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Rajah Abusrewil

Rajah Abusrewil

Rajah Abusrewil leads the Jersey Private Capital & Trusts group and advises local and international fiduciaries, family offices and ultra-high net worth individuals on wealth structuring and asset protection. With over 20 years of experience in both private practice and in house, she delivers bespoke solutions for international families and family offices on establishing, managing, and winding up trusts, foundations, and related structures across Jersey, Guernsey, and Bermuda law. Rajah leads the Middle East desk for the Channel Islands, focusing on international business development in the Middle East, coordinating with multiple offices. Rajah is the Deputy Chair of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Jersey Branch, and she regularly speaks in the Middle East, London, Jersey and Bermuda.
Donna Ager

Donna Ager

Donna has over 20 years' experience in aviation finance and is part of our Global Asset Finance team, based in London. Donna specialises in Irish law leasing and financing of transportation (notably aviation) assets, the establishment of funds-based aviation platforms as well as debt capital markets transactions and related mergers and acquisitions. In 2021 she was awarded the Women In Business Law Awards – European Aviation Lawyer of the Year as well as Irish law Legal Advisor of the Year at the Women In Finance Awards.
Jasmine Amaria

Jasmine Amaria

Jasmine joined Walkers in 2007 and is a partner in the Global Investment Funds Group based in the London office. Her practice focuses on both alternative investment funds and private equity funds, and she regularly advises on their establishment, on-going corporate transactions and financing activities. Jasmine has also advised clients on their fund restructurings and distressed situations. Jasmine has significant experience in a broad range of corporate and finance transactions, and regularly advises on mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements and group reorganisations and restructurings. Her practice has also included advising on IPOs of Cayman Islands companies on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, and her clients include leading international banks, financial institutions, asset management firms and private equity houses. Jasmine is also part of the Walkers Global India Group which drives the firm’s strategy and dealings with Indian companies and clients and foreign investments into India. Jasmine has experience in both Cayman Islands law and BVI law aspects of transactions.​
Alison Antill

Alison Antill

Alison Antill is a senior associate in Walkers' Insolvency and Dispute Resolution Practice Group in Guernsey. Alison advises on corporate and commercial disputes and trust litigation, with a particular interest in insolvency. She also has experience in regulatory investigations and GFSC enforcement proceedings. Alison has been an Advocate of the Royal Court of Guernsey since December 2021 and has been practising in Guernsey since 2018. Prior to returning to Guernsey, Alison practised as a solicitor in England. Alongside her legal practice, Alison is the Guernsey Bar Secretary as a member of the Guernsey Bar Council. She is a member of the Guernsey International Legal Association (GILA), the Association of Restructuring and Insolvency Experts (ARIES) and the Contentious Trusts Association (ConTra).
Sarah Ash

Sarah Ash

Sarah leads Walkers' Channel Islands Employment Law Group and is the head of our Employment team in Guernsey. She advises on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law. Sarah advises companies in sectors ranging from financial services, insurance and legal to media on: tribunal claims and procedure contracts of employment internal grievance and disciplinary matters managing sickness absence misconduct and capability issues dismissals discrimination employment policies and procedures redundancies aspects of mergers, acquisitions and disposals. She has been seconded to Employment Legal and HR teams, and has spent time in a major international bank where she gained experience of employment matters from a client’s perspective.
Tim Baildam

Tim Baildam

Tim Baildam is a Senior Counsel in Walkers' Insolvency and Dispute Resolution group in London, advising on Cayman Islands, Bermuda and British Virgin Islands law. Tim advises clients on a range of contentious matters under Cayman Islands, Bermuda and British Virgin Islands law. He has over nine years' experience working offshore, both from the Cayman Islands and London. Tim specialises in multi-jurisdictional commercial litigation and insolvency matters, including fraud claims, insolvency office-holder litigation, shareholder and partnership disputes, and claims for breach of directors' duties. Tim also has experience advising on contentious matters involving cryptocurrency assets, and acting for stakeholders in relation to creditor and shareholder schemes of arrangement.
Victoria Barclay

Victoria Barclay

Victoria Barclay is an associate in Walkers' Insolvency and Dispute Resolution team in Jersey. Victoria advises on general civil and commercial litigation, trust disputes and both contentious and non-contentious insolvency and restructuring matters. She has a background in commercial dispute resolution, having handled cases in the Court of Session in Scotland and the High Court and County Courts in England. She also possesses experience advising financial institutions and insolvency practitioners on contentious and non-contentious insolvency matters.
Nicholas Blake-Knox

Nicholas Blake-Knox

Nicholas is the Managing Partner of Walkers' Ireland office and head of Walkers' Asset Management and Investment Funds Practice Group in Ireland. He has over 20 years’ experience in the area of asset management and investment funds. Nicholas advises funds, promoters and service providers on establishing, authorising and operating all types of investment funds and regulated entities in Ireland. He has experience of a wide range of asset classes and investment strategies including hedge fund, private equity, real estate and liquid investments. He has also advised on establishing investment fund platforms in jurisdictions outside Ireland. Nicholas is widely regarded as a leading figure within the asset management and investment funds industry in Ireland. Nicholas has held various non-executive leadership positions within the industry including serving as Chairperson of the Irish Funds Council in 2025, the association representing the investment funds and asset management industry in Ireland. In 2025, he was appointed to the Joint Committee of the Irish government’s Ireland for Finance initiative, aimed at further growing and developing Ireland’s financial services sector, for a two-year term. In 2026, Nicholas was appointed by the Irish government to sit on its Company Law Review Group (CLRG), the group established to advise the government on enhancements to Ireland's company law offering. Nicholas is a regular contributor to media and a speaker at investment fund and asset management conferences. He is also a member of the advisory board of the Certified Investment Fund Director Institute and lectures on various executive education programmes. Nicholas has participated in ESMA hearings in Paris in relation to asset management matters and frequently authors thought leadership pieces.
Jack Boldarin

Jack Boldarin

Jack is the Managing Partner of our London office and practises British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands and Bermuda law. Jack enjoys 25+ years' experience advising clients on matters linked to offshore investment hubs and originally practised from the firm's Cayman Islands and BVI offices. Jack leads a team of London based lawyers providing time-zone sensitive, dedicated Bermuda, BVI and Cayman Islands law support to clients based in EMEA. Jack specialises in: Banking and finance transactions (including leveraged finance, real estate finance, and debt and equity finance) Corporate M&A transactions (including mergers and acquisitions, strategic joint ventures, take-private transactions, equity capital markets and corporate reorganisations)
Jamie Bookless

Jamie Bookless

Jamie Bookless is a Partner in Walkers' Guernsey office advising on disputes and regulatory matters involving regulated businesses and structures in Guernsey. He has been in private practice for 20 years and has been working offshore since 2015. Jamie's regulatory practice primarily focuses on advice to regulated and licensed businesses on a wide variety of matters including AML and CFT related issues, GFSC investigations and remediation programmes, data protection, SARs and sanctions. His disputes practice focuses on complex and high-value commercial disputes and insolvency matters, as well as disputes related to competition law and data protection. Jamie regularly acts for large commercial clients, corporate trustees, major accountancy firms and investment banks. Jamie works with both Walkers' global Insolvency & Dispute Resolution practice, and Walkers' global Regulatory & Risk Advisory practice.
Sarah Brehaut

Sarah Brehaut

Sarah is a partner in Walkers' Guernsey Insolvency & Dispute Resolution Group specialising in contentious insolvency and regulatory disputes. She is an experienced court-going Advocate who frequently represents liquidators in respect of contentious and non-contentious matters before Guernsey's Royal Court in relation to compulsory and voluntary winding-up, and holds the BPP Certificate of Proficiency in Corporate Insolvency (for which she received the highest exam result in the country). Sarah also advises and represents directors of regulated entities in respect of regulatory investigations and disputes. She has significant experience in all aspects of commercial dispute as well as considerable experience of appearing in the Magistrate’s Court, Royal Court and Court of Appeal.
Nichola Brennan

Nichola Brennan

Nichola Brennan is part of the Walkers' Private Capital & Trusts group based in Jersey and specialises in non-contentious trust, foundation and family office matters in a private wealth context. With over 15 years of experience, Nichola advises on the establishment, operation and ongoing administration of private client structures, including discretionary trusts, settlor reserved power trusts, charitable and non-charitable purpose trusts, private trust companies and foundations. She also advises in connection with employee benefit and pension trusts, as well as philanthropic and charitable structures. Nichola's clients include trustees, high net worth individuals, family offices and charitable organisations.
Sam Burford-Yeo

Sam Burford-Yeo

Sam Burford-Yeo is a senior associate in Walkers' London Investment Funds Practice Group. He advises on all matters relating to the structuring, launch, operation, restructuring and closure of Cayman Islands open-ended and closed-ended investment funds. Sam has considerable experience advising with respect to liquidity control mechanics and associated restructurings. He has worked with Cayman Islands funds in both offshore and onshore capacities, and works directly with the leading onshore law firms in this sphere, as well as with leading service providers and asset managers. Sam also advises on Cayman Islands law and regulation in respect of economic substance, beneficial ownership and data protection. He has advised extensively with regard to rules, policies, procedures and statements of guidance issued by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority with respect to mutual and private funds. He also has particular expertise in audit requirements for funds throughout their life cycle.
Dermot Casserly

Dermot Casserly

Dermot  is a Partner and head of Walkers Employment team in Ireland and advises on all aspects of employment law. He helps clients navigate complex workplace matters, from creating robust employment contracts to resolving sensitive disciplinary issues. Dermot gives strategic advice on all legal issues arising out of the employment relationship including: - employment contracts and audits - staff handbooks - disciplinary and grievance procedures - redundancy consultations - union negotiations Additionally, he represents clients in defending various employee claims, including unfair dismissal and equality claims. Known for his strategic counsel on Transfer of Undertakings (TUPE), immigration and M&A employment matters, Dermot has earned recognition as a trusted advisor to employers and HR professionals
Andrew Chissick

