Mourant

Abel Lyall

Abel's practice covers all areas of commercial and financial disputes, with a focus on financial institutions, investment funds and trusts. He specialises in insolvency matters, and has extensive experience acting for creditors, directors, shareholders and insolvency practitioners on all aspects of contentious insolvency and asset recovery. Abel also advises on regulatory issues, and has acted for financial institutions in a number of significant regulatory investigations and proceedings.

Adrian DOBBYN

Counsel, Solicitor - Avocat à la Cour

Alana Gillies Ridout

Alana is Partner in the Mourant Guernsey Corporate practice. She provides advice on all aspects of Guernsey corporate law. Alana moved to Guernsey to join Mourant Ozannes in May 2014 and specialises in Private M&A, Banking and Finance and Commercial Contracts. She acts for a diverse client base including private limited companies, funds, institutional lenders and individuals (local and international). Some of her key clients include SGG Group (now IQ EQ), Brookfield, WPP Group, EFG Private Bank, HSBC and the ARM Insurance Group.

Alastair Lagrange

Alastair is Counsel in our Cayman Islands specialist Regulatory team, advising on anti-money laundering, sanctions, CRS, economic substance, beneficial ownership, data protection, inspections and remediation, licensing and registration applications, and FinTech and virtual assets. He also has significant experience in the establishment, restructuring, management and termination of investment funds, and in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, banking and finance, and corporate governance.

Aldric GROSJEAN

Partner, Avocat

Alex Last

Alex is partner in the Mourant international Cayman practice, Global Practice Leader for its Investment Funds team, and Managing Partner of the Mourant London office. Alex focuses on all aspects of fund formation and frequently advises many of the world's leading private fund sponsors on the structuring and establishment of investment funds, secondary transactions and related deals. I also have extensive experience on regulatory, corporate and fund finance matters.

Alex Henderson

I'm based in our Jersey office in our Investment Funds practice. I advise on the structuring, establishment, operation and regulation of investment funds and other investment structures including co-investments, club deals, joint ventures, managed accounts and executive co-investment and carried interest. I advise across asset classes but my particular expertise is with private equity, venture and real estate investment structures. I act for a range of clients from first time managers to institutional fund managers.

Alexandra Woodcock

Alexandra frequently advises many of the world’s leading finance institutions and private fund sponsors on the structuring and execution of finance transactions and restructurings involving secured lending to Cayman Islands companies, partnerships and unit trusts (including hedge funds and private equity funds). She has extensive experience on fund finance matters and has worked on some of the largest and most high-profile cross-border consensual restructurings.

Aliki Skelton-Lettsome

Aliki is an Associate in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution team of the Mourant BVI office. She advises on a wide range of matters including but not limited to international litigation, fraud and asset recovery, insolvency, general commercial litigation, shareholder and general company disputes, and corporate disputes.

Alistair Horn

Alistair advises a number of hedge, real estate and private equity funds and fund promoters on an on-going basis and is responsible for assisting with the establishment of a number of high profile investment funds and investment structures (both open and closed ended). Alistair also specialises in advising on the restructuring and financing of investment structures, equity raises, investor EGMs and investor relations generally.

Amy Demetriou

I joined Mourant Ozannes in Jersey in 2008, and I am part of the Jersey Finance & Corporate practice. I became a partner of Mourant LP in 2020. I have significant experience in a wide range of corporate and finance transactions, advising leading global corporate and financial institutions.

Andrew Grant

Andrew is a Senior Associate in the Mourant Guernsey Corporate practice and advises on a broad range of aspects of Guernsey corporate law. His particular interests and experience encompass corporate transactions for private wealth/family offices, complex corporate reorganisations, private M&A and insurance (including reinsurance and captives) and FS regulatory advice.

Ben Robins

Ben is a partner with extensive experience in investment funds, offshore capital markets and structured finance. Funds work: Ben has advised fund promoters including Accent Equity, Actera, Alpha Associes Conseil, Bancroft Private Equity, Investors in Private Equity, Kingsbridge Capital, Mercapital, Natixis, Northzone Ventures, Priveq Advisory, Scope Growth, W.L. Ross and Zurmont Madison (all private equity/VC) and Schroder, Legal & General, Grosvenor, Hermes, Goodman Group, UNITE Group plc, Catalyst and White Peak (all real estate). Finance work: Ben has advised on many large securitisation, repackaging and tier-1 capital transactions, including MTN and commercial paper programmes, for financial institutions such as HSBC, Credit Suisse International, The Royal Bank of Scotland plc, HypoVereinsbank, West LB, Erste Bank, Helaba and Deutsche Postbank AG. Ben’s finance practice also includes work on high-value structured finance and real estate finance transactions. What the directories say: Ben is recommended in the International Who’s Who of Private Funds Lawyers, 2014; Ben Robins provides ‘remarkable service’ (Legal 500, 2013); clients commend the advocate for being ‘sensible, pragmatic and commercial’ (Chambers UK, 2013).

Bruce Lincoln

Bruce has experience of a wide range of contentious areas including insolvency, banking and professional negligence, specialising in particular in contentious trusts work. In addition to hostile trust litigation, Bruce also regularly advises trustees and beneficiaries on issues arising in the course of the administration of trust structures (both contested and non-contested). Highlight deals: Bruce was part of the team acting for the trustee on the Internine/Alhamrani litigation and acted for the private trust company defendant in the Walker litigation. What the directories say: Bruce ‘attracts glowing praise for his handling of contentious work…', '… is the future in the heavy contentious trust litigation in Jersey ...' and '… one of the best lawyers in the next generation' (Chambers UK, 2016); ‘is a bright guy. He pays great attention to detail and he is effective' (Chambers UK, 2015); ''the first port of call' for complex trusts work' (Who's Who Legal, 2015); is listed as a Prominent Figure for Contentious Trusts in the Citywealth Leading Lawyers List 2015 and a notable practitioner in Chambers UK, 2015.

