Ellie Crespi
Collas CrillPraised 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.
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Ellie Crespi