Andrew Chissick

Andrew is a Partner in our Insolvency and Dispute Resolution Practice Group, advising on British Virgin Islands, Bermuda and Cayman Islands law. He helps clients with complex and high value multi-jurisdictional disputes – that includes leading corporations, banks, financial institutions and insolvency practitioners. Andrew joined Walkers in 2019, and has more than ten years’ experience in private practice in London and the British Virgin Islands. He’s worked offshore since 2015 and has particular expertise in: Forum and jurisdiction challenges Shareholder and partnership disputes Unfair prejudice proceedings Fraud and asset tracing claims Freezing orders and other forms of interim relief Recognising and enforcing foreign judgments and arbitral awards. Andrew has also worked on several high-profile insolvency matters, and advises on disputes about crypto-currency assets. This includes fraud, insolvency and contentious matters.
Adam Cole

Adam Cole

Advocate Adam Cole is a partner in Walkers' Guernsey Insolvency & Dispute Resolution team, with wide commercial litigation experience and a particular interest in contentious insolvency matters, regulatory enforcement referrals and trust disputes. He has been practising for over a decade and has been admitted in Guernsey since 2014. Prior to that Adam worked with a major international firm in London, specialising in insurance-related litigation. Adam is a member of the Association of Restructuring and Insolvency Experts (ARIES) and was awarded a Distinction for the STEP Advanced Certificate in International Trusts Disputes. He has been consistently recognised by both Legal 500 and Chambers and Partners. Admitted in: England & Wales (not practising) Guernsey
Tatiana Collins

Tatiana Collins

Tatiana advises on a range of funds, corporate and regulatory matters as part of our Investment Funds & Corporate Practice Group in Jersey. Tatiana mainly works with clients in Europe, the US and the Channel Islands advising them on funds and corporate transactions including: establishing, managing, restructuring and liquidating various types of funds and corporate structures tax and regulatory matters structured acquisitions disposing of assets across Europe financing and re-financing arrangements She also has significant experience with venture capital, real estate and private equity funds. Tatiana has been in private practice since 2009 in Jersey, London, Cayman and Frankfurt, and is admitted in Jersey, Cayman and England & Wales. She speaks fluent English, Slovak and Czech and advanced German.
Craig Cordle

Craig Cordle

Craig is an asset management lawyer with over 15 years’ experience in private practice. This includes all aspects of structuring, restructuring, merging, selling, establishing and operating listed and private investment funds, private equity funds, real-estate funds, single-asset vehicles and all other collective investment arrangements. He regularly advises on mergers and acquisition of private and listed companies, schemes of arrangement, and regulatory and competition issues. In addition, following his extensive experience of working on capital markets transactions in the UK, he continues to work with companies listed on stock markets in London and across Europe. He has been consistently recognised for the quality of his advice by Chambers UK, Legal 500 and IFLR 1000. Admitted in: Guernsey England & Wales
Alexandra Corner

Alexandra Corner

Alexandra Corner is a partner in Walkers' Jersey Banking & Finance team focusing on real estate finance, fund finance and debt capital markets. She is the Practice Group Head for Walkers' Banking & Finance team across Jersey and Guernsey and has been working offshore for more than 20 years. Alexandra has been admitted in Jersey since 2003 and has practised both in the Island and in the City. Alexandra is recognised by both Chambers UK and Legal 500 as a Banking & Finance lawyer, with Chambers citing client feedback that she is "knowledgeable, responsive and pragmatic".   Her areas of specialism include complex real estate finance instructions, subscription lines and other fund finance matters and debt capital markets work include note issuances, repackagings, and securitisations.
Sophie Crocker

Sophie Crocker

Sophie Crocker is a senior counsel in Walkers' London office and a member of the firm's Global Investment Funds Group. Sophie joined Walkers' Cayman Islands office in 2009 and in 2016 transferred to practise in Walkers' Hong Kong office. Sophie specialises in all aspects of funds work and has experience in a broad range of funds transactions as well as general corporate work. She has experience in the US, Asian and European markets. Sophie advises a large number of the major private equity houses and their onshore counsel, investment banks and financial institutions and corporations. She has worked on private equity transactions out of the US, Europe, Hong Kong, China and Japan and general corporate work out of the US, Europe and Asia.
John Crook

John Crook

John Crook is a partner in our Insolvency, Restructuring & Dispute Resolution Group in Hong Kong. John practises Cayman Islands and BVI commercial litigation and all forms of dispute resolution. John also advises on insolvency and corporate restructuring matters. John has significant experience in shareholder / LP disputes and matters arising out of distressed investment vehicles, particularly hedge funds, from both fund and investor perspectives. He frequently advises on company law issues involving company restructures, corporate finance, unlawful dividend payments, directors’ and partners’ duties, and breach of trust situations. John works on matters before the Grand Court's specialist Financial Services Division, the Cayman Islands Court of Appeal and the Commercial Court in BVI. He has also been involved in cases which have reached the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. John also has significant experience of commercial and investor-state arbitration, including under the auspices of the ICC, LCIA, HKIAC and SIAC, as well as ad hoc arbitral proceedings under UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules. John advises on all matters relating to arbitration in the Cayman Islands and BVI, including validity of arbitration agreements, procedural issues, interim measures, and enforcement of foreign and domestic arbitral awards. John has a particular focus on questions of jurisdiction and other conflict of laws issues, as well as issues concerning the enforcement of foreign judgments and arbitral awards (including under the New York Convention), and issues involving state immunity.
Craig De Bruyn

Craig De Bruyn

Craig de Bruyn is an Associate in Walkers' Insolvency and Dispute Resolution team in Jersey. He advises on contentious and non-contentious insolvency and restructuring matters, having practised at an international law firm and a boutique restructuring firm onshore. Craig has experience of working with Insolvency Practitioners, including advising on the collection of assets and related administration in liquidations, directors' duties in distressed situations, and on matters relating to enforcement and creditor claims. He has worked on major insolvencies and restructuring assignments involving entities in the construction, natural resources and tech industries.
James Denham

James Denham

James is a partner at Walkers and a member of the firm's Corporate and Finance groups. He is based in the London office and advises on both Cayman Islands law and BVI law aspects of a broad range of corporate and finance transactions. His practice includes: - Mergers, acquisitions and disposals (including take-privates, business combinations and de-SPACs) - Restructuring and distressed situations (including complex debt and equity restructurings) - Equity capital markets (including IPOs) and private placements - Corporate reorganisations and redomiciliations - Joint ventures - Digital assets, fintech and new technologies James also has a broad finance practice covering deriviatives and structured finance, financial restructurings, real estate finance and fund finance.
Adam Diamond

Adam Diamond

Adam Diamond is a Senior Associate in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate Practice Group, advising on all matters relating to the launch, operation and restructuring of investment funds, and particularly on private and listed funds. Having previously practiced in the funds team of a leading law firm in London, Adam has experience of both onshore and offshore practice working with English, Jersey, Guernsey and Cayman structured funds. He has also spent time on secondment, working as legal counsel for a US investment manager.
Ruth Donnellan

Ruth Donnellan

Ruth Donnellan is a member of Walkers Investment Funds and Corporate Law team with experience of advising on complex M&A deals and on all aspects of corporate advice under Jersey law. Ruth works with onshore counsel to advise clients on Jersey law aspects of cross-border M&A transactions, as well as corporate restructuring, reorganisations and migrations. She has also advised on M&A deals involving regulated financial services businesses in Jersey, and on transactions involving Special Purpose Acquisition Companies. Ruth advises on bespoke regulatory issues including questions around economic substance. Ruth has also advised start-ups on funding and subscription arrangements.
Michael Dyulgerov

Michael Dyulgerov

Michael Dyulgerov is based in Walkers' Ireland office where he is Of Counsel in the Asset Management and Investment Funds Group. Michael works with domestic and international clients on the establishment, authorisation and operation of various investment fund vehicles and structures, including UCITS and AIFS. Michael also has experience in the restructuring of various investment structures embedding Irish vehicles, including the transposition of investment funds and wholly owned subsidiaries into multi-jurisdictional structures containing vehicles of various types. Michael has assisted on a number of financing transactions involving various types of investment funds and wholly owned subsidiaries. He has experience in advising various other service providers (including investment managers, investment advisors, depositaries and sub-custodians) in respect of various discrete legal matters. Michael sits on the Irish Funds' Member Engagement working group and is also a member of the Walkers' Diversity and Inclusion Committee. Michael has been involved in various Walkers' working groups and committees discussing regulatory matters, including PRIIPs KIDs, ESG, individual accountability framework, FinTech and AIFMD II. Michael has assisted on the production of various Walkers advisories, including in respect of liquidity stress testing, performance fees, the Benchmark Regulation and various topics under AIFMD II.
Niall Esler

Niall Esler

Niall Esler heads Walkers' Regulatory & Risk Advisory Practice Group in the Ireland office and specialises in Irish and EU financial services regulation. Niall advises domestic and international credit institutions, investment firms, payment/e-money institutions, asset managers, funds and other institutions on all aspects of Irish and EU financial services regulation. Niall’s experience includes advising on regulatory perimeter, licensing, prudential and conduct of business requirements. He also has significant commodities regulatory experience. He is part of the team that advises global financial services groups on establishing regulated entities in Ireland to manage the impact of Brexit. He is also a member of our FinTech Group. Niall advises on: implementing regulatory change projects and remediation exercises financial institution and utility company mergers and acquisitions regulated asset (e.g. loan book) sale transactions winding down regulated business. He has also helped clients facing Central Bank of Ireland or European Central Bank regulatory authority inspections, themed reviews, risk mitigation programmes and administrative sanctions procedures.
Kirsten Faichnie

