Praised as a ‘very versatile practice’, Collas Crill houses a robust team equipped to advise international banks and financial services companies on all aspects of asset and real estate finance issues, debt restructurings and insolvencies, and shipping finance work. Ellie Crespi heads up the practice and is noted for being a ’secured lending specialist’, while associate Annabel Bishop, who 'provides excellent support', notably focuses on cross-jurisdictional matters. Greg Boyd recently joined the team from Harneys, adding expertise in capital raising rounds and IPOs. Aliki Skelton-Lettsome is a further key name to note at associate level.

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‘A very versatile practice, able to provide a wide-range Cayman and BVI law support.’
‘Ellie Crespi is very dedicated and responsive to requests upon short notice, very collaborative, and flexible on issues when dealing with Asian clients.’
'Managing Partner Ellie Crespi has recently been joined by Greg Boyd as a partner in the Corporate and Finance team in the BVI office. They make a serious, experienced and switched-on team that easily rivals any of the bigger offshore firms' BVI banking and finance teams. Despite being a small team they have excellent support at associate level.'
'Ellie Crespi is a very strong banking and finance lawyer, and a secured lending specialist. The time she spent onshore sets her apart from many of her competitors. Greg Boyd is an excellent hire, a lawyer who is genuinely interested in both the law and his clients' commercial interests. Their associate Annabel Bishop provides excellent support. They are all user-friendly, high on practicality and commercial know-how, and low on ego.'

Key clients

Cohort Capital
Highway Holdings Limited
Partners for Growth
Velox Arbitrage Fund
Vector Capital
Site Technology, UAE
Exponential Age Asset Management
Shanghai Pudong Development Bank
China Merchant Bank
China Development Bank
Thomson Hine (New York, Georgia)
AFRA (Panama)
Alcogal (Panama)
Aleman, Cordero, Galindo & Lee
Bank of America
BSG Valentine
Citco
Dajani & Associates
Extell Capital Partners LLC
Goldman Sachs
HSBC
Investec
M1 Real Estate
Morgan & Morgan (Panama)
Morgan Stanley
Scotiabank
Smythe & Greenwood
Shimonov & Co
TMF Group
Trident Trust
Zodiac Maritime

Work highlights

Advised lender, China Merchant Bank Co. Ltd, New York branch, in respect of a RMB1.25bn facility to Hello Group Inc. , the NASDAQ-listed provider of mobile based social, dating and entertainment services in China.
Provided amendment, assignment, restatement and security advice in connection with numerous ship financings for Zodiac Maritime exceeding $900m.
Advised a San Francisco-based private speciality lending company in relation to a multi-million-dollar facility to a Dubai home financing business.

Lawyers

Rising stars

Aliki Skelton-Lettsome

Collas Crill

Associate. Aliki advises on a wide range of legal matters including but not limited to corporate, banking and finance, funds, commercial contracts, insolvency and mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining Collas Crill, Aliki worked for another leading law firm in the BVI where she obtained particular experience acting for real estate development companies on transactions including property development, property investment and hotel operations. Aliki has advised on a number of multi-million dollar and multi-billion dollar bond issuances, some transactions involving more than 100 BVI companies and double issuances.

Leading individuals

Ellie Crespi

Harneys

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Ellie Crespi

Other key lawyers

Annabel Bishop, Greg Boyd, Aliki Skelton-Lettsome

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