Mr Neil McDonald > Walkers > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Walkers
52 Lime Street
EC3M 7AF
England
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Work Department

Corporate and Finance

Position

Neil McDonald is a Partner based in Walkers’ London office where he is a member of the firm’s Global Finance and Corporate Groups. Neil has a broad range of experience in British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands and Jersey law. He routinely works on cross-border structured finance, loan finance, project finance and acquisition finance transactions, as well as general corporate and commercial matters, equity financings, joint ventures, restructurings, and mergers, acquisitions and disposals.

Career

Prior to joining Walkers, Neil worked at Slaughter and May in London for six years, where he advised public and private companies, asset management groups, investment funds, banks and other financial institutions, including a four-month secondment at Legal and General Group plc.

Memberships

Neil is a member of the Law Society of England and Wales

Education

BA (Hons) in Politics, University of Liverpool; Postgraduate Diploma in Law, College of Law, London; Legal Practice Course, BPP Law School in London | ADMITTED IN: England and Wales (not practising).

Lawyer Rankings

London > Offshore firms in London > Offshore firms in London

With capabilities spanning BVI, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Jersey, Guernsey and Ireland, Walkers‘ is best known for its expertise in Bermuda law and its work with sovereign wealth funds, development finance institutions and high-net-worth individuals. Managing partner Jack Boldarin is an expert in emerging markets transactions. Fraser Hern oversees the insolvency, restructuring and litigation practice. Hughie Wong and Tatziana Paraguacuto co-head the investment funds practice. Neil McDonald and Patrick Ormond​​​​ for corporate M&A transactions, Mark Galazzi and Catherine Overton for banking instructions, and Sara Hall for regulatory matters, are also highly recommended.