Kirsten Faichnie

Kirsten Faichnie is a Partner in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate practice group, advising on a range of funds and corporate matters. She has been in private practice since 2010, and has worked in London and in Jersey, with experience across the full life-cycle of investment funds matters, corporate and M&A advice, and real estate structuring and financing. Kirsten is a Jersey Advocate with experience of significant restructuring matters in respect of property holding structures and family investment portfolios, as well as advising on end-of-life solutions for investment funds.
Caitlín Friel

Caitlín Friel

Caitlín is Of Counsel in the Walkers Asset & Aviation Finance Group. Caitlín advises banks, financial institutions, international aircraft operating lessors, aircraft owners, financial arrangers and private equity groups on asset finance transactions. Caitlín has advised on the financing and leasing of both fixed wing and rotary aircraft including government-supported financings, secured lending, cross-border and operating leases, the purchase and sales of single aircraft and multi-aircraft portfolios, workouts and restructurings, debt finance and security matters, domestic and cross-border tax-driven leasing, pre-delivery financing and sale and lease-back financing. Caitlín also has experience on a wide range of cross border banking and finance transactions, including bilateral and syndicated lending, leveraged and acquisition financings and restructurings.
Tom Frost

Tom Frost

Tom advises on a wide range of funds and corporate law matters and he is an associate in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate group. Tom has experience across private funds, hedge funds, structured finance, and derivatives. He advises clients on a broad range of fund‑related and corporate law matters, supporting investment managers, and financial institutions throughout the lifecycle of their structures. His experience includes assisting with the formation, structuring, and ongoing operation of investment funds, as well as advising on related corporate, regulatory, and transactional issues.
James Gaden

James Gaden

James is a partner in our Investment Funds Group and Corporate team in Hong Kong. James has over 21 years' experience advising the investment funds industry. He specialises in advising private equity and hedge fund managers on a broad spectrum of legal issues including fund formation and structuring, acquisitions and disposals, fund restructuring and fund financing In addition, James has an active corporate practice which includes providing general corporate advice on corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures. He also advises companies, LLCs, partnerships and their investors in relation to a variety of different financing transactions. James advises clients from across the region including in Hong Kong, China, Japan, Korea, Singapore and Australia. James is a respected practitioner in the investment funds industry and is a regular speaker at industry events.
Mark Galazzi

Mark Galazzi

Mark specialises in complex finance and corporate transactions involving Bermuda, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands law. He leads our Banking & Finance Group in London and has extensive experience advising clients on all stages of the financial lifecycle, including: private credit and private capital structured finance (including securitisation, debt capital markets, structured fund products and derivatives) fund finance (including capital call, NAV and asset-backed, hybrid, rated feeder, UAP and fund-of-fund) corporate syndicated financings acquisition finance and leverage finance real estate finance (commercial and residential) project, energy and infrastructure finance complex cross-border equity and debt restructurings enforcement and distressed lending asset financing (including aviation, maritime and rolling stock) Mark regularly acts for large financial institutions, traditional and private banks, investment banks and private financing solution providers.
Bradley Gibb

Bradley Gibb

Bradley Gibb is a senior associate in Walkers' Insolvency and Dispute Resolution team in Jersey. His experience includes all manner of contentious and non-contentious insolvency and trust matters, and he has advised a variety of clients including trustees, beneficiaries and insolvency practitioners. Bradley has advised on a variety of high value trust disputes often working with law firms and intermediaries in other jurisdictions as part of an international strategy, including Protector removal applications, insolvent trusts, mistake applications and more. In the field of insolvency Bradley's experience includes advising lenders on the enforcement of debts and assisting insolvency practitioners managing high value and complex instructions that require co-ordination across numerous jurisdictions. As part of his practice Bradley regularly advises on directors' duties and all manner of corporate disputes.
Jan Golaszewski

Jan Golaszewski

Jan Golaszewski is a partner and head of Walkers' London Insolvency & Dispute Resolution practice, advising on Cayman Islands and BVI law matters. He specialises in multi-jurisdictional litigation and insolvency matters, advising bondholders, insolvency practitioners, financial institutions and directors on insolvencies, restructuring, shareholder disputes and complex litigation. He has particular expertise in interim protection for creditors and shareholders, and has acted as an expert witness on Cayman Islands law in foreign Court and arbitration proceedings. Jan has 24 years’ experience in private practice, including 17 years practising offshore law, as a disputes and insolvency lawyer in London, the Caribbean and Asia. He is a member of the International Bar Association, INSOL and the American Bankruptcy Institute, and has been recognised by Chambers & Partners and Legal 500.
Charlotte Gonçalves

Charlotte Gonçalves

Charlotte is a partner in Walkers' Investment Funds & Corporate Practice Group in Guernsey and has been practising in the jurisdiction since 2013, qualifying as a solicitor of England and Wales in 2016 and admitted as a Guernsey Advocate in 2022. Charlotte advises on all aspects of Guernsey corporate and regulatory law across the financial and insurance markets, most notably in the asset management and investment funds industry. In her investment funds practice Charlotte advises investment fund sponsors and other stakeholders in respect of the full range of private and public investment funds and other collective investment arrangements, including in relation to the formation (both open and closed ended), ongoing operation (including regulatory compliance, sales and acquisitions, transfers of limited partner interests, extensions), restructuring and end-of-life for funds. Her broader corporate and regulatory practice includes advisory work in relation to the range of Guernsey corporate structures, including in relation to economic substance, data protection and corporate governance/best practice. Charlotte has been recognised for the quality of her work by Legal 500, who have rated her as a Rising Star for Corporate & M&A and for Capital Markets. Admitted in: Guernsey England & Wales (not practising)
Samantha Gramoney

Samantha Gramoney

Samantha is an Associate in the Walkers' Guernsey Investment Funds and Corporate Practice Group, with experience across a wide range of listed and unlisted Investment Funds and Corporate Law matters. Having practised onshore as a corporate lawyer at top-tier regional and international law firms Samantha has experience working on private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructuring and negotiation of contracts. More recently, Samantha has worked in the Guernsey Corporate Funds team of a London Listed Fund Administrator where she gained several years of cross-jurisdictional governance and operational experience in Investment Funds and Financial Services. She has experience across the full life-cycle, being establishment, acquisitions, divestments and termination of Investments Funds of a wide range of asset classes including private equity, real estate and cryptocurrency.
William Greensmyth

William Greensmyth

Will is a Partner and Head of Walkers' Insolvency and Dispute Resolution Practice Group in Ireland. His principal areas of expertise are formal insolvency procedures and contentious litigation. He focuses on advising financial institutions and private equity firms on distressed loan situations and enforcement options and remedies. He also acts for insolvency practitioners once they are appointed as receivers, liquidators or examiners. As well as this, Will has considerable experience in court liquidations and advising liquidators. As a litigator, Will has worked on several high-profile Commercial Court matters, and was lead solicitor on a successful fraudulent disposition action under section 139 of the Companies Act 1990.
Kevin Grové

Kevin Grové

As a Senior Counsel in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate group, Kevin has extensive experience in advising on a wide range of Jersey corporate law matters. Kevin's experience covers the full spectrum of Jersey corporate law matters, including private equity transactions, international and cross-border mergers, schemes of arrangement, real estate transactions, joint ventures, corporate restructurings and corporate finance. While Kevin works primarily with the London market, he has a broad range of international and local clients – and has acted for vendors, buyers, sponsors and targets across all types of public and private corporate transactions.
Sara Hall

Sara Hall

Sara Hall is a partner in Walkers' Global Regulatory & Risk Advisory Group. With almost 30 years' experience in global senior in-house roles as well as in private practice, Sara now practises Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands and Bermuda law. She specialises in financial services and international regulation, as well as digital assets, decentralised autonomous organisations, cryptocurrencies and non-fungible tokens. Sara’s global client base is made up of international law firms, financial institutions, custodians, exchanges, founders, directors and investors. She advises them on the scope of regulation, as well as anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance, data protection, and tax-related Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) initiatives like economic substance. Sara also often works with external counsel advising businesses on the impact of regulation in investment hub jurisdictions. She leads on licence application processes, and supports them with ongoing regulatory obligations.
Zoë Hallam

Zoë Hallam

Zoë is a Group Partner* in Guernsey and part of our Banking & Finance Practice Group. She specialises in fund finance with several years' experience in the Cayman Islands prior to relocating to Guernsey. She is part of Walkers' Global Fund Finance Group and advises both borrowers and lenders on subscription, net asset value and hybrid facilities, and in relation to GP and LP financings. Her clients include leading international banks, alternative lenders (including private credit funds) and fund sponsors. Zoë also has extensive experience in leveraged acquisitions, corporate finance and real-estate finance, as well as non-contentious restructurings and security enforcement. *not admitted in Guernsey and not a member of Walkers (Guernsey) LLP Admitted In: Cayman Islands England and Wales (not practising)
Louise Hamilton

Louise Hamilton

Louise Hamilton is a Partner in Walkers' Jersey Banking & Finance Practice Group, specialising in real estate financing, general secured lending and Sharia compliant and acquisition financing matters in particular. Louise is a Jersey Advocate who regularly acts for leading global financial institutions, corporations, private equity houses and sovereign wealth funds, and is recognised by Legal 500. Working with partners and Senior Counsel across Walkers' European offices, Louise also plays a lead role in developing Walkers' relationships with Scottish clients and intermediaries.
Tom Harbord

