Elizabeth Killeen > Carey Olsen > Tortola, British Virgin Islands > Lawyer Profile

Carey Olsen
RODUS BUILDING
ROAD REEF MARINA, PO BOX 3093
ROAD TOWN, TORTOLA
British Virgin Islands

Work Department

Banking and Finance; Corporate; Investment Funds; Regulatory

Position

Elizabeth is a partner in the firm’s corporate and finance practice. She qualified as a lawyer in London before moving to the British Virgin Islands (BVI) in 2008, where she began to specialise in BVI law.

Elizabeth has a broad range of experience in corporate, commercial and financial transactions. She advises on cross-border debt and equity financing, joint venture arrangements, IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, aircraft and other asset financing, continuations in and out of the BVI, corporate governance, corporate reorganisations, directors’ duties and voluntary liquidations. She also advises clients on regulatory compliance in the BVI and structuring, forming and maintaining regulated investment funds.

Career

Before joining Carey Olsen, Elizabeth was in-house counsel for a leading trust company in the BVI. During this time, Elizabeth served on the Executive Committee of the BVI Association of Registered Agents. As a result, Elizabeth regularly advises trust companies and registered agents in the BVI in relation to their AML obligations, record keeping requirements, regulatory and reporting requirements, and most recently on the BVI economic substance requirements.

In 2015, Elizabeth was seconded to Singapore, to help set-up Carey Olsen’s Singapore office, but is now based in our BVI office.

Elizabeth was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 2006 (now non-practising) and as a solicitor in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (BVI) in 2008.

Elizabeth is also a notary public.

Memberships

Served two terms on the Executive Committee of the BVI Association of Registered Agents

Lawyer Rankings

British Virgin Islands > Corporate and commercial

(Next Generation Partners)

Elizabeth KilleenCarey Olsen

The Carey Olsen team, with its extensive international network, adeptly oversees transactions across Europe, Asia, and the US, specialising in cross-border deals and commercial issues. Leading the practice is Clinton Hempel, who guides his clients through the intricacies of corporate and commercial transactions and also lends his expertise to regulatory compliance and risk management matters. Elizabeth Killeen is renowned for her proficiency in advising multinational corporations and high-net-worth individuals on financing and investment structures. Counsels Jude Hodge and Katrina Lindsay also play key roles; Hodge, who is a financial services specialist, extends her corporate practice to cover corporate restructurings, M&A transactions, and corporate due diligence, while Lindsay has a focus on the emerging digital assets sector.

British Virgin Islands > Banking, finance and capital markets

Carey Olsen fields an experienced banking and finance team, which is routinely instructed by lenders and borrowers for advice on asset finance, real estate finance and refinancing transactions. Managing partner Clinton Hempel is noted for his engagement in cross-border joint ventures, M&A, corporate reorganisations and stock exchange listings. Elizabeth Killeen’s broad practice spans cross-border debt and equity financings, IPOs, aircraft financings, economic substance advice, and licence applications and virtual assets; while real estate and acquisition finance expert Katrina Lindsay is also highly recommended at counsel level. Fellow counsel Jude Hodge is another key name for secured and structured financings as well as data protection and digital asset work.

British Virgin Islands > Investment funds

Carey Olsen is the go-to choice for a host hedge fund groups, asset managers and institutional investors seeking advice on fund launches and regulatory applications, anti-money laundering and terrorist financing requirements, economic substance issues and digital assets. Practice head Clinton Hempel notably focuses on BVI financings and investment structures, takeovers, joint ventures, M&A and public and private equity transactions. With specialist expertise in economic substance advice, licence applications and virtual assets, Elizabeth Killeen is also highly recommended, while counsel Jude Hodge is sought out by a litany of leading arrangers, financial institutions, corporates, borrower groups and investment managers for advice on BVI investment and regulatory vehicles, CRS and FATCA requirements, and data protection regimes. Counsel Katrina Lindsay is noted for her expertise in virtual assets.

British Virgin Islands > Regulatory and compliance

(Next Generation Partners)

Elizabeth Killeen  – Carey Olsen

Carey Olsen continues to provide comprehensive advice to leading trust companies, funds and corporate clients on a range of contentious and non-contentious regulatory and compliance issues spanning virtual asset legislation and economic substance compliance. The team fields experienced practitioners including co-heads Clinton Hempel and Elizabeth Killeen, and acts for a varied client roster of trust companies, financial institutions, public and private businesses, and high-net-worth individuals. Counsel Jude Hodge is well versed in regulatory compliance, economic substance issues and anti-money laundering legislation.