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Kate Ovenden
Work Department
- Banking & Finance
- Corporate & Commercial
- Economic Substance
- Funds & Investment Structures
- Property
- Regulatory & Compliance
Position
Kate Ovenden leads our Financial Services Law team in Guernsey, focusing on Banking & Finance matters.
Kate joined the firm in 2006, after ten years as a corporate and financial services lawyer at leading City firm Withers LLP. Prior to that, she gained extensive experience as a trust and company administrator in Guernsey.
Kate acts for local fiduciaries, licensees and banks, as well as multinational companies, intermediaries, private owner-managed businesses and high net worth individuals. She specialises in advising on banking and finance matters, the establishment and administration of all types of investment funds and related structures, financial services and regulatory issues, as well as having a significant corporate and commercial practice.
Career
Trained Withers LLP; qualified as solicitor 1998; partner Bedell Cristin 2009; qualified as Guernsey advocate 2010. Trainee/assistant solicitor Withers LLP, London 1996-2006; senior lawyer/partner Bedell Cristin, Guernsey 2006 to date. Also holds various directorships.
Languages
French.
Memberships
- Advocate – Guernsey
- Solicitor – England & Wales (non-practising)
Education
Ladies’ College, Guernsey; Trinity College, Cambridge (1988 MA Hons medical sciences); London Guildhall University (1994 CPE (Commendation); 1995 Legal Practice Diploma (Distinction)); University of Caen (2009 Certificat d’Etudes Juridiques Francaises et Normandes Mention: Bien).
Lawyer Rankings
Guernsey > Banking and finance
(Leading partners)Bedell Cristin‘s banking team acts for a range of lenders, including international banks and alternative credit providers, on the structuring of real estate finance, with niche expertise in insurance-linked securities and Islamic finance. The practice, under the leadership of Kate Ovenden, is also able to advise borrowers and provide lenders with enforcement assistance.
Guernsey > Corporate and M&A
Bedell Cristin is able to oversee the Guernsey aspects of cross-border M&A, and frequently acts as lead counsel in domestic transactions, acting for a number of clients in highly regulated sectors such as financial services and insurance. Practice head Kate Ovenden‘s work comprises a mixture of transactional and funds matters, in addition to assisting clients with regulatory regime compliance within the financial services sector. Dylan Latimer acts for private equity clients on their acquisitions and disposals, with John Scanlan handling M&A and the establishment of fund structures. Tendai Gakanje‘s practice encompasses both M&A and financing transactions.
Lawyer Rankings
- Leading partners Guernsey > Banking and finance
- Banking and finance Guernsey
- Corporate and M&A Guernsey