Carla Benest

Partner and Head of our Jersey Employment practice

Catherine Pham

Catherine is a Partner and the Practice Leader of our Mourant Corporate team in its Cayman Islands office. She specialises in investment funds. Catherine regularly advises private equity sponsors, investment banks and investment managers on the structuring, formation, regulation and governance of investment fund structures (across a broad range of asset classes), their downstream transactions (including finance transactions) and exit mechanisms. She also advises institutional, strategic and seed investors in connection with their investments into investment funds. Catherine is regularly involved in the structuring and implementation of a wide range of corporate transactions, including SPACs, joint venture arrangements, acquisitions and corporate restructurings.

Chantal Barrett

As Counsel in the firm's Guernsey Litigation team, Chantal is a highly experienced advocate with a broad-based commercial litigation practice. Chantal has a broad-based commercial disputes practice with a particular expertise in regulatory, trust and insurance law including disciplinary and regulatory proceedings for legal and financial professionals, contentious trust, D&O policy coverage disputes and insurance litigation.

Chiara Mundy

Chiara is a Senior Associate in their Jersey International Trusts & Private Client practice.

Chris Nixon

Chris is a Partner in our Cayman Islands Corporate and Finance team. He specialises in all aspects of corporate and finance work, with an emphasis on investment funds. Chris has significant experience advising a broad range of clients on the formation of all variations of investment funds as well as advising on private equity fund downstream transactions. His corporate and commercial experience includes advising on joint venture arrangements, secondary transactions, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions and SPACs. He's also worked on numerous structured finance transactions and advised on fund finance, acquisition finance and general lending matters.

Christopher Harlowe

Christopher is a recognised expert in contentious and non-contentious insolvency, restructuring and recovery work. He acts for insolvency practitioners, lenders, distressed investors, security holders, directors, shareholders and all other stakeholders affected by financial distress.

Claire Fulton

Claire is Partner in our international Cayman and BVI practices. She has significant experience advising on a broad range of banking and finance, and debt restructuring transactions, with an emphasis on special situations financing and cross-border restructuring matters. Claire's practice advises major international financial institutions, credit funds, sponsors and borrowers with a focus on realising value in distressed situations, including security enforcements, special situations, debt restructurings and voluntary liquidations, and she is regularly approached to advise on offshore statutory merger regimes and schemes of arrangement. Claire also has extensive experience acting on cross-border leveraged and acquisition financing, real estate financing, take-private transactions and pre-IPO financing.

Craig Luton

Craig is the Managing Partner of the Mourant Singapore office, and a member of the firm's Corporate and Funds practice. He advises clients in the investment funds industry on Cayman Islands and BVI legal issues, in particular the structure, formation, launch and maintenance of private equity funds, venture capital funds and hedge funds, as well as downstream private equity transactions and carried interest vehicles. Craig also has experience working with funds being offered to Japanese investors.

Daniel Birtwistle

Daniel focuses on private equity funds and public and private property funds. Clients include: Actera Group, Ardian, BlackRock, Coriolis Capital, Invision, Land Securities, Lloyds Investment Fund Managers, Savills Investment Management, Segulah, Threadneedle Asset Management and Triton. Highlight deals: Daniel gave the Jersey legal advice for the first expert fund launched in Jersey in 2004 and has advised on numerous fund launches, restructurings and migrations. What the directories say: “He’s very responsive and we had some structuring issues which he tried to help us quite proactively with in finding a solution”. Daniel is also ranked as a Leading Lawyer (IFLR 1000, 2014). “‘Committed, commercial expert’ Daniel Birtwistle leads the team', (Legal 500, 2015). Daniel is listed in the Legal 500 UK Who’s Who in the Law directory.

Danielle Roman

Danielle is a Partner and Practice Leader of the Mourant Hong Kong Banking and Finance team, having practised in Asia for over 17 years. She advises on a broad spectrum of cross-border transactions, including fund finance, asset finance (in particular aviation and shipping), acquisition and leveraged finance, debt restructurings and general corporate lending. In fund financing, Danielle regularly represents private and commercial banks on subscription credit facilities, hybrids, NAVs and GP/Management facilities. She is on the global board of the Fund Finance Association and chair of the APAC Executive Committee, and is also a board member of Women in Fund Finance. Danielle has significant expertise in helping major financial institutions, lessors and investors on the financing and leasing of commercial aircraft, corporate jets and other related assets across a variety of structures. Danielle also advises on the finance and leasing of ships, yachts and other vessels. She is on the advisory board for The Hague Court of Arbitration for Aviation and on the leadership team and board member for Advancing Women in Aviation Roundtable (AWAR).

Darren Bacon

Darren is a Partner at Mourant Ozannes (Guernsey) LLP in the Guernsey Corporate practice specialising in investment funds in a range of sectors, including infrastructure, private equity, real estate and debt, acting for both listed and private structures. He also regularly advises on a range of corporate transactions.

Edward Devenport

Edward has made numerous contributions to trust publications including writing the Jersey chapter of Asset Protection: Domestic and International Law and Tactics. In 2004 and 2005 he assisted with changes to the Trusts (Jersey) Law 1984 and more recently has been on the working party piloting the introduction of the Unregulated Funds regime into Jersey. Edward’s recent investment funds work includes the Jersey domiciled Lyxor hedge fund platform. What the directories say: 'Fund specialist' Edward is praised as 'professional and solution-driven,' particularly for his involvement in hedge fund matters," (Chambers UK, 2013); is listed as a Prominent Figure in the Citywealth Leading Lawyers List 2013; is ranked in ‘The Legal 500 UK’, ‘Chambers UK’, ‘PLC Which lawyer? Yearbook’, ‘Who’s Who’ and ‘IFLR 1000’ Law directories.

