Mr Hayden Isbister > Mourant > Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands > Lawyer Profile

Mourant‘s team of experienced banking and finance lawyers advises leading asset managers and investment banks on a wide range of transactions spanning leveraged finance issues, fund financings, CLOs, securitisations and warehousings. Catherine Pham and Alexandra Woodcock jointly lead the finance team; Woodcock routinely advises leading financial institutions and private fund sponsors on the structuring and execution of finance transactions, while also handling high-profile cross-border restructurings. Senior partner in the corporate and finance practice Neal Lomax is the go-to choice for multinational corporations and international banks, while Ramesh Maharaj‘s specialism in private equity matters, restructurings and corporate finance transactions further strengthens the practice. Former head Hayden Isbister continues to advise on joint venture arrangements and other corporate deals, such as SPACs, while newly promoted partner Finn Howie navigates complex structured finance transactions and distressed debt restructurings.

Recognised as ‘very strong in corporate and regulatory capabilities and a known leader on the island’, Mourant regularly advises on a wide range of transactions, including M&A, equity capital markets, and SPACs. Managing partner of the Cayman office Hayden Isbister is known for his in-depth corporate and commercial expertise, and for regularly advising on joint venture arrangements and SPACs, while Neal Lomax‘s wide-ranging corporate and commercial expertise makes him ‘one of the strongest investment fund and M&A lawyers in the Caribbean’. Ramesh Maharaj focuses on corporate transactions including takeovers, take-privates, M&A , joint ventures, SPACs and IPOs, while Catherine Pham leads the Cayman finance, corporate and funds practice.

The team at Mourant is best known for assisting with launches and structuring and restructuring mandates across a wide range of asset classes – primarily private equity, hedge, credit and distressed funds – and strategies. Since 2022, Catherine Pham, who ‘offers the perfect mix of being excellent technically, super responsive and very personable‘, has headed up the practice, although former group lead Hayden Isbister remains active as a managing partner. Neal Lomax is singled out by clients for the strength of his ‘idea generation to get to the optimal outcome‘.