Martin Byers > Ogier > Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands > Lawyer Profile
Ogier Offices
89 NEXUS WAY
CAMANA BAY
GRAND CAYMAN KY1-9007
Cayman Islands
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Martin Byers
Work Department
Counsel Funds
Position
Counsel
Career
Martin is a regulatory specialist with extensive experience advising on a wide range of matters including licensing, registration and approval requirements, reporting and information exchange obligations (including those deriving from FATCA, the Common Reporting Standard and CbCR), economic substance, beneficial ownership, sanctions, on-site compliance inspections, administrative fines and matters relating to anti-money laundering and combatting the financing of terrorism.
Whilst Martin’s practice focuses on the Cayman Islands, he also routinely acts on regulatory matters in the British Virgin Islands.
Martin joined Ogier in 2021 from the regulatory practice of another leading offshore law firm. Prior to this, having trained and qualified as a UK solicitor at Slaughter and May and worked in the leveraged finance practices of two leading US law firms in London, Martin worked as a lawyer in the General Counsel’s Division of the UK Financial Conduct Authority.
Before qualifying as a lawyer, Martin worked as an analyst in the derivatives and structured finance group at Goldman Sachs.
Admitted in:
2019 – Cayman Islands
2019 – British Virgin Islands
2015 – England and Wales (non-practising)
Memberships
Martin is Co-Head of the Education and Research Committee of the Alternative Investment Management Association (AIMA) in the Cayman Islands.
Education
Martin holds a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Law and Sociology from the University of Warwick, a Master of Laws (LLM) from the University of London and a Master of Studies (MSt) from the University of Cambridge.
Lawyer Rankings
Cayman Islands > Regulatory and compliance
Ogier fields an experienced practice, which handles contentious and non-contentious regulatory matters, including CIMA inspections and AML enforcement decisions. Investment funds regulatory head Joanne Huckle specialises in anti-money laundering and emerging private equity regulatory regimes, while James Heinicke leads the banking regulatory group, advising banks and financial institutions on a wide range of regulatory and compliance matters. Other key names include regulatory enforcement and investigations expert Jennifer Fox, who leads the contentious regulatory team, and corporate regulatory head Martin Byers.