Eleanor Morgan

Eleanor is the Managing Partner and Practice Leader of the Litigation team in the Mourant BVI office. Eleanor has extensive experience acting on a wide range of international litigation, contentious trust and insolvency matters, with emphasis on distressed funds work. She has been involved in many of the largest offshore disputes to come before the BVI Court in recent history. Eleanor regularly speaks at leading international conferences.

Felicia De Laat

Felicia specialises in collective investment funds with a particular focus on private equity and property funds, and has acted for a number of the firm’s clients in this area including Ardian, CVC Capital Partners, Schroders, Aviva Investors and Legal & General. Highlight deals: Advising CVC Capital Partners from a Jersey law perspective in connection with the establishment of CVC Asia Fund IV and the CVC Growth Fund, advising Ardian from a Jersey law perspective in connection with the establishment and activities of their investment funds managed from Jersey including the establishment of AXA Secondary Fund VI, advising on the original establishment of a €1 billion plus managed account investing in real estate debt securities and advising Aviva on the establishment of the Aviva Investors Real Estate Recovery II Fund and the subsequent sale of 100% of the interests held by investors in that fund to a third party buyer.

Finn Howie

Finn is a Partner in our Cayman Islands Corporate and Finance practice, specialising in M&A and banking and finance transactions. He advises leading corporate banks and other financial institutions as well as private investment fund sponsors on Cayman Islands law aspects of asset-backed financings, structured financings, subscription credit facilities and leveraged buyout facilities.

Frances Watson

Frances is a Partner at Mourant Ozannes (Guernsey) LLP in the Guernsey Corporate practice specialising in investment funds in a range of sectors, including infrastructure, private equity, real estate and debt, acting for both listed and private structures. She also regularly advises on a range of corporate transactions.

Fred Milner

I am Counsel in the International Trusts and Private Client team, based in our Jersey office. My core areas of expertise are succession planning and family governance and the use of trusts and companies in achieving those objectives and related issues. I am also interested in family office structuring, investment management arrangements, risk management for trustees, and the confidentiality vs transparency debate. I’ve also spoken at conferences and contributed to or been quoted in publications including STEP Journal, The Lawyer and Le Temps in Geneva.

Gareth Rigby

Gareth advises on a wide range of corporate, structured finance, limited partnership and investment fund matters. Directories say: Gareth Rigby is ‘thoughtful and thorough’ and is recommended in Banking and Finance, Legal 500, 2012; ‘very commercially minded and gives clear, practical advice,’ ‘Chambers UK’. Highlight deals: Gareth’s recent work has included the establishment of a large number of Jersey property unit trusts including ones for some of the UK’s leading property companies.

Georgina Cook

As Counsel in our Jersey property practice, I specialise in all aspects of Jersey commercial property work including: commercial sales, acquisitions, leasehold matters and commercial lending and borrowing. I also enjoy a particular expertise in complex or novel development structuring.

Gilly Kennedy-Smith

Gilly heads up Mourant's award winning Trusts and Private Client team in Guernsey and has nearly two decades of experience in both London and offshore. Gilly advises international high net worth families, trust companies and family offices on the establishment, restructuring and management of family asset holding vehicles as well as estate and succession planning, with a focus on achieving private wealth objectives by thoughtful planning and governance. While her clients are global she has particular experience working with Middle Eastern, Swiss and UK connected clients. She frequently works with advisors in other jurisdictions to build coherent succession solutions for clients, that work for successive generations of the family. Gilly is individually ranked in the Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide in Offshore: Trusts, listed as a Global Elite - Lawyer in the Private Client Global Elite Directory and ranked as a Leading Individual in Legal 500 UK. She is a regular speaker in Guernsey and beyond, as well as having published a number of articles for international publication. In 2024, Gilly was appointed International Correspondent for Private Client Business, the leading journal for those involved with private client work.

Gordon Dawes

Gordon is a Partner of Mourant Ozannes (Guernsey) LLP in the firm's Guernsey Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice. Gordon's practice focus points are cross-border commercial disputes, regulatory law and white-collar crime, trust disputes and related issues (for example director and company issues arising in a trust context) and areas of crossover between the regulatory and fiduciary worlds. He has a substantial company law and commercial practice more generally with considerable experience also of insurance and public law. I have a particular interest in litigation funding. Gordon has taken cases to all levels of the Guernsey court system including cases to the Privy Council and to the Supreme Court/House of Lords and to the European Court of Human Rights. He has written extensively about Guernsey law including writing what is still Guernsey's leading textbook, Laws of Guernsey, Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2003. Gordon has been a member of the editorial board of the Channel Islands' leading law review, the Jersey and Guernsey Law Review, since 2003. He is also a director of Guernsey's law institute.

Hana Plsek

Hana is Counsel in the Mourant Guernsey Employment practice. Her areas of practice are contentious and non-contentious employment law advising both global and local companies. Hana advises individuals and businesses relocating or starting up in Guernsey on visas, in particular Investor and Entrepreneur visas, immigration matters generally and employment permits. She also advises on Guernsey specific out of policy residence certificates. Hana is part of a team of specialists advising businesses on data protection matters including working with clients to ensure that their policies, procedures and third-party contracts can demonstrate compliance with data protection legislation, drafting information notices to meet the required standards of transparency and advising on the legality of international transfers of personal data. She is a regular speaker on employment related matters, contributes to articles and provides training to clients with regards to employment law. In 2021, Hana won 'Woman of the Year - Rising Star' Silver Award at the Citywealth Powerwomen Awards 2021.

Hayden Isbister

Hayden has significant experience advising a broad range of clients on the formation of all variations of investment funds as well as advising on private equity fund downstream transactions.Hayden's corporate and commercial experience includes advising on joint venture arrangements and other corporate deals, such as SPACs. He also has experience in structured finance transactions, including CLOs, and advising on fund finance, acquisition finance and general lending matters.

