Andrew Boyce > Carey Olsen > St Peter Port, Guernsey > Lawyer Profile
Carey Olsen Offices
PO BOX 98, CAREY HOUSE
LES BANQUES
ST PETER PORT
GY1 4BZ
Guernsey
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Andrew Boyce
Work Department
Banking and Finance; Corporate; Investment Funds; Regulatory; Restructuring and Insolvency
Position
Andrew is a partner in the corporate and finance team and is recognised both locally and internationally for investment and finance transactions across all entity types. Andrew has specialist experience in the structuring and establishment of open and closed-ended investment funds and the credit and structured finance products related to them. In particular he has built an enviable reputation in his core expertise of private equity fund formation having advised a range of global investment houses as well as new managers on fund establishment, investment structuring, asset acquisitions and disposals and regulatory issues. Andrew’s banking and finance expertise compliments his investment funds core practice and covers a range of credit types including capital call facilities, leveraged financing and asset finance. He has acted for global banking institutions and alternative credit providers as well as institutional borrowers. Andrew is instructed by leading UK, European and international law firms and financial institutions, and is recognised by global legal directories and publications. As a qualified British Virgin Islands lawyer Andrew also advises on the above in relation to British Virgin Islands law from his base in Guernsey.
Career
On admission as an Attorney at Law of the Supreme Court of Trinidad and Tobago in 1995, Andrew took tenancy in chambers before moving to a well-established local firm of attorneys. In 1997, he moved to the British Virgin Islands (BVI) to join Farrara George-Creque & Kerins and was admitted as a Barrister and Solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court. He then spent two years with KPMG in the BVI as in-house counsel for the firm’s trust companies. Andrew joined Carey Olsen in 2000 and was admitted as a Solicitor of England and Wales in 2002. He was called to the Guernsey Bar in 2004 and made a partner in 2005.
Languages
English and French (conversational)
Memberships
Guernsey International Legal Association; Institute of Directors (Guernsey).
Education
Fatima College, Trinidad 1981-88; University of the West Indies (1993 LLB Hons); Sir Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad (1995 Legal Education Certificate); Université de Caen (2003 Certificat d’Etudes Juridiques Francaises et Normandes); Guernsey Bar (2004 Qualification Exams)
Lawyer Rankings
Guernsey > Banking and finance
(Hall of Fame)Carey Olsen acts for a client base consisting of both lenders and borrowers on fund, acquisition, and property financing matters, including an increasing NAV lending practice and a growing focus on end-of-life facilities. Practice head Andrew Boyce
specialises in structuring fund finance facilities, which dovetails with his expertise in fund formation, with additional experience overseeing capital calls and leveraged financing deals. Ben Morgan acts for funds on downstream banking and finance transactions, with Tom Carey and Annette Alexander both supporting a roster of funds clients on fund formation and financing arrangements.
Guernsey > Corporate and M&A
(Leading partners)Carey Olsen is the ‘standout in the market’ for transactional advice in the Guernsey market, and is particularly active on behalf of private equity clients, advising on all aspects of acquisitions and disposals. Corporate clients additionally come to the firm for assistance with restructuring programs. Leading the team are Tom Carey, a private equity specialist who also brings experience in the structuring of closed and open-ended collective investment schemes, and Tony Lane, whose practice encompasses transactions done via schemes of arrangement and IPOs. Andrew Boyce is renowned for his work on the structuring of private equity funds, in addition to his expertise in finance transactions. Arya Hashemi focuses on cross-border M&A and assists clients with the competition law aspects of such transactions.
Guernsey > Investment funds
(Hall of Fame)Carey Olsen is active advising managers on the formation of, inter alia, private equity, real estate and debt funds and downstream transactions, and has a notable client base of LSE-listed funds. Practice head Ben Morgan has experience in advising both public and private funds on the formation and launch of new structures, in addition to assisting them with financing and transactional arrangements. Andrew Boyce‘s practice centres on the formation of open and closed-ended funds and related credit products, while the restructuring of such funds falls under David Crosland‘s remit. ‘Font of knowledge’ Annette Alexander focuses on alternative investment structures, advising on the regulatory regime governing them.
Lawyer Rankings
- Banking and finance Guernsey
- Corporate and M&A Guernsey
- Hall of Fame Guernsey > Banking and finance
- Hall of Fame Guernsey > Investment funds
- Investment funds Guernsey
- Leading partners Guernsey > Corporate and M&A
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Banking and finance
- Capital markets
- Commercial property
- Corporate and M&A
- Dispute resolution
- Employment
- Insurance
- Investment funds
- Private client, trusts and tax