Louise Ridgway
Bedell CristinBedell Cristin focuses predominantly on overseeing a range of DCM transactions, handling high yield bond issuances and securitisation matters, but is also able to assist with equity deals, including REIT-led transactions and TISE listings. Alasdair Hunter, who heads the team, is able to draw on a wealth of experience advising on high yield debt listings and securitisation issues. Hunter is also able to advise US CLO issuers looking to market their products in Europe. Louise Ridgway handles both debt and equity listings on TISE.
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- 'Louise Ridgway is very responsive and client-focused. She gets matters completed with no fuss.'
- 'The team is very pragmatic but also technically capable - the perfect combination in terms of transaction implementation. Very easy to work with, approachable and friendly.'
- 'Guy Westmacott and Louise Ridgway were extremely responsive and very helpful, including accommodating ad hoc queries raised in relation to a separate project they weren't engaged on. They gave very business-focused answers, but using their technical legal knowledge in an informed pragmatic way.'
- 'Excellent understanding of complex multi-jurisdictional transactions and great capabilities for handling difficult and complicated transactions on, at times, an accelerated timetable with various different parties.'
- 'Louise Ridgway is excellent. She is very knowledgeable and thorough.'
- 'Alasdair Hunter has unmatched capital markets and securitisation experience.'
- 'The team at Bedells is incredibly responsive, helpful and offers good commercial advice. They are incredibly knowledgeable in their specialist areas.'
- 'The team is client-centric, always responsive and commercial in its advice.'
Key clients
- Netflix Inc
- First Quantum Minerals Ltd
- Morgan Stanley
- J.P. Morgan Securities
- Bank of America Merrill Lynch
- Lloyds Bank plc
- U.S. International Development Finance Corporation
- Barclays Bank Plc
- Elite Commercial REIT
Work highlights
- Acted as Jersey counsel to The Eastern and Southern African Trade and Development Bank on a transaction which used securitisation techniques to provide finance which ultimately allows low-income households in Tanzania to purchase affordable solar-powered home products.
- Advised on a series of capital markets transactions with a $3bn aggregate value arranged by a US investment bank for their asset manager client.
- Acted as Jersey counsel to a US CLO manager on several warehousing and CLO transactions.
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Alasdair Hunter
Bedell CristinPractice head
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Alasdair Hunter