious restructuring clients is impressive, even when compared to the largest offshore firms. They are used to advising on complex sophisticated financing transactions and complicated cross-border issues.’
- ‘Ellie Crespi is highly impressive. She is the go-to offshore lawyer for secured lending matters in particular. Greg Boyd's hire added even more strength and depth to the team. He revels in finding solutions to thorny legal issues. Annabel Bishop provides excellent support to the partners.’
- ‘Ellie Crespi and her team are fantastic. We have worked on a broad set of matters together - fund formation, litigation, corporate planning and restructuring. Ellie has a wealth of experience and is refreshing for a lawyer . . . she practices law as if it is about you, the client, and not about the lawyer and the law firm. Efficient, smart and sage counsel.’
- ‘Ellie Crespi and team were highly responsive and always available to provide practical and accurate advice, even though they are located halfway around the world. We could always count on them to respond immediately.’
- ‘Ellie Crespi and Annabel Bishop were always available to provide practical and detailed advice relating to BVI law. Given our (and our client's) unfamiliarity with BVI law, it was comforting to know that we were in good hands.’
Dispute Resolution – Tier 3 (BVI and Cayman)
Stephen Leontsinis - Leading Partner
Rocco Cecere - Next Generation Partner
Matthew Dors, Kirsten Bailey – Key Lawyers
- ‘Professional, responsive and good value.’
- ‘Stephen Leontsinis and Kirsten Bailey are knowledgeable and user friendly.’
- ‘The standout litigation team in Cayman. Great strength in depth lead by the superb Stephen Leontsinis who is legally and commercially astute, allied to great people skills and commercialism.’
- ‘Stephen Leontsinis is absolutely brilliant. A go-to litigator.’
- 'The team are dynamic, collaborative and experts in their field. The case team seem to have a huge respect for each other and work very well together.’
- ‘Matthew Dors is an excellent operator and on my "go-to's" in the restructuring and insolvency sector.'
- 'Rocco Cecere is an expert within his field and very likeable.'
- ‘Collas Crill has the leading practice in s. 238 proceedings. Their team is top notch.’
- ‘There is a great, diverse team, who work really well together. They provide cost-effective, and easy to understand advice on all areas.’
- ‘Fay O'Halloran has great knowledge and understanding, and provides easy to understand advance and very competitive rates.’
- ‘Very practical advice, good at getting to grips with problems and coming up with helpful solutions.’
- ‘Ellie Crespi is super efficient.’
- ‘Dave Marshall is very responsive, clear and concise advice, also very approachable with a friendly correspondence tone.’
- ‘A bright team of dedicated lawyers with impressive diversity and collaboration.’
- ‘Dave Marshall is a gifted lawyer, and impressive advocate and has buckets of charm to boot.’
- ‘The team has strong experience and expertise across a range of commercial, company, insolvency and trust disputes - and particularly excels at cases which intersect between multiple practice areas.’
Real Estate – Tier 2 (Cayman Islands)
Gina Berry – Leading Partner
- ‘Gina Berry is very responsive, accurate, and has a can do attitude.’
- ‘Collas Crill provides a diverse team, with a broad range of expertise and in-depth knowledge of local legal matters, along with the unusual colloquialisms, backed by global experience and current legal best practice.’
- ‘The individuals we work with include Gina Berry and Alistair Wade who are the dream team in real estate, able to proactively address all concerns and matters arising. They are super-efficient and responsive.’
- ‘Dedicated, committed and knowledgeable.’
- ‘Gina Berry is efficient and knowledgeable.’
- ‘Excellent understanding of the real estate market in the Cayman Islands. Personnel committed to serving and protecting the interests of their clients. A client-centric approach. Excellent knowledge of conveyancing in the Cayman Islands. Great value for money.’
- ‘I have had the pleasure of working with Gina Berry for over 20 years in both professional and personal capacities. Her extensive knowledge, attention to detail, dedication to exceeding client expectations, ability to offer alternative suggestions for clients to consider, and overall commitment to client success have been exceptional. Her colleague, Delia Bunce, also provides outstanding support. In a recent deal with tight deadlines and some complexity, they were able to complete the matter effectively to my full satisfaction.’
- ‘Collaborative mindset -We all have mutual clients, so making the client and their needs a priority is exactly what we are looking for. We have often also called the law firm to be a sounding board initially, ahead of perhaps engaging their services formally, their availability and willingness to provide assistance is phenomenal.’
Private Client and Trusts, Tier 3 (Cayman)
Sally Peedom – Leading Associate
Andrew Peedom – Key Lawyer
- ‘Andrew Peedom is considered, responsive & analytical.’
- ‘The team is proactive, effective, and professional, which we believe are their strongest capabilities.’
- ‘The team is always available and willing to collaborate proactively and help with any requirement in a timely manner, which is very important to us.’
- ‘Highly qualified team that is approachable.’
- ‘I have worked with Sally Peedom at Collas Crill on an ongoing matter for a numbers of years now. I have found her to be thorough and very responsive. She also fully explains actions that are recommended and any shortfalls that should be considered. Overall she is knowledgeable and effective.’
Corporate and Commercial, Tier 4 (Cayman) Tier 3 (BVI)
Chantelle Day, Greg Boyd, Annabel Bishop – Key lawyers
- ‘The team are incredibly dynamic and always responsive. They are very keen to be collaborative and keep their clients updated at all times.’
- ‘Good practical knowledge of Cayman law.’
- ‘Led by two of the best corporate lawyers in BVI, with many years of offshore in addition to heavyweight multi-jurisdictional onshore experience. A truly diverse office: female led with a higher proportion of impressive Caribbean professionals than most other firms who are overloaded with English lawyers.’
- ‘Ellie Crespi really knows her stuff - exceptionally smart - responsive and works hard for her clients.'
- 'Greg Boyd was a great hire for Collas Crill - loves finding solutions to complex corporate problems.'
- 'Annabel Bishop provides excellent support.’
- ‘Flexible, approachable, friendly, competent.’
- ‘Always going the extra mile to help us out.’
Investment Funds, Tier 6 (Cayman)
Chantelle Day, Janeen Aljadir – Key lawyers
- ‘Extremely responsive and collaborative.’
- ‘The people react quickly and professionally to the client’s questions.’
- ‘I recently worked with Chantelle on a few jobs. On the whole, I am impressed with her efficiency.’
- ‘The firm has great value for money. It also excels in delivering speedy solutions to complex matters.’
- ‘Simplification of complex matters, being on top of regulatory environment changes.’
