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Bedell Cristin advises on a range of cutting-edge structures concerned with alternative investments. The team acted for Ethos Private Equity on the establishment of Ethos Fund VI (Jersey) and its general partner Ethos Capital VI (Jersey), and the authorisation of the partnership as a Jersey Expert Fund. Martin Paul and the ‘knowledgeable’ Emily Haithwaite are recommended.

Acting on nearly half of all Jersey funds, Mourant Ozannes is ‘at the top of the table in terms of quality’. The practice acted on the Jersey aspects of the establishment of the CLOF II Jersey Property Unit Trust. Team head Ben Robins is ‘technically very good’; Daniel Birtwistle has ‘sound industry knowledge’; and Gareth Rigby is ‘particularly impressive’. Edward Devenport, Marcus Stone, Mark Chambers and Jacqueline Richomme are also key contacts. Nigel Weston left for Walkers.

Appleby welcomed ex-Walkers corporate head James Gaudin to the practice. The team advised on the establishment of the Aberdeen Latin American Income Fund, the first UK-listed Latin American closed-ended fund with an income bias. Department head Andrew Weaver is recommended, and Mark Lewis is ‘a pleasure to deal with’.

Carey Olsen advised GCP Infrastructure Investments in the establishment of an innovative new fund that achieved listing on the main market of the London Stock Exchange. Eve Kosofsky is highly rated; Daniel O’Connor is ‘good at structuring documentation’; Robert Milner has ‘encyclopaedic knowledge’; and Edward Quinn is ‘responsive and commercial’.

Ogier ‘exceeds expectations’. The practice acted on the establishment of a closed-ended international oil and gas royalty fund structured as an Expert Fund. Team head Michael Lombardi, Clive Chaplin and Tim Morgan are key contacts, and Dan Richards has ‘a very pragmatic approach’.

Collas Crill has extensive experience in investment funds in an offshore context, including multi-jurisdictional fund structures and the migration of funds and/or asset transfers between jurisdictions. The firm is especially noted in the Expert Fund platform market. Team head Adrian Odell joined from Appleby, while Andrew Pinel and Carl O’Shea left to form Pinel O’Shea.

Walkers’ highlights included acting on a large fund launch, the restructuring of hedge funds and the establishment of a new special situations investment fund. Jonathan Heaney is recommended, and Nigel Weston joined from the pre-merger Mourant du Feu & Jeune. Ian Gobin is also a key contact.

Pinel O’Shea recently span off from the pre-merger Crill Canavan. The team advised a Jersey open-ended unclassified fund investing in international airports and airport infrastructure projects. Andrew Pinel and Carl O’Shea have ‘a hands-on and practical approach’.

VerrasLaw’s Jonathan Bale is noted for his experience in structuring specialist alternative, venture capital and real estate investment funds.

Voisin has a niche in hedge funds and in shari’ah-compliant structures. The team advised on a steady flow of new products launched. Kate Anderson is recommended.

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