Hector Robinson KC

Hector is a Partner in the Mourant Cayman Islands Litigation practice group. He was appointed Queen's Counsel in February 2017. Recognised as a trusted adviser and first port of call for clients and intermediaries seeking Cayman Islands legal advice, Hector regularly appears as Leading Counsel before the Cayman Islands Grand Court and Court of Appeal. He has also appeared before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council. Hector's work focuses on advising and representing trustees, settlors and beneficiaries in complex cross-border trust and estate, regulatory, fraud and asset tracing, insolvency, contentious property and employment disputes. He speaks regularly at trust conferences and seminars, and has written articles for Solicitors Journal, New Law Journal, PLC Magazine and Private Client Business. Hector has been accepted on a number of occasions by federal and state courts in the USA as an expert on Cayman Islands law.

Helen Wyatt

Helen is a Partner in the Corporate practice of Mourant Ozannes (Guernsey) LLP and has broad commercial and corporate law experience. She's advised clients on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, capital raisings and IPOs, as well as the establishment and restructuring of investment schemes, financing and corporate transactions. Helen has a particular interest in financial services regulatory matters. Helen is a member of the Guernsey Commercial Bar Association.

Jacqueline Richomme

Jacqueline specialises in funds and corporate/commercial work. Jacqueline has worked on many innovative securitisations, asset backed financing, commercial property financing structures and investment funds for over thirty years. Her investment funds expertise is focussed on private equity and property funds. Among other investment houses, Jacqueline has advised the CVC Capital Partners Group of companies, Investindustrial, Nordic Capital, Schroders, TIAA Henderson Real Estate. Jacqueline has been highly ranked in leading directories for many years; Chambers UK, 2016 lists Jacqueline Richomme as a notable practitioner; ranked in IFLR1000, 2016 as a Leading Lawyer in Banking, Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A, Investment Funds; listed in Citywealth's 'IFC Power Women Top 200 List 2015'. "Commentators regard Jacqueline Richomme as 'the pre-eminent person' and 'very much a leading light' in the field. Sources say: 'She is always technically good, polite and efficient'," Chambers UK, 2015. IFLR1000, 2015 ranks Jacqueline Richomme as a Leading Lawyer in Banking, Capital Markets, Investment Funds and M&A.; described as "highly regarded" and is ranked as a Leading individual and recommended in Investment Funds, Legal 500 UK, 2015.; recommended in the International Who’s Who of Private Funds Lawyers, 2015.

James Broad

James is a Partner in the Mourant Hong Kong Corporate and Funds practice. He specialises in investment funds with a focus on private equity and hedge funds. He also has experience advising on private mergers and acquisitions. James's experience includes guiding clients through the initial set-up process, the launch of their fund, and then the ongoing operation and maintenance of their fund. He also advises on the establishment of joint venture structures, as well as the structuring and ongoing operation of partnerships and companies.

James Hill

James is a partner in Mourant Ozannes' Finance & Corporate team. James graduated from Cambridge University and previously worked in London for a major City law firm. James joined Mourant Ozannes in October 2001. James has a wide ranging practice covering corporate (including private equity, public and private M&A, joint ventures, corporate structuring and JPUT and corporate real estate structuring and transactions), equity capital markets (including IPOs and redomiciliations), banking and finance, debt capital markets and Channel Island Securities Exchange listings. James has been involved in many of the major transactions in Jersey in recent years and has played an important role in company law developments.

James Ruane

James advises on Jersey companies, unit trusts, limited partnerships and security interests. His practice covers corporate, banking and structured finance work, and the tax and regulatory treatment of Jersey vehicles. Highlight deals: James’ recent corporate practice includes advising: a major private equity investor on a USD 500 million investment in a Jersey company; a regulated business on a large-scale migration to Jersey, including obtaining the necessary consents from the Jersey regulator; a FTSE-100 company on its acquisition of a Jersey company holding the key asset in a major resources project. James’ recent finance practice includes advising: a lender relying on security over Jersey shares for loans exceeding USD 1 billion; lenders on numerous private equity buyouts, including Formula One and Vue Cinemas; lenders on numerous UK commercial property finance ventures – James works with a team delivering Jersey, BVI, Cayman and Guernsey advice all from the London time zone. James’ recent restructuring practice includes advising: lenders and special servicers on numerous defaulting UK commercial property structures, including security reviews and security enforcement advice; on the financial restructuring of a global engineering group. On the advisory front, James was part of the Mourant Ozannes team appointed to advise Jersey Government/industry on the UK’s ICB/Vickers banking reforms and their impact in Jersey. What the directories say: IFLR 1000, 2014: Ruane himself is described as: ‘highly responsive, thorough, thoughtful and a pleasure to deal with’, by one client who adds that the partner is his ‘go to’ lawyer in Jersey and, through him I’ve been connected to the rest of Mourant Ozannes’ network. Never been disappointed’. James is also ranked as a Leading Lawyer; James is described as a ‘safe pair of hands’ (Chambers UK, 2014); James Ruane ‘makes sure that advice can be implemented from business perspectives’ (Legal 500, 2013); James Ruane ‘understands the commercial imperatives’ (Legal 500, 2013); He is acknowledged for his ‘straightforward advice’ (Chambers UK, 2013).

James Daniel

I'm a Partner in our Jersey Finance and Corporate practice, specialising in banking and finance matters. I have extensive experience advising both borrowers and lenders on a diverse range of cross border banking and finance transactions, with a particular focus on acquisition and leveraged financing, fund financing, real estate financing and Islamic financing. I also advise on complex restructurings and corporate rescue (including debt for equity transactions), insolvency and structured finance transactions.

Jennifer Jenkins

Jennifer's practice at Mourant focuses on commercial fraud and insolvency. She has extensive experience of interim relief applications, such as freezing orders, disclosure orders and contempt applications, and dealing with jurisdictional issues. Jennifer regularly deals with director breach of duty claims and reviewable transactions in an insolvency context, as well as shareholder disputes.