Tom Harbord

Tom is a senior associate in Walkers' London Insolvency & Dispute Resolution group, advising on Bermuda and British Virgin Islands law. Tom has experience in complex high-value commercial disputes with multi-jurisdictional elements. He has particular experience in fraud and asset tracing claims, shareholder disputes, unfair prejudice petitions and jurisdiction challenges. Tom has acted for a wide variety of clients, including insolvency practitioners, banks, large corporations and high net-worth individuals.
Jonathan Heaney

Jonathan Heaney

Jonathan specialises in M&A transactions, private equity deal structuring, corporate real estate transactions and investment fund matters. He has been the Managing Partner of the Jersey office since 2014 and is also a member of our Global Investment Funds and Corporate Groups. He has more than 20 years' experience as a lawyer, and he is recognised in Legal 500's Hall of Fame and as a recognised practitioner in Chambers & Partner. Commercial and sensible, he focuses on achieving client goals with the minimum of fuss. He is admitted in England and Wales (non-practicing), Jersey and the BVI.
Matt Hedigan

Matt Hedigan

Matt specialises in financing and leasing aviation assets and is a member of our Asset and Aviation Finance Practice Group. Matt advises private equity investors, operating lessors, financial institutions and airlines on tax-efficient leasing and financing structures. That includes platform establishments, warehouse financings, joint ventures and transportation business acquisitions disposals. He also specialises in advising clients on derivative and securities-lending transactions for a wide range of Irish entities using industry standard documentation like the International Swaps and Derivatives Association’s master agreements and global master repurchase agreements. Matt has a strong finance background and particular expertise in cross-border debt capital markets transactions. This includes aircraft securitisations and loan portfolio financings, acquisitions and restructurings. He regularly advises on Irish and European Union financial services and securities law including: The Prospectus Directive The European Market Infrastructure Regulation The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive The Market Abuse Directive The Securitisation Regulation.
Melissa Hellio

Melissa Hellio

Melissa Hellio is a Senior Counsel in Walkers' Jersey Banking and Finance Practice Group. She acts for a wide range of financial institutions and borrowers, in respect of real estate finance and fund finance matters. Melissa is experienced in complex real estate matters, working with Jersey Property Unit Trusts, partnerships and corporate structures in respect of real estate holdings. Melissa spent five years working onshore with Eversheds Sutherland, and was recognised by Legal 500, before moving offshore. Her experience includes client-secondments to NatWest, where she spent six months with the transaction management team.
Fraser Hern

Fraser Hern

Fraser is a partner* of Walkers (CI) LP and is head of our Channel Islands business. He is widely regarded as one of the leading offshore lawyers, and has been recognised as a leading lawyer in a variety of legal directories and by the International Who's Who of Asset Recovery Lawyers. He specialises in contentious and non-contentious insolvencies, complex restructurings, special situation advisory work, and shareholder litigation. Fraser advises corporates, private equity funds, hedge funds, high-net worth individuals, bank creditors, debtors, shareholders, directors and insolvency practitioners on a range of issues including: shareholder and investor disputes complex cross-border equity and debt restructurings corporate insolvency and special situations. *not admitted in Jersey and not a member of Walkers (Jersey) LLP
Richard Holden

Richard Holden

Richard is a Partner in the Insolvency & Dispute Resolution team and has more than 25 years' specialising in complex contentious trusts matters and commercial disputes, including injunctions, fraud, asset tracing, enforcement and insolvency. He is also an expert in applying traditional Jersey customary law to modern commercial disputes. He is an experienced trial and appellate advocate with experience in England, internationally and offshore and has been called to the bars of Jersey, England and Wales, New Zealand and New South Wales.
Simon Hopwood

Simon Hopwood

Simon is a partner in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate practice group. He has over 20 years' experience advising a global client base including managers, sponsors, institutional investors, and family offices on all aspects of offshore funds, investment management, corporate transactions and regulatory matters. He has significant experience in establishing, structuring and maintaining offshore funds and managers, as well as investment, acquisition, and holding structures, across the credit, hedge, private equity, real estate and venture capital sectors. His expertise also covers establishing and structuring REITs, and Shariah-compliant funds and investment, acquisition and financing structures. In corporate matters, Simon handles all aspects including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, migrations, restructurings and financing transactions and offshore listings. Simon is consistently recognised by Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 and is highly regarded by IFLR1000.
Simon Hurry

Simon Hurry

Simon specialises in high-value commercial and trust litigation, cross-border insolvency, enforcement and asset tracing (including the obtaining of urgent injunctive relief). He has extensive experience in dispute resolution matters and has led and assisted with some of the most complex cases in Jersey and the Cayman Islands. He is a seasoned court advocate having appeared before the courts of Jersey and the Cayman Islands at all levels, including the Privy Council. Simon became the first lawyer in the Channel Islands to be recognised as an INSOL Fellow and is the only INSOL Fellow in Jersey.
Ellen Hurst

Ellen Hurst

Ellen Hurst is a Senior Associate in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate Practice Group, where she advises on a wide range of Jersey corporate law matters. Ellen regularly acts on a variety of corporate real estate transactions, company reorganisation and restructurings, company migrations and M&A deals. She also has experience with advising Jersey property unit trusts with regards to property acquisitions and disposals. Ellen was admitted as an Isle of Man Advocate in 2018 and an Advocate of the Royal Court of Jersey in 2025, meaning she is now admitted in two of the three Crown Dependencies. She has worked at two offshore firms before joining Walkers.
Chris Hutley-Hurst

Chris Hutley-Hurst

Chris Hutley-Hurst heads up the Walkers' Channel Islands Regulatory and Risk Advisory Group. Chris is a Guernsey Advocate, with more than 20 years' experience in private practice in Guernsey, London and New York. He specialises in financial services regulation, digital assets and corporate tax. Chris advises on Guernsey regulatory matters, covering fintech, digital assets, financial services, licensing regimes, consumer lending, data protection and GDPR, beneficial ownership and anti-money laundering. He advises various financial services businesses, including banks, payment providers, CSPs, fund administrators and asset managers. Having worked as a tax lawyer previously, he has a unique experience in international tax matters, including VAT and GST. He advises on Guernsey and Jersey corporate tax (including Pillar 2), economic substance requirements, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), and the OECD's Common Reporting Standard (CRS) and Crypto-Asset Reporting Framework (CARF), together with other initiatives. Chris is the author of the Bloomberg Tax Guide Guernsey chapter. He is also a board member for the Guernsey Chamber of Commerce.
Keith Hyland

Keith Hyland

Keith is a Senior Associate in Walkers' Insolvency and Dispute Resolution Group and is based in the Ireland office. Keith's principal practice areas are formal insolvency procedures, debt recovery and commercial litigation. In particular, Keith advises financial institutions, private equity firms and other creditors in relation to security enforcement, strategy and remedies available in distressed loan situations. He advises on all options available under loan facilities and security documentation and is involved in High Court and Commercial Court proceedings against defaulting borrowers including judgment, possession and bankruptcy proceedings.
Elaine Kelly

Elaine Kelly

Elaine is a Senior Counsel in Walkers' Jersey Banking & Finance Practice Group. She specialised in real estate financing, general senior and mezzanine secured lending and acquisition and development finance involving a wide range of Jersey holding structures including Jersey property unit trusts, partnerships and companies. She also advises on the establishment and non-contentious restructuring of such structures. Elaine has been a Jersey Advocate since 2012 and has been recognised as a Next Generation Partner by Legal 500 and recommended in the categories of corporate and commercial and banking and finance.
Julia Keppe

Julia Keppe

Julia is a partner* of Walkers (CI) LP and as part of our Banking & Finance practice group, specialises in fund finance, leveraged acquisitions, structured finance, direct lending and restructurings. Julia represents corporations, private equity sponsors, arrangers, debt funds and financial institutions. She advises on all aspects of fund financing matters, including subscription line facilities, net asset value and hybrid facilities, GP and manager lines of credit and open-ended fund facilities, and is part of Walkers’ Global Fund Finance team. In addition, Julia has extensive experience working with both borrowers and lenders on global cross-border lending transactions made up of multiple forms of debt financing, as well as complex international restructurings. She also specialises in structured finance and securitisation matters, working with instructing counsel in Europe, Asia and the US, and has advised on multiple note programmes and CLO transactions. *not admitted in Jersey and not a member of Walkers (Jersey) LLP
Alastair King

Alastair King

Alastair King is a partner based in Walkers' London Investment Funds team, with more than ten years' experience in private practice. He is admitted in both the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands and specialises in advice in respect of Cayman and BVI hedge and private equity funds and fund managers, advising on fund structuring, launch and ongoing regulatory requirements. Alastair spent five years practising in London with a major international firm, before moving offshore and practising first in the Cayman Islands and then in Singapore as an offshore lawyer. He has experience of advising funds investing in digital assets, and on the corresponding regulatory regimes in the Cayman Islands and BVI. Alastair also advises on general corporate and finance matters under Cayman Islands and BVI law.
Jarrad Knoetze

Jarrad Knoetze

Jarrad Knoetze is a senior associate in Walkers' Guernsey Insolvency & Dispute Resolution practice group and advises on all aspects of corporate and commercial disputes, including insolvency and trust disputes. Jarrad also advises on contentious and non-contentious regulatory matters, with a focus on matters relating to data protection, AML and CFT related issues, GFSC investigations and remediation programmes and SARs. He has been practising in Guernsey since 2019, and works with clients including financial institutions, trust companies and onshore law firms. He spent more than three years in the dispute resolution team of a major South African law firm before moving offshore in 2019.
Ally Lam

