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Nicholas Blake-Knox

Prasana is based in the Walkers' Cayman Islands office and is a partner in the firms Global Investment Funds Group. She specialises in all aspects of investment funds, as well as unit trust work, she also has experience of corporate matters. Prasana regularly advises institutional asset managers, established and emerging investment managers, and banks and corporate trustees. She works on all aspects of investment funds, including structuring considerations and formation, launches, governance, reorganisations, ongoing operations, exit and end of life, as well as corporate transactions and regulatory compliance.

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 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.

Paul has extensive experience of debt financing transactions in Asia acting for financial institutions, private equity sponsors, investors and corporates. He specialises in advising in relation to the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands law aspects of fund finance, leveraged and acquisition finance, real estate finance, structured equity finance (including margin loans and equity derivatives), private credit, special situations and general secured and unsecured lending.

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.

Advocate & Associate

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 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.

Sarah Ball is an associate in Walker's Guernsey Insolvency and Dispute Resolution Practice Group and advises on contentious trusts matters, insolvencies, and commercial litigation. Sarah has onshore and offshore experience in advising on a wide range of disputes, working with corporates and HNWIs, mainly on cross-border matters.

Christine Ballantyne-Drewe

Christine is based in Walkers' Cayman Islands office and is a partner in the firm's Global Investment Funds Group. She advises clients on forming, operating and restructuring investment funds. As part of our Global Investment Funds Group, she has extensive experience in both open and closed-ended investment structures, as well as downstream corporate transactions. She also has significant expertise on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and other corporate transactions. Christine advises a range of institutional asset managers, private equity sponsors, family offices and start-up and emerging managers. She also works with entities structured as companies, partnerships and limited liability companies.

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.

Andrew Barker is based in Walkers' Cayman Islands office and is a partner in the firm's Investment Funds Group. He advises on all aspects of corporate and investment funds law, acting for public and private companies, investment managers and private equity sponsors. His practice includes structuring and forming investment funds, as well as downstream transactions such as joint ventures, acquisitions and disposals. He regularly advises on initial public offerings, including special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs), take-private transactions and ongoing matters for Cayman Islands public companies.

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 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 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 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.

Danielle Brouard

Danielle Brouard is a Senior Counsel in the Walkers' Employment practice group and advises on all aspects of employment law, focusing in particular on discrimination and employment-related disputes. Danielle spent 14 years practising in the London office of a major international law firm, working across the full range of contentious and non-contentious employment law issues. Her core practice involves: drafting and negotiating employment documentation, including restrictive covenants assisting with HR processes and employee relations matters representing clients in employment tribunal litigation advising on employment aspects of transactions assisting with the relocation of employees into Guernsey advising on pension issues Danielle also has in-house experience, having undertaken a six-month client secondment with British Airways, advising on employee relations and trade union issues.

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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 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.

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.

Craig Cordle is a Partner in Walkers' Guernsey Investment Funds & Corporate Practice Group specialising in all aspects of the structuring, restructuring, merger, sale, establishment and operation of listed and private investment funds, including private equity funds, real estate funds, single asset vehicles/SPACs and other collective investment arrangements. In addition, Craig advises on the merger and acquisition of private and listed companies, schemes of arrangement and regulatory and competition issues. Craig is an asset management lawyer with 14 years' experience in private practice, most of which was spent in the asset management, funds and capital markets teams of two leading international law firms in the City of London. Since moving to Guernsey in 2016, and re-qualifying as a Guernsey Advocate, he continues to work with a number of vehicles listed on exchanges in London and across Europe, including The International Stock Exchange (TISE). He has been consistently recognised for the quality of his advice by Chambers UK, Legal 500 and IFLR 1000. Admitted in: Guernsey – 2018 England & Wales - 2008

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.

Managing Partner

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.

Bicrom Das is based in Walkers' Cayman Islands office and is a partner in the firm's Global Investment Funds Group. He provides counsel for both closed and open-ended funds across a range of different strategies. This includes private equity, credit and real estate. He has extensive experience of the entire lifecycle of private funds – from raising and formation through downstream acquisitions and exits, and end-of-life issues. Bicrom acts for leading investment managers, both institutional sponsors of private equity and hedge funds, and boutique or start-up managers. His clients include private equity houses and other financial institutions along with their onshore counsel. He covers all fund-related matters, joint ventures, corporate restructurings, mergers and acquisitions, and public offerings of securities.

