Collas Crill

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With expertise spanning the entire fund lifecycle, Collas Crill is equally proficient in handling formation and licensing, financing and restructuring mandates, as well as assisting with the resolution of issues, including suspensions and sanctions. The team is particularly noted for its focus on emerging markets and managers, particularly those from the US and Asia. Natalie Bell is the key senior contact.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Responsive and commercial.'
  • 'Natalie Bell and Laura Oseland: clever lawyers with an in-depth knowledge of Cayman regulations.'
  • 'Collas Crill has an offshore global reach, with an extremely close and professional approach to its clients. The flexibility to meet client's requirements has been paramount in terms of costs efficiency and a personalised service.'
  • 'Working with Natalie Bell, partner at Collas Crill Cayman, has been a total positive experience. She has been diligent, open minded and creative when addressing our out of the box requirements and concerns, given the international nature of our business amalgamated with specific local regulations.'
  • 'Natalie Bell has been the partner we have worked with. She is extremely well prepared and has been crucial in (i) finding creative ways to resolve complex requirements and (ii) meeting extremely tight deadlines. We would very much recommend her, and we will continue having her as our legal counsel.'

Key clients

  • Kingsmead Asset Management Pte. Ltd
  • Vista Global Opportunities Fund SPC
  • Parhelion
  • Holdun Family Office (Bahamas) Limited
  • World Arbitrage Fund
  • Movchans
  • Harvest Private Wealth Thematic Fund SPC
  • Raffles Fund 5 Limited
  • Velox Arbitrage Fund
  • Aestus Capital
  • New Alchemy
  • BPBI

Work highlights

  • Advising Harvest Private Wealth Thematic Fund SPC on the establishment of several new sub-funds, in the form of new segregated portfolios.
  • Instructed as local counsel by a Bahamian multi-family office and discretionary wealth management firm, advising on restructuring and migrating funds and assisting with redemptions.
  • Advising Velox Arbitrage, a Canadian manager, on the creation of a new $250-300m crypto fund employing arbitrage trading and investment strategies within decentralised finance.

Lawyers

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Natalie Bell

Other key lawyers

Chantelle Day, Laura Oseland