Walkers
The practice at Walkers advises major international banks and private equity houses on a range of financing arrangements, with particular strength in advising both lenders and buyers on real estate transactions. Beyond this, the firm offers assistance with secured, leveraged acquisition and fund finance, restructuring and Sharia-compliant transactions. Nigel Weston leads the team with a practice which spans the full banking and finance spectrum. Alexandra Corner advises on real estate and funds financing, while Jon Le Rossignol specialises in the financing and restructuring of real estate and private equity holding structures. Senior counsel Elaine Kelly supports clients with matters of general senior and mezzanine secured lending, and acquisition and development finance where Jersey structures are involved. Tristan Maultby is noted for his expertise in Islamic and real estate finance. Senior counsel Christine Fox, who joined from Collas Crill in September 2022, advises on cross-border transactions involving JPUTs, while senior associate Melissa Hellio, who arrived in the same month from Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP, handles fund financing arrangements.
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- 'Tristan Maultby is responsive and helpful.'
- 'Their attentiveness to both law firms as 'clients' and the real clients, their responsiveness, their coordination between different jurisdictions covered by the firm are all very valuable.'
- 'The team is very commercially minded and has a good grip on the key concerns and goals of their clients, which is evident in the delivery of their advice.'
- 'Louise Hamilton is an absolute pleasure to work with. Louise is extremely responsive, provides sound and commercially-minded advice and works tirelessly to ensure this is delivered promptly, often in highly challenging timeframes.'
- 'Nigel Weston is a household name in the Jersey banking and finance space. His substantial experience in this area shines through, particularly in the sound advice he has provided us over the years. He takes time to make sure he understands his client's goals and concerns, which shines through in his excellent counsel.'
- 'Tristan Maultby has always been keen to develop a relationship and understand the need to work to tight deadlines.'
- 'The Walkers team are always a pleasure to work with. They have expert technical knowledge and are pro-active and responsive, which is not always the case with local counsel firms. They are pragmatic and commercial in discussions and negotiations and do not insist on fighting points for the sake of it which is refreshing and often sorely needed on tough transactions.'
Key clients
- Bank of America Merill Lynch
- Riyad Bank London Branch
- Allianz Real Estate
Work highlights
- Advised Rothesay Life on the financing aspects of the leveraged acquisition of 21 Moorfields in the City of London (the new headquarters for Deutsche Bank) by the trustees of a Jersey property unit trust (Lendlease Moorfields Trust).
- Advised Allianz Real Estate and co-lenders on the Jersey law aspects of the £400m development finance facility provided to BentallGreenOak (via a Jersey property unit trust) and on the £1bn development of the all-electric net-zero carbon office scheme at 105 Victoria Street in central London.
- Advised a consortium of lenders on the Jersey law aspects of the facilities made available to Brookfield Infrastructure to finance the take private acquisition of HomeServe.
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Walkers
Kevin is a Partner in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate practice group, advising on all aspects of corporate law. Kevin advises US and UK private equity sponsors, institutional clients, sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds and HNWIs on M&A, private equity, equity capital markets and restructuring mandates. Kevin has acted on numerous take-private transactions implemented by a members scheme of arrangement as well as the first take private in Jersey of a Jersey listed company implemented by a statutory merger under Companies (Jersey) Law 1991. In addition, Kevin has a very active local M&A practice and regularly acts as lead counsel to Jersey based clients on cross border sales and acquisitions of regulated financial services businesses. Kevin's advisory practice includes advising the boards of Jersey listed companies on corporate governance matters. Kevin has been consistently recognised by Legal 500, Chambers and Partners and IFLR as a leading next generation lawyer.
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Nigel Weston