Ally Lam

Ally advises on all aspects of an investment cycle, ranging from the upstream investment fund formation to the downstream investments, including pre-IPO transactions, mergers and acquisitions and joint ventures. She also represents companies in listings on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, Taiwan Stock Exchange, Nasdaq and NYSE. She advises investment managers, private equity funds and corporates clients on a wide range of legal issues including fund formation and structuring, ongoing compliance and dissolution. Her practice also encompasses pre-IPO investments and series financing, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and general corporate matters. She focuses on the Asian market with clients from across the region including China, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore. Ally Lam is a member of our Corporate & Investment Funds Group. She is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.
Sian Langley

Sian Langley

Sian is a partner in Walkers' Regulatory practice in Jersey, specialising in financial services regulation matters. Sian has experience of working within a national regulator as a senior lawyer, as a knowledge lawyer focused on onshore financial services regulation, and as a Barrister in private practice, as well as working offshore. She advises on matters relating to AML/CFT obligations, fintech and payments, consumer credit regulation, prudential regulation, and general corporate compliance and governance. She also advises businesses in Jersey and onshore about their obligations under Jersey's regulatory regime and assists clients with regulatory investigations. Sian has many years of experience in advising on EU law relating to financial products and services.
Helena Lavin

Helena Lavin

Helena Lavin is a Partner in Walkers' Guernsey Insolvency and Dispute Resolution Group, specialising in contentious trust and insolvency matters. She is a Guernsey Advocate and has been practising in Guernsey for around eleven years– prior to that she worked in the Middle East, and with a leading national law firm in England. Helena has broad expertise acting for and advising predominantly international clients in disputes often with a multi-jurisdictional element. She is a founder of the Channel Islands Chapter of the International Womens Insolvency and Restructuring Confederation and she has a particular interest in contentious insolvency and trust matters. Her cases have involved acting for trustees beneficiaries and other parties to trusts in seeking disclosure from trustees, obtaining injunctive relief pertaining to trust assets, applications to vary trusts and challenged Beddoe applications. She also has extensive experience acting for insolvency office holders, directors, shareholders and other stakeholders and corporate entities in a wide range of disputes covering breach of fiduciary duties, professional negligence, enforcement of judgments and contested winding up proceedings.
Jon Le Rossignol

Jon Le Rossignol

Jon is a partner* of Walkers (CI) LP and specialises in the financing of real estate and private equity holding structures established in Jersey. He also advises clients on the non-contentious restructuring of these structures. Having previously worked in the London and Hong Kong offices of a prestigious law firm, Jon has more than a decade's experience advising both borrowers and lenders on offshore banking and finance matters. His clients include real estate and private equity sponsors, as well as global financial institutions and debt funds. *not admitted in Jersey and not a member of Walkers (Jersey) LLP
Dilmun Leach

Dilmun Leach

Dilmun Leach is a Partner in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate practice group and is head of Walkers' Jersey Fintech team, advising on a range of funds, corporate and regulatory matters. Dilmun is a renowned Jersey lawyer with a broad practice spanning Corporate, Funds, and Fintech matters. Dilmun was elected Vice Chair of the Jersey Funds Association (JFA) for a three-year term in July 2025; and is Co-Chair and a founding member of the Jersey Digital Assets Working Group formed in 2017. In respect of Fintech, Dilmun advised Backed Finance on the launch of Jersey's first tokenisation platform which launched in 2024. Dilmun worked closely with the Jersey Financial Services Commission in the drafting and publication of the Jersey Tokenisation Guidance Notes in August 2024, and has advised several clients on launching Jersey tokenised products. Dilmun has advised on a broad range of digital asset matters since 2016, and was involved in the drafting of the Jersey ICO Guidance Notes published in 2017. Having been elected to the JFA Committee in 2017 and been advising on investment funds matters since 2012, Dilmun was deeply involved in the design of the successful Jersey Private Fund product. Dilmun has supported many traditional fund-raises and also innovative fund and fund-like structures including using nominee/trustee structures, cell companies, deal-by-deal and single asset funds, collateralised fund interests, and continuation funds. Dilmun’s corporate practice includes private equity transactions, and mergers and acquisitions including regulated trust and corporate services providers. Dilmun advised on the first listing of a Jersey company's shares on NASDAQ using uncertificated shares and the direct registration system, and also the first de-SPAC transaction involving a Jersey company listing on NYSE. Dilmun is an active member of the Jersey finance industry, and has spoken on funds, corporate and fintech matters at events in Jersey, London, New York, Miami, and Switzerland.
Jennifer Maughan

Jennifer Maughan

Jennifer is a Partner in Walkers' Insolvency and Dispute Resolution Practice Group. She has 15 years’ experience in private practice and over a decade as an offshore lawyer. She advises clients on a range of contentious matters under Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands law. Her experience includes general commercial litigation, contentious valuation disputes, funds litigation, shareholder disputes, trust disputes, share security enforcement (including out-of-court receivership appointments) and contentious insolvency matters. She also has particular experience in contentious insolvency proceedings, cross-border restructuring and distressed situations, including complex equity and debt restructurings, and contentious and non-contentious group reorganisation matters involving Cayman Islands and BVI entities. She advises high net worth individuals, insolvency practitioners, private equity funds, hedge funds, investment banks, debtor companies, directors and officers, shareholders and limited partners. Outside of her contentious practice, Jennifer also advises clients on corporate governance, solvent wind-downs and fund closures, as well as providing support and advice to entities facing litigation or insolvency risks.
Aongus McCarthy

Aongus McCarthy

Aongus is a partner in the Walkers' Asset Management and Investment Funds Practice Group and helps clients with the Undertakings for the Collective Investment in Transferable Securities (UCITS) regulatory framework, retail investor alternative investment funds (RIAIFs) and qualifying investor alternative investment funds (QIAlFs). He covers all types of strategies and asset classes, including debt, credit, real estate and private equity. Aongus advises domestic and international asset managers on structuring, establishing and running investment funds under Irish law. Aongus also advises on establishing and running management companies and alternative investment fund managers. He also has experience of various aspects of corporate governance, distribution and regulatory compliance matters.
Neil McDonald

Neil McDonald

Neil McDonald is a Partner based in Walkers' London office and leads our Corporate and M&A Group. Neil specialises in corporate and finance transactions involving British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands and Bermuda law. He has extensive first-hand experience across the full range of corporate matters, including: - Mergers, acquisitions and disposals (including take-privates, business combinations and de-SPACs); - Equity capital markets (including IPOs) and private placements; - Corporate reorganisations and redomiciliations; - Joint ventures; - Digital assets, fintech and new technologies. He also has significant experience on cross-border restructuring and distressed situations involving BVI, Cayman Islands and Bermuda entities, including shareholder and investor disputes, complex equity and debt restructurings, and group reorganisations. Neil also has a broad finance practice covering acquisition finance, real estate finance , debt capital markets, project finance and financial restructurings. He acts for many of the world's leading international financial institutions, as well as borrowers, issuers and other counterparts. Neil also heads up our Israel Group, which provides time-zone sensitive support to clients in Israel across transactions involving Bermuda, BVI, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Irish and Jersey law.
Kevin McQuillan

Kevin McQuillan

Kevin advises on all aspects of corporate law and is part of our Investment Funds & Corporate Practice Group. He helps US and UK private equity sponsors, institutional clients, sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds and high-net worth individuals on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, equity capital markets and restructuring mandates. Kevin is one of the most active public M&A lawyers in Jersey having worked on several take-private transactions implemented by scheme of arrangement and he is the only lawyer in Jersey to have acted on all three take-private transactions which have been implemented by statutory merger under the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991. Kevin is very active in local mergers and acquisitions particularly in the financial services sector. He regularly acts as lead counsel to Jersey-based clients on cross-border sales and acquisitions of regulated financial services businesses. He also advises the boards of Jersey-listed companies on corporate governance matters. Kevin has consistently been recognised by Legal 500, Chambers and Partners and IFLR and has been ranked as a Next Generation Partner in Legal 500 since 2022.
Killian McSharry

Killian McSharry

Killian specialises in asset-finance transactions and is part of our Asset & Aviation Finance Practice Group. Killian advises banks, financial institutions, international aircraft operating lessors, aircraft owners, financial arrangers and private equity funds on financing and leasing both fixed-wing and rotary aircraft. This includes: Setting up and advising on the establishment of aviation financing and leasing platforms (including funds-backed); Delivery financing PDP financing Purchase and leasing transactions for both commercial and private aircraft Aircraft securitisations Export credit financing Workouts and restructurings Domestic and cross-border tax-driven leasing Sale and lease-back transactions Killian also has experience of a wide range of cross-border banking and finance transactions, including bilateral and syndicated lending, and leveraged and acquisition financings and restructurings. Killian regularly lectures for the Law Society of Ireland’s Aviation law diploma and presents at leading aviation industry conferences.
Tristan Meyer

Tristan Meyer

Tristan Meyer is a senior associate in the Corporate practice group in Walkers’ Irish office where he advises on corporate M&A, private equity and general corporate and commercial law. Tristan has practised in two jurisdictions (South Africa and Ireland) and has demonstrable expertise in cross-border and domestic M&A transactions (assisting as both lead and local counsel), private equity transactions, joint ventures, shareholders’ agreements and corporate governance matters, corporate re-organisations and general commercial negotiations across a range of sectors including technology, aviation, retail and real estate.
Joe Mitchell

Joe Mitchell

Joe Mitchell is a senior associate in the Walkers' Asset Management and Investment Funds practice based in the Ireland office. Joe focuses his practice on financial services with an emphasis on the structuring, establishment, corporate governance and ongoing operation of Irish regulated investment funds in particular alternative investment funds and UCITS for a wide variety of asset managers, investment banks and private equity managers, pursuing a broad range of investment policies and mandates. Joe has extensive experience in advising those funds, their management companies, directors and service providers on their operations in Ireland.
Gareth Morgan