Jeremy Wessels

Jeremy is a Partner at Mourant Ozannes (Guernsey) LLP. He specialises in commercial litigation, particularly cases involving insolvency, contentious trust disputes and financial services businesses, along with asset tracing and freezing orders. Jeremy also advises on regulatory and money-laundering issues. Jeremy has been involved in significant cases before the Royal Court of Guernsey, including a number of high-value insolvencies. He deals with insolvency issues relating to various structures, such as protected cell companies, incorporated cell companies and limited partnerships. Jeremy also speaks regularly on insolvency issues and contributes to publications in the field.

Joel Hernandez

Joel is an investment fund specialist. Highlight deals: Joel led a team which provided Jersey advice to a consortium of investors on the establishment of Links Healthcare REIT Limited, a £700m closed-ended collective investment fund that indirectly acquired a property portfolio of 12 private hospitals located throughout the UK. The fund was authorised as a Jersey Expert Fund and listed on the Channel Islands Stock Exchange; Joel co-led a team which provided Jersey advice to Henderson Global Investors in connection with its $22.6 billion joint venture with North American financial services provider, TIAA-CREF; Joel acts as primary Jersey legal advisor to a number of sovereign funds and pension funds located in South East Asia in connection with their investment in commercial property in the UK valued at over £2.5 billion; Joel led a team acting for Deutsche Bank RREEF on the scheme to merge a major UK Property Fund with three of RREEF’s sector-specific property funds to create one the largest property unit trusts in the UK; Joel led a team which provided Jersey advice to a Malaysian property consortium comprising property group, SP Setia, Sime Darby and Employees Provident Fund on the joint venture and financing aspects of the consortium’s acquisition of landmark Battersea Power Station. The proposed development will be a 15 year project valued at up to £8 billion; Joel advised NM Rothchilds & Sons on the launch of the Quintus Mezzanine Fund, a €150 million leveraged mezzanine fund focused on European investments; Joel led a team which provided advice on the establishment of Resource Eastern European Equity Partners I, L.P., a private equity fund targeting commitments of up to €200 million and investing in mid-cap agribusinesses in Central and South-Eastern Europe. What the directories say: ‘The ultimate professional who is at the end of the phone at any time of day’ (Chambers UK, 2014). Joel is listed as a key individual in Mourant Ozannes’ Tier 1 ranked investment funds practice, Chambers UK, 2014. Joel Hernandez is ‘always contactable’ (Legal 500 2013); Interviewees maintain that ‘he’s extremely responsive and well regarded in the market,’ emphasising his continual willingness ‘to go the extra mile’ (Chambers UK, 2013).

John Lewis

John is the Managing Partner of Mourant Ozannes (Guernsey) LLP and part of the Guernsey Corporate team. His particular interests and experience encompass: private M&A, corporate transactions for private wealth/family offices, complex corporate reorganisations; fund financing, refinancing and restructuring, security enforcement; and pensions, insurance (including reinsurance and captives) and FS regulatory advice.

John Rochester

John is a Partner of Mourant LP and Practice Leader of the Mourant Guernsey Corporate team, advising on matters of Guernsey and BVI Law. He advises corporate and financial institutions on a range of banking and finance matters (including real estate finance and asset finance) and corporate transactions (including schemes of arrangement, reorganisations and public and private M&A).

Jon Woolrich

Jon has particular experience advising on equity capital markets transactions including IPOs, bond issues and cash boxes. He advises numerous FTSE-100, FTSE-250 and NASDAQ Jersey incorporated companies, including Glencore plc, Shire plc and Mimecast Limited. Some of his recent work highlights include advising Mimecast Limited on its NASDAQ IPO, advising Heritage Oil plc on its takeover by way of scheme of arrangement and advising Glencore plc on its IPO and subsequent merger with Xstrata. Legal 500 UK, 2016 recommends Jon in Corporate and Commercial.

Jonathan Speck

A Jersey advocate and Managing Partner of the Jersey office of Mourant Ozannes, Jonathan specialises in commercial litigation involving contentious and non-contentious trust litigation, banking law and practice, and all aspects of financial services regulation. He has written about and lectured widely on litigation and Jersey anti-money laundering legislation. What the directories say: Jonathan Speck is a ‘top-notch litigator who is sensible and results-orientated’ (Chambers Global, 2014); ‘A first-rate lawyer: very good in court, commercially minded and a hugely charismatic figure, well liked by clients’ (Chambers UK, 2014); Jonathan is also ranked in Chambers UK as the only Star Individual for Dispute Resolution in Jersey; Jonathan is named as one of only 10 “Most Highly Regarded Individuals” in the world and as “pre-eminent” in the International Who’s Who of Private Client Lawyers, 2013; Jonathan Speck is ‘in a class of his own’ (Legal 500, 2013); Jersey-based Jonathan Speck wins praise from clients as ‘a good advocate in court – he is articulate, presents cases well and is commercial as well as realistic about alternative approaches’ (Chambers Global, 2013); Jonathan Speck is ‘always calm, measured, knowledgeable and one of the leading names on the island’ ( Chambers UK, 2013); Jonathan Speck is the only offshore lawyer to be listed as one of the world’s Top 5 Leading Lawyers for Contentious Trusts in the Citywealth Leading Lawyers List, 2013.

Jonathan Moffatt

Jonathan is a Partner in the Mourant Cayman Litigation practice, specialising in commercial litigation and insolvency. He has worked on the firm's most complex cases, including Primeo Fund's breach of contract claims against HSBC. He also acts in various liquidations and insolvency matters.

Joost VAN DEN BERG

Of Counsel

Julie Melia

As Head of our Jersey Property practice, I advise clients across a variety of areas including commercial acquisitions and leases, development schemes, planning issues, mergers and acquisitions and property finance.

