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Jasmine Amaria

Jasmine Amaria is the managing partner of Carey Olsen's London office and heads the Cayman and BVI investment funds, corporate and finance practice in London. Having practiced Cayman and BVI law since 2007, Jasmine has significant experience in investment funds and corporate and finance matters, including fund formation (hedge, private equity and venture capital funds), fund financing, structured finance, general corporate, commercial and finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures as well as group reorganisations and restructurings. She also has extensive experience advising investment and private equity funds on distressed situations. Jasmine regularly advises Indian conglomerates and clients making foreign investments into and from India.

Matthew Brehaut

Matt is a partner in the corporate team in Carey Olsen’s London office. He advises on corporate and investment funds matters, with particular experience in the structuring and launch of investment funds. Matt provides funds, fund service providers and fund promoters with advice on all aspects of the establishment, regulation and operation of investment funds.

Sukhvinder Chana

Sukhvinder is a senior associate in the corporate and finance group. Sukhvinder advises on a broad range of finance and corporate matters in Guernsey with a focus on real estate finance, acquisition finance and structured finance. On the corporate side, Sukhvinder advises on acquisitions and disposals, corporate restructurings, amalgamations and migrations as well as advising on the regulatory laws underpinning these transactions. Sukhvinder also advises on local law financings acting as lead Guernsey counsel and regularly advises foreign banks on the Guernsey regulatory regime applicable to the promotion of goods and services in Guernsey.

Nina Clift

Nina is a senior associate within the trusts and private wealth group and advises high net worth clients and trustees with regard to the establishment and administration of offshore trusts. Nina deals with all aspects of fiduciary law and provides advice on contentious and non-contentious trust and probate matters. She also prepares wills and advises on wealth planning and estate administration for local and international clients.

Vaishali Gupta

Vaishali specialises in banking and finance transactions. Her recent experience includes advising various corporate and financial institutions on structured finance and fund related finance transactions, as well as financial restructurings.

Harry Hadjiyannis

Harry is a senior associate in Carey Olsen's corporate and finance practice, based in London. Harry advises on both BVI and Cayman corporate, banking and finance, igaming, digital asset, fintech and regulatory matters. Harry is admitted as a solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (BVI), England and Wales, and South Africa.

Arya Hashemi

Arya is a senior associate in Carey Olsen's corporate and finance team. Arya advises on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters including joint ventures, private equity, group reorganisations and shareholder agreements. Arya also has extensive experience of advising clients on a wide range of mergers and acquisitions, often involving multiple jurisdictions.

Alexandra Hehir

Alex is a senior associate in the corporate team in Carey Olsen’s London office. She advises on a range of corporate, banking and finance matters.

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Greg O\'Keefe-Davis

Greg is a senior associate in Carey Olsen's British Virgin Islands (BVI) dispute resolution and litigation team, based in London. He advises on all aspects of commercial and insolvency litigation, and has particular experience in high-value, cross-border insolvencies and restructuring, and high-value contentious probate and trust disputes. Greg has also regularly acted for liquidators and receivers in the BVI, and has advised on both in and out of court appointments. Greg has regularly appeared in the Civil and Commercial Divisions of the BVI High Court, and has also appeared in the Court of Appeal, as well as running appeals up to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

Imogen Payne

Imogen is a senior associate in the corporate and finance team in Carey Olsen’s London office. Imogen advises on a broad range of corporate and commercial matters, including banking finance, real estate finance, mergers and acquisitions, collective investment schemes and group reorganisations.

Emma Penney

Emma is a senior associate in the corporate and finance. Emma has experience in advising clients on a wide range of corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions, private equity, open and closed-ended investment funds in Guernsey and also undertakes a range of finance transactions.

Andrea Steel

Andrea has considerable expertise in a wide range of fund structuring, formation, administration and regulatory matters, with particular knowledge of private equity and real estate funds. She has a track record of building strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders and demonstrating commitment to organisational aims, values and strategies.

Tim Wright

Tim is a partner in Carey Olsen's British Virgin Islands (BVI) Dispute Resolution and Litigation team, practising BVI law from Carey Olsen’s London office. Tim has over 15 years' onshore and offshore experience of high profile and complex cross-border litigation and insolvency work and has recently relocated to London after living and working in the BVI for eight years. Tim is qualified as a Solicitor and Barrister and regularly appears in Court. He is a highly experienced offshore litigator, working on all elements of shareholder and company disputes, cross-border fraud and asset tracing, injunctions, trusts, insolvency and restructuring. Tim's cases are often complex multi-jurisdictional disputes which involve working with professional advisors in other countries and time zones. Tim is well versed in new litigation trends such as cryptocurrency and digital asset disputes, and cases involving economic sanctions. Tim is a business minded and pragmatic litigator who takes the time to understand his clients' needs and objectives. He recognises that legal disputes can be stressful and destructive for businesses. He aims to find the best outcome for his clients, whether in court or by commercial settlement.