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Adam Collieson is head of the property department in Bermuda. Adam’s core practice is focused on commercial and residential real estate transactions where he has extensive experience advising both international and domestic clients on a wide range of complex property issues. Adam has a reputation for providing his clients with clear and considered advice.

Alexander Collis

Alex is counsel in the corporate and finance team of Carey Olsen in Bermuda and advises on all aspects of corporate and finance transactions. In his finance practice Alex has a particular emphasis on leveraged finance, asset finance, project finance, real estate finance and general corporate lending. In his corporate practice, Alex has experience advising on corporate and commercial law, with a focus on incorporations, M&A, group reorganisations and restructurings.

Alexandra Fox

Associate Alexandra advises on all aspects of Bermuda corporate and commercial law, specializing in corporate finance and corporate reorganisations. She has extensive experience acting for domestic and foreign financial institutions and corporate obligors on a variety of domestic and international financings including syndicated and bilateral financing transactions, asset-based financings, acquisition financings and securitizations. Alexandra has also advised on both domestic and cross-border mergers and amalgamations, corporate governance and regulatory compliance issues, segregated account company structures, and equity investment. She provides legal advice to a wide array of sectors including, agriculture, automotive and transportation, healthcare and pharmaceutical, tourism and hospitality, sports and media, energy and natural resources, fintech, insurance and private client services.

Ashley Fife

Ashley Fife TEP is counsel in the trusts and private wealth team of Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited. He provides advice in relation to the structuring, restructuring and administration of private and commercial trusts and their underlying entities. Ashley advises in respect of the formation of family offices and regulatory issues impacting upon trustees, corporate service providers, trusts and underlying entities e.g. FATCA and CRS, beneficial ownership registers, anti-money laundering/terrorist financing and economic substance requirements. Ashley is also featured in the Private Client Global Elite Directory, a respected global directory of the world's top private client and trust and estates litigation talent.

Bradley Houlston

Bradley is counsel in the employment team at Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited. He has over ten years' experience advising clients on the full range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters. In addition to employment matters, Bradley advises on all aspects of Bermuda immigration law, both for corporate and individual clients, as well as data protection and privacy matters. Bradley has written frequently on employment and immigration law issues for the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce magazine and in the Royal Gazette. He is a member of the Bermuda Human Resources Association and the Employment Law Association (UK).

Charissa Ball

Charissa Ball is counsel in the corporate team at Carey Olsen Bermuda. Charissa advises on all aspects of commercial and corporate law, with a practice spanning a number of specialisations, with particular experience in corporate reorganisations, mergers and acquisitions, debt restructuring, redomiciling, joint ventures and debt and equity offerings. She also had considerable experience in corporate finance including IPOs, private equity investments and banking and financial services including, financial derivatives, credit and security.

Charlotte Donnelly

Charlotte is an associate in the dispute resolution and litigation team at Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited. Charlotte has acted for large pension funds, telecommunication operators and high-net-worth individuals in arbitrations and injunctions. Charlotte has experience in telecoms and property related commercial disputes in the English High Court and Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) where she has secured successful outcomes for her clients. She has also advised on a range of settlements agreements in relation to landlord and tenant disputes.

Cheri Minors

Cheri Minors is a senior associate in the dispute resolution practice and specializes in employment law. She advises on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious employment matters. Cheri was appointed in 2021 as a member of the Employment and Labour Relations Tribunal. Cheri also assists the private wealth practice of Carey Olsen Bermuda with advising on various non-contentious trust and estate planning matters. Cheri has over ten years of experience in a wide range of areas including private client and trusts, regulatory and employment law.

Claire van Overdijk

Claire is senior counsel and King's Counsel in the dispute resolution and litigation team and trusts and private wealth team at Carey Olsen Bermuda. She has extensive court experience in the fields of commercial and civil litigation, contentious and non-contentious trust and estate disputes, and public law. As a specialist in the resolution of complex disputes, Claire's practice is principally contentious extending to advocacy, strategic expertise and tactical advice in domestic and multi-jurisdictional high-value litigation. As an expert in private international law, she is also well equipped to advise on cross border elements that arise in these fields. Claire also has a broad private client practice advising on wealth structuring and estate planning matters including the creation, restructuring and termination of trust structures, matters relating to trust administration, as well as probate and testamentary issues. She is also a recognised expert in the field of mental capacity law and is described as “go-to counsel for international mental capacity matters” (Chambers & Partners). She is an editor of "The International Protection of Adults" (Oxford University Press), which provides comparative analysis of private international law rules relating to mental capacity law and the Hague Convention on the International Protection of Adults. Claire's client base is predominantly comprised of global businesses, financial institutions, public bodies, trustees, beneficiaries, settlors, protectors, private individuals and families who she advises and represents before the Supreme Court of Bermuda and Court of Appeal for Bermuda. Claire is a member of the STEP Bermuda Committee. She also sits on the Bermuda Mental Health Tribunal and is also Panel Chair of the Bermuda Human Rights Tribunal. She is the immediate past Chair of the STEP Mental Capacity Global Special Interest Group, a full member of STEP and a member of the Chancery Bar Association. She was appointed King's Counsel in 2023.