Gareth Morgan

Gareth is a group partner in our Investment Funds & Corporate practice group where he specialises in complex fund and corporate structuring. He advises fund managers, institutional investors and local financial institutions on the establishment, restructuring and ongoing operation of investment funds across a wide range of asset classes. Gareth also has extensive experience on relocating investment structures into and out of Guernsey, helping clients manage jurisdictional shifts with minimal disruption and regulatory risk. In the private capital space, Gareth supports clients with the structuring of bespoke holding platforms, co-investment arrangements and carried interest vehicles, often involving multi-jurisdictional considerations and close coordination with onshore counsel. His work also extends to advising fintech and digital asset businesses on fund formation and regulatory positioning in a fast-moving environment. Gareth also advises on a broad range of corporate transactions, with particular expertise in mergers and acquisitions involving regulated structures and international counterparties. He acts for buyers, sellers and investors across sectors, offering strategic guidance on deal structuring, regulatory approvals and post transaction matters, especially where fund or holding vehicle considerations are central to the transaction. *not admitted in Guernsey and not a member of Walkers (Guernsey) LLP
Rupert Morris

Rupert Morris

Rupert heads Walkers' Private Capital & Trusts practice group and has over 15 years’ experience as a private wealth specialist focusing on private client advisory and structuring work. Since qualifying as a Guernsey Advocate, Rupert also has experience as a contentious practitioner, appearing before the Guernsey courts at all levels. He is recognised as one of the leading lawyers in his field in Guernsey, and sits on the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners’ (STEP) worldwide council and is a former Chair of their Guernsey branch. Rupert’s clients include leading trust companies, financial institutions, government departments and ultra-high net worth individuals. He helps them with all aspects of local and cross-border advisory and structuring work, impact investment, charitable structures, and regulatory matters including tax investigations and dawn raids.
Itumeleng Mukhovha

Itumeleng Mukhovha

Itumeleng Mukhovha is a Senior Associate in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate Practice Group, and advises on a full range of funds and corporate law matters with a focus on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, funds flow, W&I insurance, real estate transactions, global reorganisations and restructurings. Itumeleng is an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer. Her practice includes mergers and acquisitions, downstream private equity transactions, private equity capital raising, joint ventures, sale processes of distressed assets, corporate restructures, global reorganisations, acquisition structures, funds flow, unbundling transactions, takeover transactions, offshore investments and W&I insurance. Itumeleng has significant experience advising leading global investment firms, private equity funds, multinationals, ultra-high-net-worth individuals, sovereign wealth funds, family offices and generally, clients across a wide range of sectors and industries. Geographically, Itumeleng has experience working with clients from across EMEA, Asia, Australasia and the Americas. She has a natural ability to build strong, positive, professional relationships with clients from various industries as well as different cultural, racial and gender lines. She prides herself in making sure she gets to know her clients' businesses to help them navigate the most complex areas of the law and works tirelessly to help them achieve their goals. She has published several articles across Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and the United Kingdom, and publicly appeared on business news channels across Africa on business and investment topics.
Catherine Outerbridge

Catherine Outerbridge

Catherine is a senior counsel in Walkers' London Finance and Corporate Group, advising on a range of matters under Bermuda, BVI and Cayman Islands law. Having trained and practised with a Magic Circle firm in the City, Catherine has experience of both onshore and offshore advice – her practice focuses on corporate and finance matters under Bermuda law, and British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands law corporate matters. She grew up in Bermuda and has been admitted in the jurisdiction since 2021 and advises on a range of transactional and advisory work, including debt and equity capital markets transactions and banking and finance matters involving Bermuda companies. Catherine's BVI and Cayman Islands law practice focuses on corporate matters, including mergers and acquisitions, reorganisations, investments and redomiciliations involving private BVI and Cayman Islands companies.
Catherine Overton

Catherine Overton

Catherine Overton is a Partner in Walkers' London office where she is a member of the firm's Global Banking & Finance Group and practises British Virgin Islands law, Cayman Islands law and Bermuda law. Catherine advises on general banking, acquisition and leveraged finance, private credit, fund finance, structured finance and debt capital markets matters, and has significant experience of advising on complex cross-border restructurings. Her team also handles listings on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange. Her client base spans leading global financial institutions, borrowers, issuers and private clients.
Gemma Palmer

Gemma Palmer

Gemma Palmer is a Partner in Walkers' Regulatory & Risk practice in Jersey, specialising in all financial services regulation matters. Gemma's experience spans acting on a number of reorganisation, rationalisation and/or consolidation mandates in relation to deposit-taking businesses, insurance businesses and trust company businesses, right through to advising on day to day compliance matters for a range of regulated businesses. Gemma has worked closely with a number of retail banks on Island in advising upon the launch of new business and service lines within the Jersey legal and regulatory framework. Gemma's practice includes advising on matters relating to AML/CFT obligations and compliance, fintech and payments, outsourcing arrangements, consumer credit regulation, prudential regulation and regulatory triggers, and general corporate compliance and governance. She also advises businesses in Jersey and onshore about their obligations under Jersey's regulatory regime and has previously assisted clients with navigating regulatory examinations. Gemma also has many years of experience in advising on restructuring and insolvency matters at a leading onshore firm where she delivered non-contentious insolvency and business restructuring advice to creditor cohorts, insolvency practitioners, institutional lenders and major corporates.
Tatziana Paraguacuto-Maheo

Tatziana Paraguacuto-Maheo

Tatziana Paraguacuto-Maheo is a partner in the London office and co-heads the London Investment Funds Group. Tatziana has over 21 years’ experience, including 14 years practicing Cayman Islands law and has been recognised as one of the top 50 women in hedge funds by the Hedge Fund Journal. Throughout her career Tatziana has acted for major financial institutions, investment funds and asset managers based in London, New York and Hong Kong including the launch of many of the world’s largest emerging managers. Tatziana has also advised on leading hedge fund launches over the past 14 years – her clients include managers starting their first funds as well as those managing the largest funds. Tatziana’s experience includes structuring hedge funds, private-equity funds, hybrid funds and funds of funds, and accommodating seed and strategic investments. She also regularly advises fund clients in fintech, particularly investment managers launching fund cryptocurrency or digital asset funds. As well as this, Tatziana advises on all legal aspects affecting funds. This includes launching new products, restructurings and acquisitions, as well as regulatory, contentious and governance issues. Tatziana is a frequent speaker at the International Bar Association. She has also written about issues facing the investment management industry, including Cayman structuring considerations for the Alternative Investment Management Association Journal. Admitted in: - Cayman Islands - England & Wales (not practising) - France (not practising) - Spain (not practising) - Luxembourg (not practising) - New York (not practising)
Jo Powis

Jo Powis

Jo Powis is part of the Walkers' Employment practice group based in Jersey and provides comprehensive advice across all areas of employment law, with particular expertise in whistleblowing and complex discrimination claims. Her experience includes: internal investigations grievance and disciplinary processes whistleblowing procedures and complaints discrimination claims managing poor performance and sickness absence terminations and settlement negotiations redundancies and restructures employment procedures and policies employment contracts drafting and enforcing post-termination restrictions employment aspects of acquisitions, disposals and outsourcings Jo regularly represents clients in complex Tribunal proceedings, including claims involving discrimination, unfair dismissal and whistleblowing. She also provides strategic counsel on large-scale projects, including restructures, policy review processes and corporate transactions. Jo also has in-house experience from 6 month secondments to the employment law teams at a major bank and a global telecommunications company.
Victoria Pratt

Victoria Pratt

Victoria is a Senior Counsel in Walkers' Channel Islands Employment Practice Group, supporting the team across Guernsey and Jersey. Her employment law practice includes specialisms in data protection, executive exits and team moves and employment connected with regulated financial services business. Victoria's data protection work focuses on staff data (including data subject access requests and cross-border data transfers), frequently in the context of regulated industries, mergers & acquisitions and litigation. Her practice relating to senior exits and team moves involves advising both employers and employees on contentious exits and enforcement of post termination restrictions as well as constructive and unfair dismissal. Having worked as a commercial and fiduciary lawyer in London and Guernsey, and attaining STEP qualifications prior to specialising in employment work, Victoria has relevant experience of working within a regulated environment. Victoria is a Guernsey Advocate and also advises on housing and immigration matters.
Angharad Prescott

Angharad Prescott

Angharad Prescott is a senior associate in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate Practice Group, where she advises on a wide range of Jersey corporate law matters. Angharad has acted on a full range of public and private offshore M&A transactions and corporate restructurings and has previously assisted the team in its capacity as lead counsel for a range of clients in multi-jurisdictional M&A transactions. Angharad was admitted as a solicitor in 2022 and worked at another offshore law firm before joining Walkers.
Angela Proctor

Angela Proctor

Angela is a senior associate in Walkers' Guernsey Investment Funds and Corporate Practice Group, with experience across a wide range of listed and unlisted investment funds and corporate law matters. Angela has experience working on private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity multi-jurisdictional corporate restructuring as well as the establishment and restructuring of investment funds of a wide range of asset classes including private equity, real estate and energy. After qualifying in South Africa and gaining experience in private M&A at a top-tier law firm, Angela has worked in the offshore space at Walkers since 2019.
Tom Pugh

