Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

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• 'The CRS Caribbean practice is of the highest standing and in many ways unique. The team that is led by John Almeida acts for Governments and has, among London law firms, an unparalleled Privy Council practice. This has led to involvement in some of the most important Commonwealth cases.'
• 'John Almeida enjoys incredible respect in the region, and not least among key Government officials.'

• ‘Charles Russell Speechlys is capable of managing matters across multiple jurisdictions in a professional and user-friendly manner with great respect to time and realistic approach to time required for fulfilment.’

• ‘Friendly and very helpful. Quality of service with realistic approach to the local environment.’

• 'A very decent choice for competent, effective representation in corporate and commercial including private equity and real estate, under Adrian Mayer, and disputes matters with a well-established emerging markets track record and extensive expertise. CRS excels in various legal areas, including corporate, commercial, real estate, and dispute resolution. Their team of skilled lawyers exhibits a client-focused approach, ensuring tailored solutions to complex challenges.'

• 'Adrian Mayer is an experienced and clever corporate lawyer who stands out due to his versatile expertise, client-centric approach, creative and pragmatic problem-solving skills and familiarity with cross-border aspects of doing business in Nigeria, He is pragmatic and great fun to work with, transparent in his communication, and ethics. A greatly competent, effective and impressive lawyer and a pleasure to partner with to advise clients on Nigeria and Africa facing cross-border deal.'

• ‘No matter how large or small the ticket price is, Adrian Mayer is always just a call away, willing to dedicate his time to resolving any issue. Client management is excellent - the team do a great job of it and also help the client manage other advisors across various countries.’

• ‘Adrian Mayer - great knowledge of the subject area, very hands on in managing the matter while at the same time allowing his team take enough responsibility to demonstrate their own competence, he keeps in touch, keeps the relationship warm, very responsive and flexible on pricing, committed to cross-border work in Africa, no airs about him. He is a great guy!’

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Adrian Mayer

Charles Russell Speechlys LLP

Adrian is a corporate transactional lawyer and specialises in advising on private equity investments and corporate finance work. He advises a broad range of corporate and M&A transactions including acquisitions, divestitures, re-capitalisations, joint ventures and strategic alliances, venture capital and private equity transactions (including management buyouts), acting for investors, corporates and management teams. His work is both domestic and international. Adrian advises a range of financial institutions including international private equity fund manager and banks, and also family owned businesses, large and medium sized corporates (both public and private) and individuals. He has a proven track record of working with multi-national clients undertaking complex cross-border transactions and acting on numerous projects in multiple jurisdictions. Adrian is particularly active in Africa and is very experienced in advising clients on transactions in that region across a number of industry groups and sectors, including real estate and construction, agribusiness, financial services, energy and natural resources and retail and leisure. He is an active participant in a number of African focussed bodies, including the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association and a frequent traveller to the region. Adrian is an Alumni of London Business School, having completed its Corporate Finance Programme.