Harneys‘ banking, finance and capital markets team provides comprehensive advice on loan finance issues, debt issuances, and lease financings, with practice head Christopher Hall advising on all types of Cayman hedge and private equity funds, as well as banking and finance matters. Matt Taber helps clients with all aspects of investment funds, investment management issues and fund financings, while James Smith’s particular focus is on Latin America, where he advises Brazil-based managers on offshore fund structures.

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Key clients

  • BDT Capital Partners LLC
  • Impact Investment Exchange
  • Bank of America
  • Citigroup
  • Credit Suisse
  • Deutsche Bank
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Merrill Lynch
  • HSBC
  • JP Morgan Chase
  • Morgan Stanley
  • Standard Chartered Bank
  • UBS

Work highlights

  • Assisted with setting up the Cayman vehicle for BDT Capital Partners LLC.
  • Acted as Cayman Counsel to Impact Investment Exchange on its $50m IIX Women’s Livelihood Bond 5.
  • Advised AURA FAT Projects Acquisition Corp., a SPAC co-sponsored by Singapore-headquartered Aura Group and Fat Projects, on raising $115m in its IPO on the Nasdaq Global Market.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Christopher Hall, Matt Taber

Other key lawyers

James Smith