Gavin Woods

Gavin advises on all aspects of Bermuda commercial and corporate law, specializing in corporate finance and corporate structuring. He has extensive experience in insurance-related matters, including the licensing and ongoing regulatory requirements of insurance companies and insurance intermediaries, as well as mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financing and alternative risk financing transactions (including cat bonds, insurance-linked securities and side-cars) involving insurers and insurance groups. In addition, Gavin regularly advises on investment fund matters, Bermuda Stock Exchange listings, segregated accounts, the migration of companies to/from Bermuda, and a wide variety of general and structured finance transactions. Gavin represents a significant number of international insurance companies headquartered, or with substantial operations, in Bermuda providing a full suite of corporate, regulatory and finance advice as well as bespoke training to these clients. Gavin also acts for numerous global financial institutions on finance and regulatory matters. Recognised for his insurance expertise in the most recent edition of Chambers and Partners, Gavin is singled out for his work on insurance-linked securities as well as transactional and regulatory insurance mandates as "very strong" and "responsive". Gavin is also recognised by Legal 500 Caribbean as a "leading individual" in the Insurance/Reinsurance category. Gavin participates regularly at conferences and seminars and provides commentary to international and local media on the Bermuda insurance industry as well as all other aspects of Bermuda law.

George McCallum

George is an associate in the corporate group of Carey Olsen, Bermuda and advises on all aspects of Bermuda commercial and corporate law. Throughout his career, George has developed experience in a wide range of corporate practice areas, including mergers and acquisitions, cross-border financings, corporate restructuring, corporate governance, and securities regulation.

Honor Desmond-Tetlow

Honor is a Counsel in Carey Olsen's Dispute Resolution and Litigation team in Bermuda. Honor advises on all areas of matrimonial, family and child law and general civil litigation, and she has significant experience acting for high net worth clients, particularly in relation to difficult and contentious divorces and custody applications.

Jay Webster

Jay Webster is a partner in the dispute resolution team at Carey Olsen Bermuda specialising in employment and immigration law matters. Jay has more than 15 years’ experience advising multinational companies, partnerships, LLPs and senior executives on all aspects of employment and immigration law. Jay's practice is diverse and his clients include both local and exempt companies involved in a wide variety of sectors including telecoms, insurance and reinsurance, digital assets, financial and professional services. Jay regularly provides clients with strategic advice on commercially sensitive employment matters often with significant reputational implications including complex workplace and regulatory investigations, high value discrimination and bonus claims, and crisis management scenarios. Jay prides himself on taking a pragmatic, commercial and business focused approach to all his work. In particular, Jay enjoys resolving high value disputes, and has significant experience advising clients on: senior executive dismissals; multi-jurisdictional workplace restructures; trade union disputes; business protection issues (enforcement of restrictive covenants, team moves and breaches of confidentiality); privacy law and data protection issues and sensitive grievance and disciplinary investigations. Jay is a member of Carey Olsen Bermuda's Regulatory Team and acts as a Panel Chair in the Bermuda Human Rights Tribunal. Whilst practicing in the UK, Jay was named as a recommended employment law practitioner in the UK Legal 500 (London Human Resources: Employer and Senior Executives).

Keith Robinson

Keith Robinson is the global head of the trusts and private wealth practice at Carey Olsen and head of the dispute resolution and trusts and private wealth practice of Carey Olsen Bermuda. With more than 20 years' experience in a wide range of commercial litigation, Keith is highly recognised by publications, peers and clients; being described as "extremely well respected globally" and someone who "knows how to handle big offshore disputes". Often engaged by clients for "significantly challenging" litigation and high value civil matters where his "wider experience and knowledge gives him a very good forensic edge", Keith's dispute resolution practice ranges from corporate and commercial disputes, arbitration, breach of contract and public law to restructuring and insolvency matters. His restructuring and insolvency expertise includes advising on a number of cross-border insolvencies, asset recovery/tracing cases and receiverships, as well as schemes of arrangement. He regularly advises liquidators and receivers, the boards of distressed entities, investors and unsecured creditors in relation to both contentious and non-contentious insolvency issues. In addition, he also has expertise in high-value trust litigation and court approved trust restructurings, often with a multi-jurisdictional element. Keith represents global businesses, trustees, beneficiaries, settlors and protectors in a wide range of contentious and non-contentious cases before the Supreme Court of Bermuda, drawing on his extensive advocacy experience. Keith has been involved in many of the major insolvency and trust cases in Bermuda in recent years and has written widely and spoken internationally on Bermuda law.

Kyle Masters

Kyle is a partner in the firm's Bermuda office with extensive experience in regulatory and compliance law, internal and external risk mitigation, corporate governance, enforcement actions and business strategy. He has appeared as an advocate in the Bermuda Supreme Court and Court of Appeal undertaking a wide variety of commercial and civil litigation. He has particular expertise on regulatory matters including telecommunications and energy law, employment law, and general corporate disputes.

