Ogier

Banking and Finance; Private Equity; Restructuring and Insolvency

Partner

Bruce MacNeil is a partner in the Banking and Finance team of Ogier's Jersey office. He has represented a wide range of banks, lenders and companies on banking, derivatives, corporate, finance and restructuring transactions. He also advises on leveraged finance transactions, restructuring and insolvency matters and high yield listings on The International Stock Exchange (TISE).

A member of Ogier's multi-disciplinary Restructuring and Insolvency team, Bruce specialises in refinancing, corporate restructuring and reorganisation and formal insolvency procedures. His experience includes advising lenders and sponsors on security enforcement, directors' duties and insolvency issues in the context of distressed corporate groups.

Bruce is also part of Ogier's multi-disciplinary Private Equity team, specialising in the following:

- advising financial institutions and private equity sponsors on leveraged finance and acquisition financing transactions

- acting as sponsor in respect of listing notes on TISE and the Cayman Stock Exchange (CSX) to take advantage of the quoted Eurobond exemption

- advice in relation to subscription credit and capital call facilities entered into by funds (including reviewing borrowing and security restrictions in fund constitutional documents)

- restructuring advice for creditors, insolvency office holders, directors, shareholders and other stakeholders of distressed funds and portfolio companies

Admitted in: 2013 - Jersey | 2009 - New York | 2003 - England and Wales

Bruce studied law at University College London and is a member of The Law Society of England and Wales. He qualified as an English Solicitor in 2003, was admitted to practice as a New York Attorney in 2009 and qualified as a Jersey Advocate in 2013.