Walkers provides ‘good, solid, pragmatic’ advice across a broad spectrum of financing matters, with expertise in acting for lenders and borrowers on acquisition, asset, fund and real estate credit lines. Heading the team are Zoë Hallam, whose expertise lies primarily in fund financing mandates, including NAV and subscription line facilities, and Kim Paiva, an asset finance expert who is well versed in the financing of aircrafts. Joining them in the leadership team is Alex Wickens, promoted to the partnership in July 2024 and focusing on fund, real estate and acquisition finance and with a notable specialism in structuring Sharia-compliant financing and investment vehicles.
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Testimonials
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- 'Kim Paiva, Zoë Hallam and Alex Wickens are all excellent - responsive, commercial and understand the deal immediately!'
- 'Walkers is our go-to firm for Guernsey legal opinions and law support. They are technically excellent, understand their clients and have a fantastic team. They are very collaborative, responsive and a pleasure to work with.'
- 'Kim Paiva is standout. She is technically brilliant, commercial, collaborative, responsive and a pleasure to deal with. She is a real team player on cross jurisdictional deals and goes the extra mile. Camilla Hobbs is technically strong, commercial, a team player and a pleasure to deal with.'
- 'I find good Guernsey lawyers are rare and Walkers are not only good but they an exceptional firm.'
- 'Kim Paiva is excellent to work with.'
- 'This is an excellent team due to their fast responses to any requirements to have. In our business, clients value speed and we know we can always rely on the banking and finance team to be our trusted advisors at a moment's notice. In addition, the breadth of experience they can throw at any question is excellent, another capability we really value in our legal partners.'
- 'They are quite simply quietly excellent, there is no fuss or fanfare, just good, solid, pragmatic legal advice. They are fast becoming our go-to law firm!'
- 'We work with Zoë Hallam who is superb - our go-to lawyer for Guernsey legal advice, with particular expertise on fund finance matters. She is technically excellent, very responsive and gives commercial advice.'
- 'Walkers have consistently been a fantastic team to work with across transactions. They are responsive, considered and commercial.'
- 'Zoe Hallam demonstrates a high level of engagement on the matters we have engaged the Walkers team on, providing clear and timely advice and managing Guernsey matters excellently. She is commercially minded in her approach to advice and to transactions, which is a real benefit to matters. Always a pleasure to work with. Rob White also contributes significantly to the team, and demonstrates those same qualities - timely, commercial and astute advice. Obviously, a key member of the Walkers team.'
Key clients
- Chrysalis Investments Limited
- Equitix
- Falko Regional Aircraft Limited
- Investec Bank plc
- Macquarie Bank
- MS Capital Partners Adviser Inc.
- OakNorth Bank plc
- PK Airfinance S.a r.l.
- Royal Bank of Canada
- SMBC
Work highlights
Acted for Chrysalis Investments on a £70m NAV facility provided by Barclays Bank, plus an uncommitted accordion of £15m.
Lawyers
Next Generation Partners
Junior partners with significant recognition from clients and peers in the market and key roles on multiple matters.
Practice head
Zoë Hallam; Kim Paiva; Alex Wickens
Other key lawyers
Camilla Hobbs; Siavush Mokhtar; Robert White