Matthew Brehaut > Carey Olsen LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Carey Olsen LLP Offices
Forum St Paul’s
33 Gutter Lane
LONDON
EC2V 8AS
England
Matthew Brehaut
Work Department
Corporate, Investment Funds
Position
Matt is a partner in the corporate team in Carey Olsen’s London office.
He advises on corporate and investment funds matters, with particular experience in the structuring and launch of investment funds.
Matt provides funds, fund service providers and fund promoters with advice on all aspects of the establishment, regulation and operation of investment funds.
Career
Matt trained at Clifford Chance in London and New York, qualifying as an English solicitor in the Private Funds Group in 2004. While at Clifford Chance he specialised in the establishment of institutional closed-ended investment funds, particularly private equity and hedge funds.
In 2005 he was seconded to ABN AMRO’s investment bank legal department where he advised the fund derivatives desk on the structuring and launch of a broad range of both bespoke and multi-investor institutional fund-linked products.
He joined ABN AMRO in 2007 in a front office capacity, structuring the same products. Following the takeover by RBS, Matt also advised on structured funds, including bespoke, pay-off driven UCITS funds as well as Exchange Traded Funds.
Matt joined Carey Olsen in May 2016.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Offshore firms in London > Offshore firms in London
With a ‘dynamic and commercially minded’ team, Carey Olsen LLP is spearheaded by the ‘first-class’ trio of Jasmine Amaria, Richard Brown and Matthew Brehaut, and boasts an impressive range of clients, including the worlds’ largest banks, funds and nation-states. Being one of the few firms to offer a holding on British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey law, the team displays both significant breadth and depth, advising on M&A, contentious matters, funds, real estate and banking work. Amaria is noted for her strength in BVI and Cayman law relating to corporate, finance and investment fund matters. Brown displays a flair for dispute resolution and insolvency, having advised various sovereign states and large national banks. The ‘absolutely wonderful’ Brehaut possesses significant experience in corporate matters, having advised a wide range of funds on Guernsey law. Nina Clift is also recommended.