Colm Dawson is a partner in Walkers' Regulatory & Risk Advisory Group. He helps global financial institutions navigate complex regulatory challenges with clarity and confidence. Based in the Cayman Islands, he advises on corporate governance, financial crime prevention, economic substance, data protection, and regulatory engagement. Colm works with asset managers, banks, fund-service providers, virtual asset issuers and insurers on inspections, enforcement processes, and multi-jurisdictional compliance. His expertise spans Cayman Islands, BVI and international frameworks including licensing, regulatory permissions, and operational readiness. Since joining Walkers in 2018, Colm spent three years in Cayman before leading the firm’s regulatory offering in Asia from 2021 to 2023, based in Hong Kong and overseeing Singapore and Dubai. His practical insight, shaped by secondments in banking and asset management, makes him a go-to advisor for clients facing evolving global regulatory demands.

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.

Sarah Demerling

James Denham is a Partner at Walkers and a member of the firm's Global Finance and Corporate groups. He is based in the London office and advises on both Cayman Islands law and BVI law aspects of a broad range of finance and corporate transactions. His practice includes debt and equity finance, asset finance and general corporate lending, with a particular focus on derivatives and structured finance.

Senior Associate

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.

Senior Associate

Lucy Frew is a partner based in Walkers' Cayman Islands office and heads the Global Regulatory & Risk Advisory Group. Having joined Walkers in 2016, she has over 20 years of experience as a specialist financial regulatory and risk management lawyer. Lucy advises clients on all aspects of financial and digital assets regulation and risk management, covering both contentious and advisory matters. Her work spans regulatory structuring, set-up and licensing, new products and services, marketing, inspections, remediation, compliance frameworks and training and; strategies to minimise risk. She also provides expertise in anti-money laundering, financial sanctions and asset freezes, tax transparency, data protection (including breach management), corporate governance, outsourcing and regulatory capital. Lucy is an expert at helping clients implement regulatory policies, procedures, and compliance monitoring programs. With a long track record in contentious financial regulatory matters and investigations, she is adept at managing relationships with regulators. In addition, Lucy has been advising on fintech and digital assets since 2013, making her a trusted resource in this rapidly evolving space.

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.

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 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 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 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.

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.

Rebecca Hale is an senior associate in Walkers' Insolvency and Dispute Resolution Practice Group in Guernsey. Rebecca advises on all aspects of corporate and commercial disputes including contentious trust matters, administrations and insolvencies, regulatory matters and general civil and commercial litigation. She has been practising in Guernsey since 2016, and works with a broad range of clients including financial institutions and trust companies on complex cross-border matters.

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 is a Group Partner in the Banking & Finance team in Walkers' Guernsey office, having previously spent eight years in the firm's Cayman office.Zoë advises on a broad range of finance-related matters, with a specialised focus on Fund Finance, Real Estate Finance and Islamic Finance transactions. In the Fund Finance sector she has advised both borrowers and lender on subscription facilities, NAV facilities and GP financing and her clients include leading international banks, alternative lenders and fund managers.

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 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.

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 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 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 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.

Andrew Howarth is a Partner in Walkers’ Cayman Islands office and a key member of the firm’s Regulatory & Risk Advisory and Fintech groups. Since joining Walkers in 2017, Andrew has drawn on his extensive experience as a financial services regulatory lawyer in London to provide sophisticated advice to investment funds, fund service providers, virtual asset businesses, and other clients in need of financial services regulatory advice. His practice focuses on navigating the evolving Cayman Islands regulatory landscape, including financial regulatory applications, ongoing compliance, anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing, proliferation financing and international sanctions, automatic exchange of information, virtual assets, economic substance, beneficial ownership, data protection, outsourcing and reliance arrangements, corporate governance, and regulatory investigations.

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.

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 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.

Managing Partner

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 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

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.

Kristen Kwok is a Partner in our Finance team in Hong Kong. Kristen advises on all aspects of banking and finance with an emphasis on structured finance, debt capital markets and asset finance (in particular aircraft and ship finance). Kristen joined Walkers in 2006. She is fluent in English, Mandarin and Cantonese.

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 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 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 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 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.

James Lydeard is a partner at Walkers in the Jersey Banking & Finance team. James' core focus is private credit, fund, leveraged, real estate and acquisition finance. He also advises on structured finance and restructuring matters. His expertise spans complex cross-border deals, structured finance issuances across various asset classes including cryptocurrency and carbon credits, as well as distressed lending and non-contentious restructuring.

Craig Macleod is a senior associate in Walkers' Insolvency & Dispute Resolution Practice Group in Jersey. He primarily specialises in trusts litigation with an international dimension, advising on contentious and non-contentious trust matters for both trustees and beneficiaries alike. He also advises on a range of commercial and corporate disputes.

Martha is a senior associate in Walkers' Insolvency and Dispute Resolution Practice Group in Guernsey. She advises on a range of commercial, trust, insolvency, and regulatory disputes, and her clients include governments, banks, companies, trustees, families, and individuals. She has practised law in England, the British Virgin Islands, and most recently in Guernsey, and is dual qualified as a solicitor-advocate in England & Wales and the British Virgin Islands.

