Particularly renowned for its work in the real estate field, Keystone Law‘s banking and finance team works with clients on both borrower and lender-side mandates. Managing director Geoff Kermeen marshals his skills and experience in the British and European commercial real estate sectors, specialising in loan facility establishment and acquisition financing. Sally Cranshaw and William Margot provide Isle of Man legal and regulatory counsel on global financial transactions, and Hazel Dawson is experienced in counselling listed companies on an array of debt, tax, rights and regulatory issues.
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- 'Sally Cranshaw is very user friendly and and responsive. Always on top of the key Manx issues and pragmatic in her approach. Geoff Kermeen is also very good in his field.'
- 'Sally Cranshaw is superb, our go-to counsel for all IoM-related matters. Highly responsive, incisive and generally great to do business with.'
- 'Hazel Dawson was very responsive and she gave authoritative commercial advice.'
- 'The team is very efficient, knowledgeable and attentive. Sally Cranshaw is excellent and very efficient.'
- 'We use Keystone regularly for input on local law aspects of banking transactions governed primarily by English or Scots law. They provide a responsive, efficient and commercial service, which is key for us in service delivery to our funder clients.'
- 'We work with Geoff Kermeen and have done for many years - he knows his stuff and delivers a consistent and effective service which, particularly on our smaller deals, allows efficient delivery which sometimes we lose with the larger firms.'
Key clients
- SJK Properties Limited
- Project Anchor Property Limited
- Hereford Prop Co Limited
- Monet Limited
- Coutts & Company
- Melford Capital
- PMP Europe LP
- Abu Dhabi Al Islami UK
- Hadley Blackwall Yard Property Limited
- Fundamentum Social Housing REIT plc
- Blue Heaven Holdings Ltd
- Panoro Energy ASA
Work highlights
Provided SJK Properties Limited with Isle of Man legal advice in relation to the acquisition of Broadlands Business Park.
Provided Project Anchor Property Limited with Isle of Man legal advice and opinions in connection with the acquisition by an IoM private equity SPV of the ground rents of three UK hotels from Lloyds Pension Fund.
Provided Hereford Prop Co Limited with Isle of Man legal advice in connection with the acquisition by an IoM private equity SPV from Legal & General of the Premier Inn Hereford.
Lawyers
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Other key lawyers
Geoff Kermeen; Sally Cranshaw; William Margot; Hazel Dawson