Tom Pugh

Tom advises on Bermuda, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands law and he leads our Insolvency, Restructuring & Dispute Resolution Group in Asia. Tom focuses on advising insolvency practitioners, creditors, and debtors and shareholders in respect of cross-border insolvencies and restructurings as well as funds and financial institutions on investment disputes, with experience in consensual workouts; court-led restructurings and recovery processes; and enforcement / strategic investment advisory reviews. He frequently advises on corporate law and investment matters for a variety of stakeholders, including redemption issues, other exit options, directors' duties, protective steps, enforcement and remedies and strategies involving consensual and/or court-based approaches. Tom has worked on a variety of large-scale cross-border liquidations and restructurings such as Lehman Brothers and MF Global (acting for the liquidators in Hong Kong), Asia-related Chapter 11 cases such as Pacific Andes/China Fishery and TMT and advised the steering committee representing the interests of more than 30 bank lenders and credit support providers/ECAs in connection with Hong Kong-listed Genting's US$3.5bn debt restructuring, as well as cross-jurisdictional recognition cases such as Z-Obee, Changang and Huiyuan Juice involving interplay among the courts of Hong Kong and Bermuda/the Cayman Islands. Restructuring and liquidation work has involved advising on cross border asset recoveries and settlements, court processes to resolve key issues affecting liquidators’ ability to determine and distribute assets, matters arising in the administration of failed brokerages, and assignments involving China, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, the Philippines, the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, Switzerland and Japan.  
Emmet Quish

Emmet Quish

Emmet is part of Walkers' Asset Management and Investment Funds Practice Group, specialising in the structuring and establishment of all types of investment funds, including alternative funds and UCITS. He also handles ongoing compliance work related to these funds. Emmet advises on legal, regulatory and compliance matters representing asset managers, investment funds, management companies and their service providers. Additionally, his expertise extends to advising on the creation and operation of UCITS management companies and alternative investment fund managers (AIFMs) with a close focus on ESG matters.
Andy Randall

Andy Randall

Andy is the Managing Partner of our Hong Kong office. Andy's broad offshore law practice spans capital markets transactions, including securitisations, secured note programmes and derivative transactions, asset finance work including shipping and aircraft financing, leveraged acquisition financings, property and project financings. He has a strong general finance practice and is routinely instructed by a large number of the world's leading international banks, financial institutions, major public and private companies, transaction arrangers and leading onshore law firms.
Victoria Raymond

Victoria Raymond

Victoria Raymond is a partner in our Insolvency & Dispute Resolution team in Hong Kong. Victoria is a leading practitioner in Hong Kong's legal landscape, known for providing clear, pragmatic, strategic and commercial advice to clients facing challenging situations. With a track record of successfully handling high-stakes disputes and insolvency matters, her reputation as a skilled and reliable professional is well-earned. Specialising in Cayman Islands, BVI and Bermuda commercial litigation, dispute resolution and insolvency, she advises clients in relation to commercial disputes, shareholder disputes, distressed investment vehicles, derivative actions, unfair prejudice claims, contentious valuation exercises, fund related matters, enforcement of rights, debt recovery, and contentious issues relating to digital assets. She also provides both contentious and non-contentious advice relating to company law and banking issues. Victoria has worked on matters before the Grand Court's Financial Services Division in the Cayman Islands, the Commercial Court in the BVI, the Supreme Court of Bermuda and the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.
Daniel Read

Daniel Read

Daniel leads Walkers' Employment practice group in Jersey and has over 11 years' experience in Jersey with a focus on advising financial services organisations on all aspects of the employment relationship. Daniel is a Jersey Advocate with experience in Royal Court and Employment and Discrimination Tribunal cases. He gives strategic advice on all aspects of the employment relationship including: managing employee relations managing sickness absences internal investigations disciplinary and grievance procedures whistleblowing and discrimination claims restructuring and redundancy regulatory matters exits Daniel regularly works with our Investment Funds and Corporate team with the employment law aspects of corporate mergers and acquisitions. He also advises on business licensing and immigration matters, regulatory and data protection issues involving employees and he regularly supports clients with drafting and negotiating employment documentation including contracts and handbooks. Daniel also has in-house experience, having undertaken a six-month client secondment with a major bank, advising on employee relations issues.
Jessica Robinson

Jessica Robinson

Jessica Robinson is a senior counsel based in Walkers' Guernsey office, specialising in advising on M&A transactions, corporate restructurings and corporate finance matters. Her experience includes M&A transactions involving regulated trust company service providers, as well as a major Middle East acquisition for Amazon.com Inc. Jessica has worked in Walkers' BVI, Guernsey and Jersey offices, and advises on BVI, Cayman and Guernsey law. Prior to moving offshore, she practised in the London office of a major international firm for five years, during which time she completed two secondments with major banking clients. Jessica also completed another secondment with a major international bank in Jersey, providing training and designing and implementing robust internal legal procedures. Jessica speaks French.
John Rogers

John Rogers

John is the Managing Partner of our Singapore office. He specialises in all aspects of finance matters including general banking, debt capital markets, structured finance, aircraft and shipping finance, acquisition finance, real estate finance, securitisation, private equity and general corporate transactions. His clients frequently comment on how much they appreciate his responsiveness and commercial approach. From 2003, John was based in our Hong Kong office and then relocated to Singapore in 2009 to open our office there. John also sits on the Walkers' Group Management Committee.
Eoin Ryan

Eoin Ryan

Eoin is a partner in Walkers' Irish Corporate Practice Group. He has extensive expertise in M&A, asset acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, partnerships, commercial contracts and shareholders’ agreements. He has also worked on domestic and multi-jurisdictional transactions, from initial stages to completion. Eoin advises on domestic and cross-border corporate restructuring, Irish corporate governance and general commercial matters. He has been part of a number of high-profile transactions involving Irish, US, UK and global clients, including large multinational corporations. Recent Experience Eoin has acted on a number of high-profile transactions including advising: an Irish mast company in relation to its multi-million euro sale to an infrastructure fund; an Irish wireless networks company on its sale to a US entity; a large US corporation on its multi-million euro acquisition of an Irish media company; a UK asset manager on its entry into various joint-venture agreements with Irish property developers; a European advertising company on its acquisition of an Irish advertising business; a leading European finance company on the multi-million euro sale of its assets to a US bank; an Asian corporation on its multi-million euro acquisition of an Irish semi-conductor company; the lender to a UK bank on the restructuring of its Irish operations; an Irish energy company on various equity-fundraising rounds; and a UK bank on its successful exit from various Irish investments.
Matt Sanders

Matt Sanders

Matt is the Managing Partner of Walkers' Guernsey office, where he specialises in investment funds and corporate matters. He is a Group Partner* with more than a decade's experience offshore, and works as part of Walkers' Guernsey Investment Funds and Corporate teams on a wide variety of matters relating to the structuring and restructuring of investment funds and high value transactions involving Guernsey company law. He has particular expertise in respect of Guernsey Private Fund structures, and M&A deals involving regulated corporate service providers and trust companies. Matt's work includes advising on complex issues relating to funds, including having acted on the first conversion and migration of the cells of a Guernsey protected cell company to Malta. *Admitted in England & Wales and New Zealand – not admitted in Guernsey
Nigel Sanders

Nigel Sanders

Nigel Sanders is one of the leading commercial litigation and trust disputes lawyers in Jersey and has over 30 years' experience as a contentious practitioner. Nigel has been practising in Jersey since 2006, but has also worked in London, Abu Dhabi and the Cayman Islands. Besides commercial and trusts disputes his expertise encompasses contentious insolvency and corporate matters as well as contentious regulatory advisory work and competition law disputes. He has been admitted in Jersey, England and Wales, BVI and Cayman and regularly advises on cross-border issues relating to trusts, probate, insolvency, fraud and asset tracing and corporate and commercial disputes Nigel appears regularly before the Jersey Court and has represented professional and institutional clients as well as individuals in a wide range of important reported cases.
William Schofield

William Schofield

William Schofield is a senior associate in Walkers' Investment Funds & Corporate group in Guernsey. William advises on all areas of corporate law within the jurisdiction's financial and insurance sectors. His M&A practice has seen him advise on some of Guernsey's most notable deals of the past few years and he has frequently advised where cross-border considerations have played a significant factor. He also has experience with deals involving the local regulators; the Guernsey Financial Services Commission and GCRA. William's investment funds practice features a broad range of clients including sovereign wealth funds and large private equity houses. He has a particular interest in restructuring and end-of-life funds and downstream private equity transactions.
Jonathan Sheehan

Jonathan Sheehan

Jonathan is the Managing Partner of our Ireland office and head of the Tax Group. A corporate lawyer by training and qualified chartered tax adviser (CTA), Jonathan advises on various financial, corporate and real estate transactions. Jonathan's primary area of focus is on the tax treatment of capital markets, investment funds and real estate transactions. He also has extensive experience in advising on M&A transactions, corporate migrations, cross-border mergers and loan portfolio sales and acquisitions. Jonathan has acted for a wide range of domestic and international clients, including publicly listed companies, financial institutions, private equity providers, fund managers and administrators, and Irish State bodies. Jonathan sits on the tax committees of various industry associations in Ireland. He is known for his collaborative style, technical ability and commitment to client service.
Kellie Sherwill

Kellie Sherwill

Kellie specialises in commercial disputes and trust litigation. She also has experience advising on regulatory and banking matters, including compliance, corporate governance, and financial crime. She has experience of acting for a variety of clients on complex and high value matters. Kellie is a Senior Associate in the Walkers' Insolvency and Dispute Resolution team. She specialises in trust litigation acting for trustees, beneficiaries and protectors as well as in respect of non-contentious court applications and alternative dispute resolution. She also has transactional experience and has advised banks, companies, governments and individuals in relation to complex regulatory and banking matters, including compliance, corporate governance and financial crime and civil forfeiture matters. Kellie has represented clients in a variety of tribunals, including the employment tribunal and the Child, Youth and Community Tribunal.
Richard Siddle