Justin Harvey-hills

A partner at Mourant Ozannes, Justin specialises in banking, financial services, corporate and trusts litigation. He has particular experience of investment and employee fraud, asset recovery, anti-money laundering legislation, regulatory investigations and trust disputes. What the directories say: Justin is ‘a smart litigator’ (Legal 500, 2013); peers rate the Jersey lawyer as ‘a really solid, intelligent practitioner’ (Chambers UK, 2013).

Justine Lau

Justine is a Partner and Practice Leader of the firm's Hong Kong Litigation and Restructuring and Insolvency teams. She advises financial institutions, financial advisors and turnaround professionals on all forms of external administrations, restructuring matters and cross-border contentious insolvency issues. Justine also advises on security enforcement and general commercial and banking litigation, and have over 10 years' experience working in Greater China.

Kamila Kaminska

I am an Associate in our Jersey property practice, having joined the firm in 2022. I advise on all aspects of commercial property work.

Katie Hooper

Katie is a Partner of Mourant Ozannes (Jersey) LLP and an Advocate of the Royal Court of Jersey in their Litigation & Dispute Resolution practice.

Katie Phillips

I’m an employment law and local business specialist in our Jersey Litigation practice. I advise on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment and discrimination law matters, including contracts of employment, employment arrangements, corporate M&A, HR support, highvalue and complex dismissals, and restructurings and tribunal claims. I regularly advise on general commercial litigation including enforcement, dégrèvement and real estate matters as well as focusing on advising clients on the relocation of businesses and the establishment of new businesses in the island, business and employment licences, immigration advice and work permits. I also have further experience in advising on competition law and data protection matters. In addition, I regularly contribute articles to publications and provide training to clients on employment issues and legal developments.

Laura Bougourd

As a Senior Associate in the Mourant Guernsey property practice, Laura advises on all aspects of non-contentious commercial property work. She regularly deals with a wide variety of landlord and tenant matters and has extensive experience advising on property development, sales and acquisitions and lending and borrowing, including assisting in the property aspects of corporate transactions. In 2024, Laura became certified as Carbon Literate through completing accredited training with The Carbon Literacy Project.

Laurie Child

Laurie is Counsel in our Jersey Litigation and Dispute Resolution practice and a member of our specialist Channel Islands Employment team. He advises on the full range of employment and discrimination law matters, including litigation claims, complex employee relations issues, mergers and acquisitions and restructuring projects. He has particular experience of collective or unionised employment issues, and contributes regularly to cross-border matters for clients operating globally. Laurie's work also includes advising on discrimination law matters arising outside of the employment relationship. This has included obtaining an order striking out a claim against a provider of occupational health services, and negotiating the mediated outcome of a claim relating to the provision of customer telephone banking services. Laurie advises on all areas of data protection law, and has acted in a number of competition/antitrust matters and contentious matters deriving from Jersey's financial services regulatory regime and tax information exchange legislation.

Laurie Child

I am an employment law specialist and advise on the full range of employment disputes, restructuring processes, and statutory and contractual claims. I have particular experience of matters involving discrimination and collective employment issues. My work also includes commercial and employment data protection expertise, and advice on business licensing and immigration and mobility matters.

Marianne Wilson

Marianne is Counsel in our BVI and Cayman FinCorp practice, based in the BVI. She advises on general corporate and banking law, with a particular focus on real estate finance and fund finance, and M&A, joint ventures and group reorganisations.

Mark Chambers

Mark specialises in banking, corporate, commercial, structured finance and investment funds. His practice has focused particularly on structured and project finance, corporate acquisitions, mergers, investments funds and private equity. Highlight deals: Mark is advising a local funds service business in relation to a major regulatory review/investigation. He advised the Black Sea Property Fund Ltd in respect of general restructuring, rationalisation of management function and conversion to ‘listed fund’ status. What the directories say: “Mark Chambers has ‘broad knowledge’,” (Legal 500 2013). ‘Commercial and problem-solving’ (Legal 500 2010). Clients say the two-partner team ‘looks outside the box on funds and gets its teeth into complex structures’ (The Legal 500).

Martyn Heyes

Martyn is Counsel in our BVI Corporate practice. He works with leading international law firms across the globe advising on a broad range of public and private corporate transactions, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, public and private share and debt offerings, capital raisings, shareholder arrangements and corporate restructurings. Martyn also advises on finance transactions, including leveraged and real estate finance.

Mathew Cook

I’m a Partner of Mourant Ozannes (Jersey) LLP in our Jersey Litigation practice, and part of our specialist financial services and regulatory team as my primary focus is on regulatory work.

Michael Popkin

Michael is a Partner in the Mourant Hong Kong Litigation and Restructuring and Insolvency practice. Michael advises on all aspects of offshore disputes and distressed situations, including applications for urgent injunctive or other relief. He is particularly experienced in disputes relating to investment funds and significant financial transactions and disputes between stakeholders. Michael regularly acts for insolvency practitioners, creditors, directors and directors’ committees, fund managers and administrators, trustees, investors and major shareholders or beneficiaries. Most of the matters that he deals with are multi-jurisdictional in scope and he specialises in efficiently and effectively coordinating with legal and counsel teams across jurisdictions worldwide.

Neal Lomax

Neal is a Partner in the Mourant Cayman Islands office, specialising in all aspects of corporate work. He has over 20 years' experience advising clients on the establishment and restructuring of Cayman Islands hedge funds and private equity funds. I also represent fund sponsors in connection with seed-capital investments and represent institutional investors in connection with their investments in private funds. Neal's clients implement a broad variety of strategies and include some of the world's leading asset managers. Neal's wide-ranging corporate and commercial experience includes advising on mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, equity capital markets, debt capital markets, SPACs, and Cayman Islands Stock Exchange listings.

Neil McCarroll

Neil is a member of the firm's Jersey Finance and Corporate practice. He became a partner of Mourant LP in 2021. During his career, Neil has worked on a broad range of corporate and finance transactions, including private M&A, complex equity and debt restructurings, lender and borrower side financing, and has particular expertise and experience in private equity transactions. Before joining Mourant, Neil was a Senior Associate in London with Taylor Wessing, working in their Private Equity team.

