Marianne Wilson > Mourant > Tortola, British Virgin Islands > Lawyer Profile

A number of onshore international law firms look to Mourant‘s team for a range of matter types, including acquisition finance, M&A, regulatory advisory work, and private equity backed corporate matters. Recent work has also encompassed an increase in restructurings, reorganisations, and insolvencies. Ian Montgomery is the primary contact on Tortola and is particularly strong on corporate and finance transactions in the real estate, financial services, energy and technology sectors. He works closely with the firm’s other offshore offices, and in the BVI is supported by Marianne Wilson.

The banking and finance practice at Mourant covers a broad range of matters and has recently shown strength in US real estate financing, as well as acting in a number of capital markets deals, especially involving smaller Chinese companies listing on the US stock market. At the helm of the practice, Ian Montgomery is noted for debt and equity fundraising, public listings, security arrangements, and corporate restructurings, with a client base that includes international law and accountancy firms, financial institutions, multinational businesses, funds, and HNWIs. The team was bolstered in August 2023 with the addition of one of the markets foremost young lawyers Aliki Skelton-Lettsome, and Marianne Wilson is a further name to note with a burgeoning practice in this field.

Mourant fields a ‘prompt and knowledgeable‘ finance group that has capability across the gamut of matters seen in the Cayman Islands. Major asset managers and investment banks are among those instructing the practice and matters handled include fund financings, matters in leveraged finance, CLOs, securitisations and warehousings. Alexandra Woodcock frequently advises leading finance institutions and private fund sponsors on structuring and executing financial transactions and restructurings. She co-leads the finance group with Catherine Pham, a senior transactional lawyer. Ramesh Maharaj is a noted advisor on private equity matters, restructurings and corporate finance transactions, while for joint venture arrangements and SPACs, Hayden Isbister is a key name. Senior partner Neal Lomax remains the contact at the firm for a number of international banks, and more junior partner Finn Howie specialises in fund finance, leverage finance, structured finance transactions and distressed debt restructuring. Andrew Grant is another younger example of the firm’s strength in depth, and counsel Marianne Wilson is frequently involved.