Christian Burns-Di Lauro > Ogier > Tortola, British Virgin Islands > Lawyer Profile
Ogier Offices
RITTER HOUSE, WICKHAMS CAY II
PO BOX 3170, ROAD TOWN
TORTOLA VG1110
British Virgin Islands
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Christian Burns-Di Lauro
Work Department
Partner Corporate
Position
Partner
Career
Christian is a banking, finance and restructuring lawyer, specialising in all aspects of financing with a strong focus on real estate finance, Islamic finance, derivative transactions and non-contentious and consensual insolvency and credit restructuring.
He is a partner within Ogier’s Banking and Finance service line, specialising in all aspects of finance, security and restructuring from a British Virgin Islands law perspective.
He represents a wide range of financial institutions and organisations advising on the British Virgin Islands law aspects of banking, finance and restructuring transactions.
He has practiced in London, Jersey, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands, has a holistic approach to cross-jurisdictional offshore legal advice and is well placed to draw on this experience to add greater value to clients and intermediaries working across multiple jurisdictions.
Christian is part of Ogier’s multi-disciplinary Restructuring and Insolvency and Private Equity teams. He specialises in advice in relation to refinancing, security enforcement, corporate restructuring and reorganisation and subscription credit and capital call facilities entered into by funds, with experience in formal insolvency procedures and providing advice in relation to enforcement options for creditors.
Before joining Ogier in 2014, he worked as a finance associate in the London office of Addleshaw Goddard LLP (including client secondments with The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and Diageo’s Africa legal team).
Christian gained his LLB Hons from the University of Exeter in 2005 and is a member of The Law Society of England and Wales and qualified as an English Solicitor in 2010. He was also admitted as a British Virgin Islands legal practitioner in 2017.
Admitted in:
2017 – British Virgin Islands
2010 – England & Wales
Education
Christian gained his LLB Hons from the University of Exeter in 2005 and is a member of The Law Society of England and Wales and qualified as an English Solicitor in 2010. He was also admitted as a British Virgin Islands legal practitioner in 2017.
Lawyer Rankings
British Virgin Islands > Banking, finance and capital markets
Complex financing matters and some of the most notable capital markets deals involving BVI entities are all within the wheelhouse of Ogier‘s team for banking and finance. Following the retirement in February 2024 of co-head of the department Ray Wearmouth, the practice is solely led by Michael Killourhy, an experienced corporate lawyer now overseeing all transactional matters at the office and in this area, a particularly well regarded name for equity capital markets. As part of Wearmouth’s planned retirement, his practice is being managed temporarily by Jersey based Christian Burns-Di Lauro, who is increasingly involved in BVI matters. David Mathews is another client-recommended name to note.