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Position
Partner – banking and corporate. Considerable onshore and offshore corporate, commercial and private client experience and has continued to extend his expertise across all areas of corporate and finance law – particularly banking, real estate finance, asset finance, real estate funds, corporate and commercial, corporate finance and regulatory work. Regularly acts for multinational companies and large international banks as well as investment funds, promoters, intermediaries and high-net-worth individuals. In recent years played a key role in leading some of Bedell Cristin’s highest-profile corporate finance and real estate acquisition transactions.
Career
Trained Theodore Goddard, Jersey; qualified 2002; associate TG Jersey; legal adviser Investec; associate Bedell Cristin; partner Bedell Group 2012.
Member
Law Society of England and Wales.
Education
University of Southampton (Politics 2:1); College of Law, Guildford (CPE: Distinction); College of Law, Guildford (LPC: Distinction).
Jersey
Banking and finance
Within: Leading individuals
Tim Pearce - Bedell Cristin
Within: Banking and finance
Bedell Cristin's practice is on the panels of many leading banks, from the UK and elsewhere, handling real estate finance, restructuring and corporate finance (in particular, the firm has take roles a number of interesting deals in the energy space). 'Commercially-minded' practice head Tim Pearce, Mark Dunlop ('the undisputed champion of Jersey security law') and the 'highly-regarded' Alasdair Hunter are the key partners in the team. The firm also has a strong bench below partner level, with clients singling out senior associates Louise Hassell, Simon Morris, Malcolm Ellis and Antony Clerehugh for praise. The firm also has Jersey law expertise in its London office.
Commercial property
Within: Commercial property
The team at Bedell Cristin advises a strong list of international banks on financing large-scale commercial property acquisitions and developments in Jersey. Corporate lawyer Tim Pearce is a go-to name in the market for domestic property transactions while senior associate Jeff O’Boyle often advises on regulatory issues including planning, licensing, construction and environmental law.
Corporate and commercial
Within: Corporate and commercial
Bedell Cristin handles a range of cross-border deals, covering real estate, natural resources and media transactions, as well as challenging on-island deals. The 'strong, commercially minded yet technical' Tim Pearce heads the practice, while the 'highly impressive' Guy Westmacott is a new partner promotion: he worked with Martin Paul on the Jersey elements of some of the UK's agenda-setting M&A deals.