ISOLAS LLP is renowned for a strong advisory practice, spanning corporate and structured finance, real estate finance and regulatory issues. The team is also well-regarded for legislative drafting, acting for His Majesty’s Government of Gibraltar. Christian Hernandez advises leading international banks in a range of corporate finance matters, Christian Caetano specialises in insurance and financial services and James Montado ‘delivers high quality representation’ in regulatory and contract matters. In October 2023, Albert J Isola CBE returned to the firm as senior partner, following a sabbatical as Minister from 2013 to 2023.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • ‘The firm has a very good banking and finance practice.’
  • ‘Peter Isola is the managing partner of the firm and is a class act. He is full of experience and confidence and knows the banking and financial services business in Gibraltar extremely well. ’

  • ‘Christian Caetano is incredibly responsive and detail oriented. He is a pleasure to work with!’

  • ‘The team is a reliable go-to firm for advice on technical and complex financial services legal queries - and is a solid partner for any contract negotiation we enter into by their side.’

  • ‘James Montado is articulate, aligned and delivers high quality representation.’

Key clients

  • The Ardonagh Group
  • HM Government of Gibraltar
  • Valaris PLC
  • Specialist Risk Group (SRG)
  • Kingstar UK Ltd
  • Mansion (Gibraltar) Ltd
  • I Squared Capital
  • Intermediate Capital Group (ICG)

Lawyers

Leading partners
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Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Christian Hernandez, Christian Caetano, James Montado

Other key lawyers

Albert J Isola CBE, Peter Isola