Praised for being ‘highly responsive and professional,’ the team at Walkers is a significant player in the banking and finance market, handling high-profile matters, and is increasingly involved in blue-chip investment work and provides regulatory advice to global corporations. Leading the corporate and finance team, Jonathan Betts has over 25 years’ experience, advising large corporates, funds and insurers on governance and complex transactional issues, with a focus on M&A in the insurance space. Adam Bathgate leads the finance practice, specialising in transactions involving Bermuda companies and partnerships, including leveraged and acquisition financings, fund and asset issues, securitisation work and CLOs. Other key contacts at the firm include newly promoted partner Nathalie West, who has experience advising on a wide range of transactional matters and financings domestically and overseas, while senior associate Cathryn Minors assists with all aspects of corporate and commercial law; she joined the practice from an in-house role in 2022.

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Testimonials

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'Walkers is highly responsive and professional with a commercial sense of legal that translates well to helping us achieve our business goals in a timely manner.'
'The entire team has been consistently a pleasure to work with and helped us to move our business forward.'
'The entire team has been consistently terrific, and I couldn't single out any points of weakness.'
'Cathryn Minors: Availability to answer requests and clarify doubts. Accuracy in the answers.’

Key clients

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd.
Jefferies
Mizuho
MUFG Bank, Ltd.
National Westminster Bank plc
Norwegian Cruise Lines
Revlon, Inc.
The Bank of New York Mellon

Work highlights

Advised JPMorgan Chase Bank, the initial purchasers and administrative agent, in connection with Carnival Corporation’s private offering of $2.03bn aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2028.
Advised Axalta Coating Systems on the $2bn refinancing of its existing credit agreement with a syndicate of lenders led by Barclays Bank Plc.
Acted as Bermuda counsel to long-standing client Norwegian Cruise Lines Holdings Ltd. on its latest issuance of $600m senior secured notes.