Mr Dilmun Leach > Walkers > St Helier, Jersey > Lawyer Profile
Walkers Offices
PO BOX 72,WALKER HOUSE
28-34 HILL STREET
ST HELIER
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Mr Dilmun Leach
Work Department
Investment Funds & Corporate
Position
Dilmun Leach is a Group Partner in Walkers’ Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate practice group, advising on a range of funds, corporate and regulatory matters.
Dilmun’s funds practice involves the establishment and restructuring of investment funds in a range of asset classes including private equity, real estate, infrastructure, CLOs/debt, and open-ended hedge funds. He advises on the establishment and licencing of fund managers and investment advisers in Jersey, and setting up various fund satellite vehicles including carry and co-investment vehicles, and alternative investment and securitisation vehicles.
Dilmun’s corporate practice includes private equity transactions, and mergers and acquisitions including regulated trust and corporate services providers. Dilmun advises on capital markets including in relation to Jersey companies listing on various exchanges including NASDAQ and the New York Stock Exchange.
On regulatory matters Dilmun advises on all aspects of financial services laws and regulations, from the Jersey AIFMD regime, financial services law, insurance law, to anti-money laundering and novel asset classes such as medicinal cannabis and cryptocurrency.
Dilmun is an active member of the Jersey finance industry, and has spoken on funds, corporate and regulatory matters at events in Jersey, London and New York. He is involved in the development of new laws and products such as the Jersey Private Fund, LLC, and ESG initiatives.
Career
Dilmun qualified in 2009 with Herbert Smith (now Herbert Smith Freehills) and spent five years in their London office, including a six-month secondment to Bell Gully in Wellington, New Zealand. He moved to an offshore firm in Jersey in 2012. He became a group partner and head of the Jersey funds team at an offshore firm in 2017, where he spent three years growing and building the corporate and investment funds practice group from the ground up.
He joined Walkers as a Group Partner in November 2020.
Lawyer Rankings
Jersey > Dispute resolution > Regulatory and white-collar crime
Walkers specialises in assisting financial services clients with all manner of regulatory issues, advising on AML obligations, new products and services, as well as defending clients facing investigations and enforcement proceedings. Leading the team are Dilmun Leach, who handles advisory regulatory matters, including queries on AIFMD regulations and development of asset classes such as cryptocurrencies and NFTs, and Nigel Sanders
, who handles competition proceedings and fraud matters. Senior counsel Tom Fothergill advises clients on their responsibilities under Jersey’s financial services regulatory regimes and also has expertise in matters of financial crime, investigations and enforcement.
Jersey > Investment funds
(Next Generation Partners)Fund managers, hedge funds and private equity houses come to Walkers for assistance with the structuring and launch of a range of fund structures and investments in a range of asset classes, including real estate and digital assets. Jonathan Heaney, admitted in Jersey and the BVI, leads the team, focusing on the structuring and launch of private equity funds. Dilmun Leach has experience assisting funds trading in real estate, infrastructure and CLOs, with further expertise in regulatory issues. Leanne Wallser‘s practice covers sustainable investing, in addition to the establishment, operation and closing of fund structures. Senior counsel Sarah Townsend joined the firm from Carey Olsen in April 2022, and advises on Jersey’s regulatory funds regime.
Jersey > Corporate and commercial
Walkers‘ ‘results-focused’ corporate practice supports private equity firms and other financial institutions with major acquisitions, joint ventures and, increasingly, regulatory advice. Managing partner Jonathan Heaney leads the team, focusing on M&A, real estate transactions and downstream private equity deals. Christopher Reed assists clients with structuring matters and corporate migrations, while Dilmun Leach specialises in M&A between corporate service providers and trust companies. Senior counsel Tatiana Collins is a corporate structure specialist and also advises on tax matters. Senior associate Ruth Donnellan assists clients with the Jersey aspects of M&A deals.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners Jersey > Investment funds
- Corporate and commercial Jersey
- Investment funds Jersey
- Regulatory and white-collar crime Jersey > Dispute resolution