Nicholas Fox

Nicholas is a Partner and the Local Practice Leader of the Litigation and Insolvency department in the Mourant Cayman Islands office. Nicholas joined Mourant in 2010 and has over 10 years' experience of litigation in the Cayman Islands and BVI. Nicholas has extensive experience in fraud and asset tracing, insolvency and financial services litigation, as well as regulatory matters.

Paul Martin

Partner

Paul Christopher

Paul is the regional Managing Partner of Mourant Asia and the Managing Partner of the Mourant Hong Kong office. He is also the Practice Leader of the firm's Corporate and Investment Funds team in Asia. Paul regularly advises on corporate matters including mergers and acquisitions (public and private), investment funds, joint ventures and the restructuring of companies and structures. These will often be complex and/or private equity-related transactions. Paul has been ranked as a leading individual by Chambers and Partners since 2008 (initially in the United Kingdom and then Asia) and the Legal 500 since 2015. Since 2020 he has been listed in the A-List Offshore Lawyers category in the Asia Business Law Journal and in the A-List China's Elite Foreign Lawyers category in the China Business Law Journal.

Peter Hayden

Peter is a Partner in the Litigation team in the Mourant Cayman Islands office. He has practised with the firm in the Cayman Islands since the beginning of 2008. Over the last 15 years Peter has acted in many of the largest and most complex cases to be litigated in the Cayman Islands. He acts for the Algosaibi family in their on-going claims against Maan Al Sanea and his companies, successfully obtaining a US$2.5 billion judgment against Mr Al Sanea and settling certain claims. He also acts for the liquidators of the Madoff impacted Primeo fund, in successfully resolving litigation against the Trustee in New York and the Cayman Islands, the investment manager, the Herald feeder fund – where the Privy Council has found in favour of Primeo on both the creditor and shareholder distribution issues – and in the litigation against the administrator and custodian. Peter has acted in a number of precedent setting fund liquidations (including Lancelot, Belmont and Heriot), large fraud cases (including Madoff, Dynamic Decisions, Fletcher and Alpha Re) and high profile restructurings (including Arcapita, CEVA, Eircom, Ocean Rig and Tailored Brands). He is regularly instructed to make urgent applications to obtain interim relief and/or to appoint provisional liquidators/receivers. He also has experience of contentious regulatory matters, including pursuing judicial review proceedings to challenge MLAT and regulatory requests, and have advised on a number of crypto claims.

Pierre-Yves MAGEROTTE

Partner, Avocat à la Cour

Rachel Guthrie

Rachel is Counsel, Head of the Mourant Guernsey Employment practice, and a qualified Notary Public. Rachel's areas of practice are employment law, data protection and litigation. She specialises in all areas of contentious and non-contentious employment and data protection law, advising global and local companies. In 2021, she won 'Woman of the Year - Future Leaders - Senior Associate' Gold Award at the Citywealth Powerwomen Awards 2021. Rachel has written the Guernsey chapter in the current issue of Data Protection: Laws of the World.

Ramesh Maharaj

Ramesh is a Partner in the Mourant Cayman Islands office, specialising in private equity, non-contentious restructuring and corporate finance transactions. He advises on corporate transactions relating to Cayman Islands entities (companies, partnerships, LLCs), such as take-overs/take-private, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholder/investor arrangements, injection of capital, return of funds to investors, SPACs and IPOs. In his non-contentious or consensual restructuring practice, Ramesh advises upon the myriad of options from the Cayman Islands restructuring toolkit, including: debt to equity swaps, golden share rights, participations, warrants, options, redemptions, repurchases, surrenders, contributions, amalgamations, de-mergers and anything else relevant to achieve the intended goal. On finance and security transactions, Ramesh advises upon the granting of valid security, perfection, enforcement of security, repo transactions, swap transactions and Cayman Islands legal opinions.

Rhiannon Williams

Rhiannon is Partner in the Mourant Cayman Corporate and Finance practice. She specialises in all areas of corporate, finance and commercial work, particularly investment funds. Rhiannon advises on joint venture arrangements, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, corporate governance and regulatory issues, as well as the establishment, management and restructuring of Cayman investment funds.

Robert Hickling

Robert works for leading corporates, financial institutions and intermediaries on a wide range of corporate, structured finance and banking transactions. Robert’s practice covers corporate (including IPOs, redomiciliations, M&A, joint venture work and re-structurings); capital markets (debt and equity); exchange-traded products; and banking/finance. He acted on a number of high profile transactions in 2011 and headed the team which advised Glencore on its IPO. That IPO was one of the largest ever and resulted in Glencore being listed on both the London and Hong Kong stock exchanges. He advised: Charter International plc in 2011/2012 in relation to its $2bn acquisition by Colfax; and INEOS in 2011 on its joint venture with PetroChina, involving a US$ 1.015 investment by PetroChina. Robert also acts for ETF Securities, a major company in the exchange-traded products sector. What the directories say: ‘Rob is constantly keeping clients up to date on regulation and legislation – we tend to get more partner time with Mourant Ozannes compared to the other firms’ (IFLR 1000, 2014). Robert is also ranked as a Leading Lawyer; ‘The ultimate professional, at the end of the phone any time of the day’ (Chambers UK, 2014); Robert Hickling is ‘a team player’ (Legal 500, 2013); Robert Hickling’s ‘knowledge of law and business is outstanding’ (Legal 500, 2013); He is widely regarded as a market-leading presence, with sources noting that ‘he is excellent, maintains good client relationships and works well with offshore directors’ (Chambers UK, 2013); Robert Hickling is ‘good to work with and good at responding’ (Legal 500, 2012); Robert Hickling is noted for his strength on structured finance work. Peers acknowledge that they ‘rate him highly and feel comfortable when he is on the other side’ (Chambers UK, 2012).

