Tom Carey > Carey Olsen > St Peter Port, Guernsey > Lawyer Profile

Carey Olsen
PO BOX 98, CAREY HOUSE
LES BANQUES
ST PETER PORT
GY1 4BZ
Guernsey

Work Department

Banking and Finance; Corporate; Investment Funds; Restructuring and Insolvency; Family Office; Regulatory

Position

Tom is a partner is the corporate and finance team. He advises clients both locally and internationally on a wide variety of corporate transactions including private equity, investment funds and restructurings. Tom acts for asset managers, banks and fund promoters on the structuring and establishment of closed-ended and open-ended collective investment schemes. He also advises on corporate transactions including insolvency and restructuring as well as banking and real estate finance. He specialises in permanent capital vehicles, CISE, AIM and Main Market listings as well as all aspects of private equity. Tom was listed in the ‘International Who’s Who of Funds Lawyers’ 2014.

Career

Tom began his career with a training contract at Norton Rose in 1998-2000. He qualified as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in October 2000 and then joined the corporate finance team at Norton Rose in 2000-2002. He was in-house counsel at Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited from 2002 to 2004. He joined Carey Olsen in August 2004 and was made partner in 2008. Tom was appointed as a non-voting member of the Board of Commerce & Employment within the States of Guernsey in 2012.

Tom is Secretary of the Guernsey Bar Council. 

Lawyer Rankings

Guernsey > Banking and finance

(Leading individuals)

Tom CareyCarey Olsen

Lenders and borrowers come to Carey Olsen for assistance with a range of financing arrangements for Guernsey-domiciled funds, including acquisition, real estate and asset finance. The firm also offers extensive experience in advising companies on TISE listings. The practice is headed by Andrew Boyce, a closed and open-ended investment funds structuring specialist who also assists with credit and structured finance products. Funds group head Ben Morgan is well versed in alternative fund formation, as is Annette Alexander, who also advises funds on TISE listings and related compliance matters. Tom Carey focuses his practice on corporate transactions and is also noted for his listings work and knowledge of permanent capital vehicles issues. David Crosland rounds out the roster of key names.

Guernsey > Corporate and M&A

(Leading individuals)

Tom CareyCarey Olsen

Carey Olsen‘s corporate team assists clients engaged in high-value cross-border M&A transactions and restructurings, with particular expertise in deals which involve Guernsey structures. In addition to acting for LSE-listed clients, the firm advises on transactions concerning Guernsey-registered buyers and sellers. The team is led by Tom Carey – who advises private equity and investment fund clients on a range of transactional and restructuring matters – and public and private M&A, schemes of arrangement and listings specialist Tony Lane. Andrew Boyce‘s practice includes investment and finance transactions, with particular expertise in the establishment and structuring of open and closed-ended funds and associated credit and structured finance products. Senior associate Arya Hashemi is the key contact for cross-border M&A and competition issues.