Richard Siddle

Richard Siddle is a partner in the Finance Group in Walkers' Singapore office. Richard advises in relation to Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands and Bermuda law and has extensive experience of cross-border debt finance transactions, including acquisition and leveraged finance, real estate finance, structured finance, debt restructurings and general corporate lending. Richard has a particular focus on fund finance and regularly represents both lenders and sponsors with respect to capital call financings, NAV and hybrid facilities and GP/Management facilities.
Shirleen Tan

Shirleen Tan

Shirleen Tan is a partner in the Finance Group in Walkers' Singapore office. Shirleen advises on a range of financing transactions, including leveraged and acquisition finance, fund finance, real-estate finance, asset finance, structured finance, project finance and general corporate lending. Shirleen was based in Walkers' Hong Kong office for a number of years before relocating to Singapore. Being fluent in English and Chinese, Shirleen continues to service (amongst others) clients from Hong Kong and the Greater China region in her current role.
Ching Ching Tay

Ching Ching Tay

Ching Ching Tay is a senior counsel based in our London office. She joined Walkers in 2019 and is a member of the Global Investment Funds. She specialises in hedge funds and private equity funds established in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands, and advises on all legal aspects including formation, structuring and restructuring, redemption and liquidation, downstream transactions, corporate advisory and legal and regulatory matters. She also advises on a broad range of corporate and commercial transactions such as shareholder agreements and investment agreements.
Kevin Taylor

Kevin Taylor

Kevin is the Managing Partner of our Bermuda office and is the Head of the Insolvency and Dispute Resolution practice. He specialises in commercial disputes, particularly contentious liquidation proceedings, receiverships, issues related to corporate governance, shareholder disputes and high value asset recovery. Kevin leads a team of lawyers who provide advice on all aspects of Bermuda law with particular focus on matters of corporate and international finance law, mergers and acquisitions, insurance, investments funds, fintech and regulatory matters. He regularly advises liquidators and creditors in complex cross-border liquidations. Kevin also acts for distressed companies and provides advice to boards of directors seeking to obtain court protection to permit corporate restructuring including by way of formal scheme of arrangement. His experience includes: issues of breach of directors' fiduciary duty breach of contract enforcements of judgments and arbitration awards anti-suit injunctions to restrain foreign proceedings freezing injunctions, duties of confidentiality and mis selling claims. Kevin has made numerous appearances before the Supreme Court of Bermuda, Court of Appeal for Bermuda and has appeared in the Privy Council. His advice and perspective on the outcomes of different cases is often sought by both judges and other lawyers.  
Laurent Thibeault

Laurent Thibeault

Laurent is a Guernsey Advocate and Partner in Walker's Guernsey Insolvency & Dispute Resolution Group. He specialises in trust, finance and insolvency, and corporate disputes and advises leading global law firms, fiduciaries and high net-worth clients across these areas. Laurent has significant experience acting for trustees, beneficiaries and protectors in contentious matters as well as in respect of non-contentious court applications and wider negotiations. Having worked in the London and Paris offices of a Magic Circle firm's structured finance team and, previously, in financial restructuring and distressed debt, Laurent has a wealth of transactional experience and is uniquely placed to act on complex, cross-border contentious matters.
Sarah Townsend

Sarah Townsend

Sarah Townsend is a Senior Counsel in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate Practice Group. Sarah Townsend is a senior counsel in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate Practice Group, with more than 15 years' experience as an offshore lawyer, and advising on a range of funds, corporate and related regulatory matters. Her funds practice covers the establishment and restructuring of investment funds under Jersey law (including Jersey Private Funds, Jersey Expert Funds and Jersey Listed Funds), covering all asset classes and strategies. Sarah also advises on the establishment and licensing requirements applicable to fund managers, investment advisors and other service providers under Jersey's legal and regulatory regime. Sarah has experience of advising on private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions (including regulated trust and corporate services providers), as well as more general corporate advice relating to restructuring and reorganisations. Sarah has a growing fintech and digital assets practice. She was delighted to have been involved in the establishment of Jersey's first tokenisation platform in February 2024, as well establishing a number of Jersey crypto funds.
Marcél Treurnicht

Marcél Treurnicht

Marcél Treurnicht is a Senior Counsel in the Walkers' Private Capital & Trusts practice group and specialises in advising clients on the establishment and use of Guernsey companies, trusts and foundations for both traditional private wealth and digital assets purposes (crypto and blockchain). Marcél's practice spans a range of areas, including traditional private wealth structures, employee benefit trusts, unit trusts and innovative trust structure tailored for the digital economy (crypto and blockchain). With a strong international background, Marcél brings valuable experience gained during his years in Hong Kong, where he advised on private wealth structures to assist wealthy families with tax mitigation, asset protection and succession planning. His corporate trust experience includes advising listed companies on the formation and implementation of employee benefit schemes in preparation for initial public offerings and/or secondary listings. In the digital economy, Marcél has worked with several of the largest decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs) to develop trust structures that bridge the gap between traditional and digital economies while preserving decentralised principles. He has extensive experience in designing new trusts specifically for holding cryptoassets and monetising intellectual property assets connected to the blockchain space, as well as amending existing trusts, where feasible, to accommodate crypto and other blockchain assets. His expertise includes the use of purpose trusts and mixed trusts (which serve both purposes and beneficiaries). Additionally, he provides advice on holding cryptoassets through various entities such as foundations, foundation companies and standalone companies. He offers guidance on structures and entities across multiple jurisdictions, including the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands and Guernsey. These structures invest in a wide range of cryptoassets, including cryptoasset funds, high-profile NFTs and even cryptoasset infrastructure, such as crypto exchanges.
Benjamin Twidle

Benjamin Twidle

Benjamin Twidle is a Partner in the Walkers' Regulatory & Risk Advisory Group based in the London office. He joined the firm in 2019 in Walkers' Cayman office before relocating to London in 2022. He regularly acts for major financial services providers, investment banks, insurers, virtual asset service providers, funds and investment managers. Benjamin advises on a range of Bermuda, BVI and Cayman Islands regulatory matters, including beneficial ownership, FATCA and the Common Reporting Standard, economic substance, insurance, data protection, virtual assets and anti-money laundering and sanctions. He has also worked on a number of regulatory applications and submissions to the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority and the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission.
James Twigg

James Twigg

James Twigg is a partner in the Corporate and Investment Funds Group in Walkers' Singapore office. He has represented clients across the Asia-Pacific region on high-value mergers and acquisitions, equity capital raisings, private equity and venture capital investments, joint ventures, pre IPO investments, US IPOs (including SPACs and deSPACs) and general corporate and governance matters. He also regularly advises investment managers and institutional investors on the establishment of hedge funds, private equity and venture capital funds and co-investment and alternative investment structures. Prior to joining Walkers in 2012, James worked as a corporate lawyer at Clifford Chance in Hong Kong, Skadden and Slaughter and May in London and at Chapman Tripp in New Zealand. At each of these firms, James advised a broad range of corporate, private equity and governmental clients on a variety of international and domestic transactions.
Nigel Weston

Nigel Weston

Nigel Weston is based in Walkers' Jersey office and heads up the office's Finance and Corporate Group. He specialises in banking, finance, trusts, investment funds, regulatory matters, special purpose vehicles, listings and all aspects of offshore finance and corporate work. Nigel advises a wide range of blue chip investment managers, global banks, private investment houses and major corporates. He works closely with top law firms and accountancy practices in London as well as local administrators, trustees and other intermediaries and service providers.​
Alex Wickens

Alex Wickens

Alex Wickens is a group partner* in the Guernsey Banking & Finance team specialising in real estate finance, fund finance and acquisition finance. Alex has over 12 years' experience advising lenders and borrowers on all aspects of Guernsey banking & finance law from lending, to non-contentious restructuring and security enforcement. He advises on financings to complex real estate holding structures, including property unit trust structures and structures established to be shariah law compliant. Alex advises sponsors, private credit and traditional lenders on a range of acquisition finance transactions, but predominantly in respect of mid-market acquisitions of infrastructure and financial services targets acquired through Guernsey acquisition stacks. He also advises on all aspects of fund finance, including subscription line, net asset value and hybrid facilities. *not admitted in Guernsey and not a member of Walkers (Guernsey) LLP
Claire Winrow

Claire Winrow

Claire is based in Walkers' Ireland office where she is a partner in the Global Asset Management and Investment Funds group in Ireland. Claire advises domestic and international asset managers on the structuring, establishment and operation of alternative investment funds (QIAlFs) under Irish law, covering all types of strategies and asset classes, including private equity, venture capital, credit, real estate and infrastructure strategies. Claire has experience advising sponsors establishing ICAVs, Investment Limited Partnerships, 1907 LPs as well as a number of international fund structures. Claire also advises on various aspects of corporate governance, distribution and regulatory compliance matters. Claire has been a member of the Irish Funds Legal and Regulatory Working Group.
Hughie Wong

Hughie Wong

Hughie is the Managing Partner of Walkers' London office and co-head of our Investment Funds practice group in London. Hughie leads a team of London based lawyers providing time-zone sensitive, dedicated Bermuda, BVI and Cayman Islands law support to clients based in EMEA. He works with external counsel, investment managers and funds on setting up and launching investment funds, and their financing. He also specialises in all aspects of fund activity and regulation, as well as fund restructurings and distressed situations. Hughie has more than 25 years’ experience in private practice, and advises clients on Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands’ law on hedge, private equity and venture capital funds, including digital assets and crypto-currency funds. He also helps them with their downstream corporate and financing matters, including structured finance, mergers and acquisitions, and regulatory issues. Hughie is recognised by Chambers & Partners, Legal 500 and Lexology Index (formerly Who's Who Legal) for the quality of his advice.