ISOLAS LLP is renowned for a strong advisory practice, spanning corporate and structured finance, real estate finance and regulatory issues. The team is also well-regarded for legislative drafting, acting for His Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar. Christian Hernandez advises leading international banks in a range of corporate finance matters, Christian Caetano specialises in insurance and financial services and James Montado ‘delivers high quality representation’ in regulatory and contract matters. In October 2023, Albert J Isola CBE returned to the firm as senior partner, following a sabbatical as Minister from 2013 to 2023.
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Testimonials
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- ‘The firm has a very good banking and finance practice.’
‘Peter Isola is the managing partner of the firm and is a class act. He is full of experience and confidence and knows the banking and financial services business in Gibraltar extremely well. ’
‘Christian Caetano is incredibly responsive and detail oriented. He is a pleasure to work with!’
‘The team is a reliable go-to firm for advice on technical and complex financial services legal queries - and is a solid partner for any contract negotiation we enter into by their side.’
‘James Montado is articulate, aligned and delivers high quality representation.’
Key clients
- The Ardonagh Group
- HM Government of Gibraltar
- Valaris PLC
- Specialist Risk Group (SRG)
- Kingstar UK Ltd
- Mansion (Gibraltar) Ltd
- I Squared Capital
- Intermediate Capital Group (ICG)
Lawyers
Leading partners
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Practice head
Christian Hernandez; Christian Caetano; James Montado
Other key lawyers
Albert J Isola CBE; Peter Isola