ROADTOWN Tortola BVI, January 6th, 2012 - His Excellency the Governor, after consultation with the Judicial and Legal Service Commission, has approved the appointment of Dr. Christopher Phillip Malcolm as Attorney General with effect from 1st January 2012.
Dr. Malcolm is a native of Jamaica who is admitted to practice in Jamaica, the Virgin Islands, Dominica and St. Lucia. His legal and professional experience spans over 16 years, including as a lecturer in the faculty of Law at the University of the West Indies, from which he obtained his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B.) degree.
He also holds a Master of Law (LL.M.) degree, as well as a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree from the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University, London.
In 2010, Dr. Malcolm completed a course on Legal Instruments of International Economic Law and Regional Integration from UNCTAD Virtual Institute in collaboration with the Universities of Barcelona and Chile.
His research interests and areas of expertise include Banking and Finance; Regulation and Compliance; Regional Integration and Economic Development; International Trade and Investment; Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution; Corporate and Commercial Law.
He has been the Head, Legal Unit, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States; Guest Lecturer, International Financial Law Unit, Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University in London; and Tutor, World Trade Organisation Trade Policy Course.
Dr. Malcolm is the author of several notable publications; recipient of many distinctions, honours and awards; and has travelled, worked extensively and presented at various conferences and seminars within the region and internationally. He is also the Founder/Director of Partners for Economic Development Limited; Partner in Malcolm Gordon, Attorneys-at-Law.
Dr. Malcolm succeeds Mr. Baba Aziz, Principal Crown Counsel who was appointed Acting Attorney General from 24th June 2010. The Government of the Virgin Islands wishes to express thanks to Mr. Baba Aziz who joined the Attorney General’s Chambers in June 2001 and was appointed on contract in the post of Senior Crown Counsel. He was subsequently promoted to the post of Principal Crown Counsel in 2007.
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