Laura Kearns

Laura Kearns TEP is a senior associate in the trusts and private wealth team at Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited. Laura has significant experience advising on all aspects of private client work. Laura's practice in the UK was focussed on lifetime and succession planning for individuals and families, often with an international element to their affairs. This included advising on complex trusts and estates, the preparation of Wills and mental capacity issues.

Mahogany Bean

Mahogany is an associate with Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited, working in the dispute resolution and litigation team. Mahogany has developed a broad practice within the dispute resolution and litigation department taking a key interest in government and public sector work, regulatory and general civil and commercial matters.

Marcus Symonds

Marcus is an associate with Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited, working across the employment and dispute resolution and litigation teams.

Matthew Grigg

Matthew is a partner in the corporate and finance practice of Carey Olsen in Bermuda and advises on all forms of corporate and finance transaction. In his finance practice Matthew advises cross sector clients, including banks, funds, corporates, investment managers, insurance companies and investors on matters relating to lending, structured finance, fund financing, asset finance, securitisation (including ILS and CLOs), debt capital markets, securities issuances, derivatives and restructuring, together with related regulatory and collateral advice. In his corporate practice Matthew advises on matters relating to incorporation and establishment, segregated accounts companies, corporate governance, equity issuances, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements, listings, corporate reorganisations, regulatory compliance and licensing advice related to financial services, investment business, digital asset business, investment funds and fund management.

Michael Frith

Michael Frith is Senior Counsel at Carey Olsen Bermuda, and Managing Director of the corporate services business. His legal practice focuses on all aspects of Bermuda corporate law, including all types of Bermuda corporate structures, equity and debt financings (public and private), IPOs. Michael has particular experience advising on the formation and ongoing regulatory and transactional requirements of all types of Bermuda corporate and insurance structures, Michael also has particular expertise in relation to Bermuda’s economic substance requirements, and has been a key advisor to the Bermuda Registrar of Companies and Ministry of Finance in relation the development and implementation of Bermuda’s economic substance legislation and related guidance.

Michael Hanson

Michael Hanson partner in the dispute resolution and litigation team of Carey Olsen Bermuda. His core practice is centred on human capital and regulatory law where he advises the largest insurance and reinsurance, banks and professional services businesses on the island. Michael has particular and significant expertise in multijurisdictional crisis management, corporate, employment and regulatory investigations, complex executive disputes and executive benefit and incentive programs. Michael also has a more general practice advising clients on commercial contract claims, reinsurance and coverage disputes and shareholder disputes. Michael is ranked as a leading lawyer by Chambers Global and Legal 500 describing him as "highly rated", "very knowledgeable" and that "his responsiveness is unbelievable!".

Michelle Falcucci

Michelle is a partner at Carey Olsen Bermuda and advises on all aspects of Bermuda commercial and corporate law and has considerable experience in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, and equity and debt financing. In addition, Michelle regularly advises on investment fund matters.

Oliver MacKay

Oliver is counsel in the dispute resolution and litigation team at Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited. Oliver has advised clients for ten years on the resolution of complex and high-value disputes and specialises in contentious trusts, (re)insurance and regulatory matters, including sanctions. He has advised on, and appeared in, significant disputes in the Supreme Court of Bermuda and the Court of Appeal for Bermuda. Oliver's practice also covers commercial and civil litigation, arbitration, and restructuring and insolvency. Oliver advises and acts for corporate clients, financial institutions, trustees, private individuals and families in Bermuda and internationally. He also has extensive experience advising and acting for insurers and reinsurers in the Lloyd's of London and international company markets including in litigation, arbitration and subrogated recovery claims. Oliver specialises in treaty and facultative reinsurance, policy drafting and interpretation and insurance regulation. He has experience of commercial disputes in Bermuda, England and various international jurisdictions across Europe, the US, the Middle East and South America.

Sam Stevens

Sam specialises in the resolution of complex corporate and commercial disputes, frequently with a cross-border element. He has significant experience handling a wide range of commercial litigation and arbitration matters, with a particular emphasis on shareholder disputes, civil fraud and restructuring/insolvency cases. He has had conduct of disputes in a broad spectrum of industry sectors, including banking, investment funds, insurance, energy, real estate, logistics, construction and media. Sam has particular experience in the field of international arbitration, and has acted for commercial parties in arbitrations seated in London, Paris, Dubai, Singapore and Kuwait under the auspices of most of the world’s major arbitral institutions.

Stephanie Bernard

Stephanie Bernard TEP is counsel in the trusts and private wealth team at Carey Olsen Bermuda. Stephanie has extensive and in-depth experience advising individuals, fiduciaries and companies on all aspects of trust law including international and local estate planning arrangements, wealth management structures, variation of trusts and private trust companies, as well as international and local pensions. Stephanie also advises on regulatory issues impacting on trustees and pension plans.

Steven Rees Davies

Steven's practice covers a broad spectrum of corporate and commercial law with specific depth and experience in corporate governance, finance, securities, mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and restructuring. A recognised specialist in the fintech and digital asset sector, Steven worked with the Bermuda government in the introduction and development of its digital asset legal and regulatory regime, and represents a significant number of digital asset companies headquartered, or with operations, in Bermuda. He also has particular expertise in the wider technology, telecommunications and energy sectors.

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