Carey Olsen is well positioned to assist clients looking to list debt on TISE and those seeking to list on the LSE’s Main and AIM markets, also providing regulatory support to listed companies, seeing them through restructuring measures and handling the acquisition of listed targets. Practice head Ben Morgan handles debt transactions, assisting with the listing of notes on TISE and their subsequent refinancing, while Annette Alexander helps funds looking to list and is also well versed in associated regulatory requirements.
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Banking and Finance, Corporate, Investment Funds, Regulatory, Listings
Position
Annette advises on a broad range of corporate matters with a particular emphasis on the establishment, regulation and operation of investment funds, regulatory compliance, capital markets and banking and finance.
She advises on the formation of all types of alternative investment funds, including private equity funds, listed funds, hedge funds, sustainable investment funds and property funds as well as banking and finance transactions. Annette advises many of the largest fund promoters and financial institutions both locally and internationally.
Annette arranges listings of investment funds, trading companies and bonds on The International Stock Exchange, including acting as sponsor (through Carey Olsen Corporate Finance Limited) and advising on compliance with the continuous obligations associated with a TISE listing.
Career
Annette was admitted to the Supreme Court of Queensland, Australia in 1997. Prior to joining Carey Olsen in 2001, Annette worked for Clayton Utz in Australia.
Annette was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 2004 (currently non-practising). She was called as an Advocate of the Royal Court of Guernsey in August 2008. She became a partner at Carey Olsen in 2016.
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Key clients
- Regional REIT Limited Globalworth Real Estate Investments Limited Hipgnosis Songs Fund Shanta Gold Limited
Work highlights
Advised Hipgnosis Songs Fund Limited, an LSE-listed music IP investment and song management company, on its takeover by Blackstone Europe LLP by way of a scheme of arrangement.
Assisted LSE-listed Regional REIT Limited in launching a successful underwritten capital raising of £110.5m.
Advised Globalworth Real Estate Investments Limited with respect to the refinancing of its €550m notes due 2025 and €400m notes due 2026 conducted by means of an exchange offer and consent solicitation process and resulting in the issuance of approximately €307m notes due 2029 and €333m notes due 2030.