Ms Shana Simmonds > Appleby > Tortola, British Virgin Islands > Lawyer Profile
Appleby Offices
JAYLA PLACE, WICKHAM'S CAY 1
PO BOX 3190, ROAD TOWN
TORTOLA, VG1110
British Virgin Islands
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Ms Shana Simmonds
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Partner
Career
Shana Simmonds is a Partner in the Corporate Practice Group in the British Virgin Islands.
Her practice areas include Banking and Finance, Regulatory, Private Client and Intellectual Property.
Shana has extensive corporate and commercial law experience including advising on a range of cross border transactions, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, business combinations, corporate reorganizations and regulatory matters. Shana is routinely instructed by international financial institutions, private equity investors, securities providers and leading onshore law firms. Shana has extensive experience working with clients in a wide range of industries, including energy, technology and maritime shipping.
Shana advises foreign institutional and private clients on a wide variety of commercial and real property matters. Shana also advises on estate planning and succession matters. Shana routinely represents clients in all aspects of trademark, patent, and other intellectual property registration and administration.
Prior to joining Appleby, Shana worked at other well-established firms in the British Virgin Islands.
Languages
English
Education
- LLB (Hons) in Law, University of Lincoln
- Postgraduate Diploma in Law, Cardiff University
Personal
Shana has been rated as a ‘Rising Star’ in IFLR1000 from 2017 – 2022 and ‘Highly Regarded’ in 2023.
Shana has also been listed as a ‘Key Lawyer’ in Legal 500 in 2021 and 2022.
In 2021, Legal 500 listed recommendations from Shana’s clients, who noted her as “an excellent lawyer who provides timely and actionable advice.”
Lawyer Rankings
British Virgin Islands > Corporate and commercial
(Next Generation Partners)Advising on projects across Asia, Latin America and Africa, Appleby‘s BVI office is regularly instructed on cross-border M&A transactions. Practice chair Jeffrey Kirk regularly handles multi-million-dollar M&A deals and corporate restructurings, while Andrew Jowett, who divides his time between BVI and Jersey, acts for various blue-chip and private companies in the energy sector. Further notable figures in the team also include Shana Simmonds, who has recently been involved in multi-jurisdictional transactions related to private equity takeovers and fintech companies; and David Clark, who frequently provides support for the team on cross-border financing matters, particularly those with Bermuda connections. ‘Proactive and solution-focused’ M&A specialist Brittany Cummings and Stuart Fee are key names at senior associate level.
British Virgin Islands > Banking, finance and capital markets
Appleby fields a robust cross-departmental team of specialists, who routinely handle high-profile multi-jurisdictional matters and advise borrowers and lenders on blockchain, cryptocurrency, digital asset and fintech mandates. Another strong focus of the practice is on international asset finance transactions, particularly in the aviation and shipping industries. Managing partner Jeffrey Kirk is also global head of the Islamic finance practice group, while Andrew Jowett’s expertise lies the mining, oil and gas, energy and natural resources sectors. Shana Simmonds is also a key name in the practice with expertise in secured and structured financings and private equity transactions, acting for a range of global and domestic financial institutions and securities providers.
British Virgin Islands > Regulatory and compliance
Praised for its ‘exceptional subject matter expertise and experience in digital assets and fund work’, Appleby‘s BVI regulatory team is spearheaded by Jeffrey Kirk and regularly advises clients in the emerging technologies, virtual asset and data management sectors on a host of regulatory issues related to blockchain, cryptocurrencies and digital assets. ‘Blending regulatory knowledge with commercial savvy’, Andrew Jowett divides his time between Jersey and the BVI and advises on securities and investment business, fintech, blockchain, digital asset and crypto mandates and the tokenisation of real world assets, while counsel Stuart Fee‘s broad practice encompasses the regulatory elements of blockchain-based token offerings, DeFi structures and smart contract projects. Shana Simmonds handles regulatory issues relating to corporate transactions, and senior associate Brittany Cummings is another key name for corporate-related regulatory matters.