Shane Martin is a Partner based in Walkers' Ireland office. He has significant experience in regulatory risk and compliance in financial services across the banking, insurance, asset management, credit union and payment services sectors. Drawing on his experience as a regulator and industry adviser, Shane provides practical and informed advice on all regulatory compliance matters with particular expertise in financial crime. Admitted In: Ireland New York (not practising)

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.

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

Kevin McQuillan

Kevin is a Partner in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate practice group, advising on all aspects of corporate law. Kevin advises US and UK private equity sponsors, institutional clients, sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds and HNWIs on M&A, private equity, equity capital markets and restructuring mandates. Kevin has acted on numerous take-private transactions implemented by a members scheme of arrangement as well as the first take private in Jersey of a Jersey listed company implemented by a statutory merger under Companies (Jersey) Law 1991. In addition, Kevin has a very active local M&A practice and regularly acts as lead counsel to Jersey based clients on cross border sales and acquisitions of regulated financial services businesses. Kevin's advisory practice includes advising the boards of Jersey listed companies on corporate governance matters. Kevin has been consistently recognised by Legal 500, Chambers and Partners and IFLR as a leading next generation lawyer.

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.

James is based in Walkers' Cayman Islands office and is a partner in the firm's Global Investment Funds Group. He specialises in the formation and life-cycle of all forms of investment and private equity funds. James is a highly experienced corporate and transactional lawyer, having specialised in fund formation, restructurings, distress management, mergers, acquisitions, disposals, demergers and private equity deals for 25 years. James advises a number of leading institutional and boutique investment managers on all aspects of Cayman Islands funds and corporate law; assisting clients with new and evolving structures, start-ups, fund launches, reorganisations, and investment and consolidation projects.

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.

James is based in Walkers' Cayman Islands office and is a partner in the firm's Investment Funds Group. He advises clients on complex cross border corporate transactions and investment fund matters. He acts for leading investment managers and private equity sponsors on structuring and formation of investment funds, downstream acquisitions and divestments, exits and end-of-life issues. He also advises large public and private corporates on a range of matters, including initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate reorganisations, preferred equity financings and special purpose acquisition companies.

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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.

Alison is a partner and head of the Guernsey Dispute Resolution team. She is recognised in Legal 500's "Hall of Fame". Alison has considerable experience in relation to trust, banking, insolvency and insurance litigation, as well as general corporate disputes. She appears regularly in front of the Royal Court and Court of Appeal. Alison is a regular speaker at conferences in Guernsey, the UK and internationally, particularly in relation to trust litigation corporate governance and AML issues

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

Tatziana Paraguacuto-Maheo is a partner in the London office and heads the London Investment Funds Group. Tatziana has almost 20 years’ experience 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 advises on all legal aspects affecting funds including launch of new products, restructurings, acquisitions as well as regulatory, contentious and governance issues. Tatziana speaks French and Spanish. Admitted in: Cayman Islands England & Wales (not practising) France (not practising) Spain (not practising) Luxembourg (not practising) New York (not practising)

Senior Associate

Ingrid Pierce is Walkers' Global Managing Partner and heads the Cayman Investment Funds Group. She is recognised as one of the world's leading investment funds lawyers. She acts for major institutions, asset managers, insurers, reinsurers, trustees and other fiduciaries. Her clients include many of the Who's Who of asset managers, banks and trust companies. Ingrid regularly advises on all matters relating to governance, including directors' and trustees' duties and responsibilities, indemnities and succession planning. She has particular expertise in advising funds on managing distress in volatile markets and has considerable experience with contentious matters having acted in connection with the acquisition, restructuring and winding down of various high profile funds. Ingrid is a frequent speaker at industry events and a guest commentator on various media platforms including Bloomberg, CNBC and Fox Business.

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 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.

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.

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 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 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 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.

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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.

Partner and Co-Head of Finance & Capital Markets

Eoin Ryan is a Partner in the Irish office of Walkers and is a member of the firm's corporate department. Eoin has extensive expertise in share / asset acquisitions and disposals, joint ventures, partnerships, shareholders' agreements and has worked on domestic and multi-jurisdictional transactions from initial stage through to completion. He also advises on domestic and cross-border corporate restructuring, Irish corporate governance and general commercial matters. 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.

Senior Associate

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.

Marc Seddon is a partner in Walkers' Jersey Insolvency and Dispute Resolution team, specialising in contentious and semi-contentious trusts matters, and in company disputes. He is a Jersey Advocate with more than a decade's experience offshore, and advises financial services clients on the full spectrum of disputes, including insolvency matters and regulatory issues, with a particular focus on advising corporate services providers in respect of directors' duties.

Paola Sequeira is an Associate in Walkers' Insolvency and Dispute Resolution team in Jersey. She advises on general civil and commercial litigation, including contentious insolvency matters and cross-border trust disputes.

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 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 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.

