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Conyers Offices
SIX, 2ND FLOOR, CRICKET SQUARE
PO BOX 2681
GRAND CAYMAN, KY1-1111
Cayman Islands
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Anna-Lise Wisdom
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Partner
Career
Anna-Lise Wisdom is a partner in the Corporate department in the Cayman Islands office of Conyers. Anna-Lise joined Conyers in 2022. Anna-Lise specialises in fund finance, including subscription finance, fund-level finance and management fee facilities.
Anna-Lise regularly acts as Cayman counsel to leading financial institutions active in the North American and other markets in credit facilities ranging from tens of millions to billions of dollars in lender commitments. She also has significant experience in ship finance, investment fund formation and in capital markets transactions.
Anna-Lise has been rated as a “rising star” in banking and financial services in the IFLR1000 rankings since 2019 and has been recognised in The Legal 500 Caribbean rankings since 2015. Anna-Lise has been Recognised in the 2022 edition of Chambers Global (corporate finance). Clients highlight her as having “an excellent fund finance practice” and “a calming force on transactions.” Anna-Lise has spoken on numerous industry panels, and has lectured in the fund finance space. She has also contributed to Global Legal Insight’s Fund Finance publication. She also regularly participates in industry working groups in respect of funds and fund finance matters.
Languages
English and working knowledge of Spanish and French
Memberships
- Committee Member, Diversity in Fund Finance, Fund Finance Association
- Member, Women in Fund Finance, Fund Finance Association
Education
- University College London – LL.M. (Merit), 2004
- Norman Manley Law School – Legal Education Certificate, 1999
- University of the West Indies – LL.B (Hons), 1997
- University of the West Indies – B.A. French/Spanish (Hons), 1994
Lawyer Rankings
Cayman Islands > Banking, finance and capital markets
Conyers‘ active practice spans multi-jurisdictional fund, structured and asset finance work and also has expertise in the insurance market. Practice head Matthew Stocker specialises aircraft and vessel financings, while also handling capital markets transactions and acquisition finance matters. Leading the firm’s multi-disciplinary insurance finance team is Derek Stenson, who excels in fund finance matters and handles complex and high-profile structured finance and insurance finance transactions. Cora Miller is active in capital markets work and counsel Barnabas Finnigan concentrates on aviation and shipping finance transactions. Fund finance specialists Anna-Lise Wisdom and Michael O’Connor are also highly recommended.