Romain BORDAGE

Counsel

Saniyé TIPIRDAMAZ

Counsel

Sara Galletly

Sara has significant experience with both Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands regulatory matters; including anti-money laundering, beneficial ownership, economic substance, regulation of Cayman funds and other vehicles, data protection and other evolving regulatory regimes, as well as licensing applications, inspections and enforcement matters. Prior to specialising in regulatory law, Sara's offshore practice focused on investment funds (both hedge funds and private equity), as well as general corporate law and structured finance transactions.

Sarah Huelin

I’m a Partner of Mourant Ozannes (Jersey) LLP in our Jersey Finance and Corporate practice and part of our specialist financial services and regulatory team. I work with my colleagues in other practice areas and jurisdictions to advise financial institutions on legal and regulatory issues affecting their structure, operations, products and services.

Saraid Taylor

Saraid is Counsel in the Mourant BVI Corporate and Finance practice. She has extensive experience advising on a range of corporate finance transactions, equity capital markets and mergers and acquisitions. She also advises on regulatory law, corporate restructurings, equity and debt fundraisings and general corporate matters.

Shane Donovan

Shane is a commercial litigation lawyer with specialist experience in complex international litigation, including fraud and asset recovery, insolvency, and corporate and shareholder disputes. He is also experienced in obtaining urgent injunctions such as worldwide freezing orders and anti-suit injunctions, and Norwich Pharmacal (disclosure) orders.

Simon Gould

Simon played a leading role in the development of the groundbreaking regime to regulate trust company business, which made Jersey a leader in setting standards in this area, and he has since continued to be closely involved in the ongoing development of Jersey’s anti-money laundering and regulatory legislation. A Jersey advocate and Mourant Ozannes’ partner in the finance and corporate practice group in Jersey, he is also head of the firm’s financial services team, which specialises in regulatory and Jersey banking advice. What the directories say: ‘Clients value his ‘succinct, accurate and commercial guidance,’ Chambers Global, 2011 ‘financial services expert Simon Gould ‘has a deep understanding of Jersey regulatory requirements and facilitates transactions with his precise and succinct guidance,’ ‘Chambers UK’, 2010. Simon is listed in the ‘The Legal 500 UK’, ‘Chambers UK’ and as a leading lawyer in the ‘IFLR 1000’.

Simon Dickson

Simon is a Partner in the Litigation and Insolvency team in the Mourant Cayman Islands office with extensive experience in insolvency and restructuring matters, valuation disputes and fraud and asset tracing. Simon is instructed by financial institutions in respect of the largest and most complex disputes currently before the Courts and is currently instructed in the Fidelity National appraisal and in several other forthcoming matters. He successfully led a multi-disciplinary team in the Nord Anglia s.238 fair value appraisal trial, winning a judgment in excess of US$130 million. In the last decade, Simon has acted in most of the major insolvency matters including Madoff, Sphinx, Belmont and DD Growth and currently act for the for creditors in the liquidations of Platinum Partners, the Direct Lending Income Fund and the collapse of the Abraaj Group. He led the team in the Arcapita Bank restructuring and has advised in other high profile matters including Zohar Funds, Luckin Coffee, China Fishery Group, Ocean Rig and Founding Partners.

Simon Lawrenson

Simon is a Partner and Global Practice Leader of the Mourant Finance and Corporate team. He has significant experience in banking and finance transactions, with an emphasis on acquisition finance. Simon's practice focuses on advising leading international lenders, sponsors and borrowers on a wide range of cross-border transactions, including event-driven acquisition and leveraged finance, asset finance (with a particular focus on shipping and aircraft finance), real estate financing, pre-IPO financing, trade financing, integrated debt and equity financing, debt restructuring, OTC derivatives and structured products, security enforcement, and project and energy finance. He also advises on mainstream corporate transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, equity investments, general corporate advisory and voluntary liquidations.

Sophie Christodoulou

Sophie is Counsel within the Litigation and Insolvency practice of the BVI office. She deals with a broad range of matters including director, shareholder, and general company disputes, insolvency matters, and trust related disputes. Sophie regularly works on injunctions, appeals, and interim applications, as well as running cases to trial. She has practised in the BVI since January 2019, working across time zones with global teams, with significant Court exposure.

Stephen Alexander

I’m a Partner in our Jersey litigation practice.

Tom Fothergill

Tom is Counsel in our Jersey Finance and Corporate practice and a member of Mourant's specialist Financial Services and Regulatory team. He advises financial institutions and other clients on Jersey's financial services and anti-money laundering regulatory framework, including as applicable to banking, investment business, trust company business, insurance business and money service business. He also regularly advises clients on the applicability of Jersey's proceeds of crime legislation, including in relation to business that is not otherwise regulated as financial services. Tom works with clients on the establishment of new business in Jersey including the related regulatory requirements and assistance with licence applications; on the provision of cross-border services and new service lines; on the restructuring, acquisition and/or disposal of regulated businesses; on conduct and 'business as usual' obligations; and on regulatory breaches and investigations.

Tony Pursall

Tony is Consultant in the International Trusts and Private Client practice. Prior to joining Mourant, he led the Trust and Private Client practice for Europe and the Middle East at another leading offshore law firm. Tony has almost 30 years' experience advising trustees, beneficiaries, protectors, banks and high-net-worth individuals on a wide range of trust and private client matters. He has co-authored three books, Drafting Cayman Islands Trusts, Drafting British Virgin Islands Trusts and Guernsey Trust Law and is the Cayman country correspondent for Trusts & Trustees, the leading international journal for trust law and practice.

Will Burnell

I'm Counsel in the International Trusts and Private Client team in Jersey. I advise corporate, charitable and private clients from a range of jurisdictions on the creation, ongoing management and termination of BVI, Cayman and Jersey trusts and other wealth and succession planning vehicles.

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