Alexandra Simpson

Alexandra Simpson is a senior counsel at Walkers in London. Alexandra advises on fund finance, asset finance and general secured lending matters. She advises financiers, lessors and owners on international asset and structured finance transactions and advises on the full range of fund finance products including subscription line, Net Asset Value (NAV), hybrid and general partner support facilities.

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.

Juliana Tang is a partner in Walkers' Regulatory & Risk Advisory Group in the Cayman Islands. She has over 20 years' experience in financial services regulation and compliance, with more than 10 years working in the insurance industry as a regulatory lawyer for large global insurance businesses. She also worked in the Enforcement Division at the UK Financial Conduct Authority. With substantial international regulatory experience within financial services businesses, Juliana provides strategic guidance to leading institutions on complex regulatory matters, including licensing, compliance frameworks, investigations, financial crime, AML, economic substance, FATCA/CRS, and data protection. Juliana regularly advises on cross-border transactions and Cayman Islands Monetary Authority engagements, ensuring clients achieve their objectives while maintaining compliance. She also specializes in insurance regulation, offering tailored advice on structuring and licensing Cayman insurers, M&A, captives, annuity providers, restructuring, regulatory capital, insurtech initiatives, and dealing with Cayman Islands Monetary Authority on regulatory inspections, remediation and breach matters.

Leonie Tear is a partner based in Walkers' Bermuda office and leads the Bermuda Regulatory & Risk Advisory Group. Leonie is an international regulatory specialist with extensive experience in advising on AML and sanctions matters, licensing applications, complex regulatory investigations, regulatory due diligence and building compliance frameworks. Leonie's expertise spans both contentious and non-contentious regulatory matters. Leonie assists clients in obtaining licenses from the Bermuda Monetary Authority across all sectors, including Bermuda's digital assets, banking, investment business and insurance sectors. Leonie frequently provides ongoing support for regulated clients undergoing in-depth supervisory reviews and on-site inspections. She advises on complex AML/ATF and sanctions matters and designs risk controls. Leonie also specialises in data privacy compliance and in supporting clients in responding to cyber incidents, including ransom demands and regulatory notifications.

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.

Partner and Co-Head of Finance & Capital Markets

Jordan Trebert is an associate in Walkers' Insolvency and Dispute Resolution Practice Group in Guernsey. Jordan advises on all aspects of corporate and commercial disputes, including insolvency disputes and contentious trust matters.

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.

James is a Jersey Advocate with more than a decade's experience as a Jersey litigation lawyer, specialising in contentious trusts matters and commercial disputes. He is a partner in the firm's Insolvency & Dispute Resolution Practice Group, acting mainly on complex trust and cross-border commercial disputes, including on cases that have gone before the Privy Council. His commercial litigation experience encompasses disputes involving fraud, asset-tracing and directors' duties.

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 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.

Alex is a Senior Counsel in Walkers' Private Capital & Trusts team, with more than ten years' offshore experience working across Jersey and Guernsey, based in London. He advises trustees, family offices and private individuals on principally British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey private client structures as well as related private client matters.

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 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

Caroline Williams

Caroline Williams is based in Walkers' Cayman Islands office and is a partner in the firm's Global Investment Funds Group. She has a broad private funds practice specialising in both hedge funds and private equity. Caroline has extensive experience advising private equity fund sponsors on the structuring and formation of funds and co-investment and alternative investment vehicles and the completion of transactions undertaken by them. Caroline has broad experience advising on the sale and purchase of portfolio investments and advising on secondary transactions. Her practice also encompasses advising on initial public offerings, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, corporate reorganisations and capital call financing. Caroline acts for leading financial institutions, investment managers, including institutional sponsors of private equity and hedge funds, and also boutique and start-up managers. Caroline is a frequent speaker at industry events.

Lauren Williamson

Senior Associate

Hughie joined Walkers in 2008 and is a partner in the Global Investment Funds and Finance and Corporate Groups. He is based in the firm's London office and advises on both Cayman Islands law and BVI law aspects of transactions. He acts for alternative investment funds including their establishment, on-going corporate transactions and financing activities. He has also advised extensively on fund restructurings and distressed situations. Hughie also has significant experience in a broad range of finance and corporate transactions and regularly advises on lending and security transactions involving Cayman Islands or BVI law. Those transactions typically involve issues as to corporate restructurings, mergers, the perfection and granting of security by Cayman Islands or BVI vehicles, the charging of shares in a Cayman Islands or BVI company, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements and group reorganisations and restructurings.

Charlotte Yates

Charlotte Yates is a Senior Counsel in Walkers' Insolvency and Dispute Resolution team in Jersey. Her practice predominantly involves advising in relation to contentious and non-contentious trust applications with an international element, advising both trustees and beneficiaries. She also has experience advising on cross-border commercial litigation and contentious insolvency matters.