Simon Heggs > Collas Crill > St Peter Port, Guernsey > Lawyer Profile
Collas Crill Offices
GLATEGNY COURT, PO BOX 140
GLATEGNY ESPLANADE
ST PETER PORT
GY1 4EW
Guernsey
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Simon Heggs
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Simon is a Group Partner the Financial Services and Regulatory team.
Simon advises on all aspects of commercial law, with a particular focus on public equity and debt, banking and finance (including real estate, private client and fund finance), private equity investment and mergers and acquisitions. Simon regularly leads cross border matters involving our Guernsey, Jersey, BVI and Cayman teams and acts as lead counsel to a number of Guernsey based Banks and family offices.
Recent highlights:
- Acting for Credit Agricole in respect of their €50bn Structured Debt Instruments Issuance Programme.
- Acting for SafeCharge International Group Limited, an AIM Listed company, on its successful $889m takeover by the Nuvei Corporation by way of a Guernsey scheme of arrangement.
- Advising Pizza Hut UK on the early settlement and de-listing of their TISE listed debt securities as part of their wider CVA.
- Acting for Intertrust in their €500m bond issuance and the refinance of their existing debt facility.
- Acting for Ferro-Alloy Resources in their migration from the BVI and joint listing on London and Kazak Stock Exchanges.
- Acting as lead counsel to a Guernsey family office in the acquisition of two Guernsey commercial real estate companies.
- Acting for Fairtree Hospitality Real Estate Private Equity Limited Partnership in the refinance of their group’s property investment portfolio.
Career
Simon joined Collas Crill in 2015, having previously worked for Fortis Bank and DQ Law.
Simon is a graduate of Leicester University, where he studied Law & Economics, and York College of Law.
Languages
English
Memberships
Isle of Man Law Society (non practising)
Guernsey International Legal Association
Education
BA in Law and Economics at University of Leicester and LPC from Yorlk Colledge of Law
Leisure
Chess, Sports, Travel
Lawyer Rankings
Guernsey > Banking and finance
(Next Generation Partners)Fund and Islamic finance are the core pillars of Collas Crill‘s banking practice, which has also grown its practice in respect of family offices and other private wealth structures. The newly restructured Financial Services & Regulatory team is led by Wayne Atkinson, who handles a mixture of lender and borrower-side mandates. Simon Heggs and Ben Le Page are noted for their fund and real estate finance practices, while also increasingly advising on loans taken out by private wealth vehicles. Ian Petherbridge maintains a lender-side practice, advising on a wide range of facilities.
Guernsey > Capital markets
(Next Generation Partners)Collas Crill is instructed by clients looking to list securities on TISE, and is also able to advise shareholders in regard to IPOs. Under the broad purview of Michael Adkins and Wayne Atkinson, the group is known for providing regulatory advice regarding the listing of companies in a variety of sectors, including the burgeoning cannabis industry. Simon Heggs handles a range of debt and equity transactions, including IPOs, derivative programs and the delisting of securities.
Guernsey > Corporate and M&A
(Next Generation Partners)Following a restructuring, Collas Crill‘s corporate and M&A work is now handled by the newly formed financial services & regulatory practice, which oversees transactions in regulated sectors, including digital assets and cannabis, and is also tasked with assisting corporate migrations. The ‘incredibly knowledgable’ Wayne Atkinson leads the team, with a noted regulatory practice which dovetails with his transactions and investment structuring work. Paul Wilkes
continues to advise in a consultancy role, specialising in fund formation across a range of asset classes, with Simon Heggs handling private equity investments and M&A deals.