Mr Andrew Jowett > Appleby > Tortola, British Virgin Islands > Lawyer Profile
Appleby Offices
JAYLA PLACE, WICKHAM'S CAY 1
PO BOX 3190, ROAD TOWN
TORTOLA, VG1110
British Virgin Islands
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Mr Andrew Jowett
Work Department
Corporate
Position
Partner
Career
Andrew Jowett is a Group Partner in the Corporate and Regulatory BVI practice groups and of the Jersey office at Appleby.
Andrew has extensive experience in corporate, banking and finance, and capital markets transactions, with particular emphasis on clients in the mining, oil and gas, energy, and natural resources sectors.
Andrew’s corporate practice involves advising a range of clients from large blue chip listed companies to small private companies on multi-jurisdictional mergers & acquisitions, public takeovers, IPOs, private placements, corporate reorganisations, joint venture arrangements, continuations, voluntary liquidations, shareholder rights, corporate governance, and directors’ duties. Andrew’s banking and finance practice involves advising both large financial institutions and corporate borrower groups in relation to acquisition finance, asset finance, debt restructuring, security enforcement, insolvency, real estate finance, and project finance.
Andrew´s regulatory practice involves advising on fund formation, investment business and money services licensing, FinTech and blockchain start-ups and joint ventures, and initial coin offerings (ICOs).
Languages
English and French
Education
Andrew was admitted in the British Virgin Islands in 2008 and admitted in England and Wales in 2006 (not practicing).
- College of Law, London (England)
- Queens University (Canada)
Lawyer Rankings
British Virgin Islands > Corporate and commercial
Advising on projects across Asia, Latin America and Africa, Appleby‘s BVI office is regularly instructed on cross-border M&A transactions. Practice chair Jeffrey Kirk regularly handles multi-million-dollar M&A deals and corporate restructurings, while Andrew Jowett, who divides his time between BVI and Jersey, acts for various blue-chip and private companies in the energy sector. Further notable figures in the team also include Shana Simmonds, who has recently been involved in multi-jurisdictional transactions related to private equity takeovers and fintech companies; and David Clark, who frequently provides support for the team on cross-border financing matters, particularly those with Bermuda connections. ‘Proactive and solution-focused’ M&A specialist Brittany Cummings and Stuart Fee are key names at senior associate level.
British Virgin Islands > Banking, finance and capital markets
Appleby fields a robust cross-departmental team of specialists, who routinely handle high-profile multi-jurisdictional matters and advise borrowers and lenders on blockchain, cryptocurrency, digital asset and fintech mandates. Another strong focus of the practice is on international asset finance transactions, particularly in the aviation and shipping industries. Managing partner Jeffrey Kirk is also global head of the Islamic finance practice group, while Andrew Jowett’s expertise lies the mining, oil and gas, energy and natural resources sectors. Shana Simmonds is also a key name in the practice with expertise in secured and structured financings and private equity transactions, acting for a range of global and domestic financial institutions and securities providers.
British Virgin Islands > Regulatory and compliance
Praised for its ‘exceptional subject matter expertise and experience in digital assets and fund work’, Appleby‘s BVI regulatory team is spearheaded by Jeffrey Kirk and regularly advises clients in the emerging technologies, virtual asset and data management sectors on a host of regulatory issues related to blockchain, cryptocurrencies and digital assets. ‘Blending regulatory knowledge with commercial savvy’, Andrew Jowett divides his time between Jersey and the BVI and advises on securities and investment business, fintech, blockchain, digital asset and crypto mandates and the tokenisation of real world assets, while counsel Stuart Fee‘s broad practice encompasses the regulatory elements of blockchain-based token offerings, DeFi structures and smart contract projects. Shana Simmonds handles regulatory issues relating to corporate transactions, and senior associate Brittany Cummings is another key name for corporate-related regulatory matters.
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Lawyer Rankings
- Corporate and commercial British Virgin Islands
- Banking, finance and capital markets British Virgin Islands
- Regulatory and compliance British Virgin Islands