Mark Santangeli > Ogier > Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands > Lawyer Profile

Ogier
89 NEXUS WAY
CAMANA BAY
GRAND CAYMAN KY1-9007
Cayman Islands

Work Department

Partner Banking and Finance

Position

Partner

Career

Mark specialises in all types of finance and has particular expertise in fund financing. He has significant experience in representing both borrowers and lenders in all types of lending products to include subscription line facilities, margin lending, derivative based structures, bond issues and limited recourse financings.

Mark has been named as a leading lawyer by IFLR for successive years running. He specialises in all types of finance and has particular expertise in fund financing. He has significant experience in representing both borrowers and lenders (including major financial institutions, multilateral international financial institutions, private equity funds and hedge funds) in all types of lending products to include subscription line facilities, margin lending, derivative based structures, bond issues and limited recourse financings. In the context of corporate financings, he regularly acts for large bank syndicates and large corporate multinationals.

He has experience in the field of structured finance having advised extensively in his previous role at Bank of Scotland Corporate on CMBS and conduit based securitisation. He continues to advise on a variety on structured finance transactions including Islamic finance, asset finance, securitisation and resecuritisation.

He also has a wide range of experience in asset finance and regularly advises on aviation and shipping finance matters. Expertise includes secured lendings over Cayman registered corporate jets and private yachts and the use of Cayman SPVs.

In addition to the above, Mark has extensive expertise in advising on debt listings on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange both on “Eurobond” listings and specialist debt listings.

Before joining Ogier in 2008, he worked as an in-house lawyer at Bank of Scotland Corporate in London.

Memberships

Mark is a member of the Cayman Islands Law Society and the Law Society of Scotland.

Education

He received his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, in 2000 and his Diploma in Legal Practice from Glasgow Graduate School of Law in 2001.

Mark was admitted in Cayman Islands in 2008 and also in Scotland in 2013.

Lawyer Rankings

Cayman Islands > Banking, finance and capital markets

(Next Generation Partners)

Mark SantangeliOgier

Ogier‘s banking, finance and capital markets practice fields an experienced cross-disciplinary team which regularly guides clients through the full scope of banking, finance, and capital markets work, ranging from debt and equity issues, to loan facilities, note issuances and SPAC IPOs. The firm’s fund finance practice is also recommended for a varied lender-side client base. The fund finance team is led by James Heinicke, who specialises in matters stemming from Latin American jurisdictions, while Bradley Kruger concentrates on capital markets work and advises on IPOs, SPACs, M&A transactions and joint ventures. Alongside his specialism in asset finance, aviation and shipping matters, Mark Santangeli represents borrowers and lenders alike in all types of fund financing products; and Angus Davison is a key name for corporate finance work. Cynthia Anandajayasekeram operates across several areas and is a member of the private equity team.