David Crosland undertakes a wide range of corporate transactions with a particular focus on investment funds. He is regularly instructed by fund managers, UK and international law firms and other financial services firms on the launch, administration, restructuring and listing of both closed and open-ended investment funds. As well as private funds, Crosland has advised funds […]
Mark Dunster is a partner specialising in litigation, compliance and financial regulatory matters. Dunster undertakes a wide variety of commercial and civil litigation, including insolvency work. He also advises institutions on regulatory matters including anti-money laundering, data protection, employment law, electronic gaming and renewable energy. He is an author of books on anti-money laundering and […]
Konrad Friedlaender is a partner in the trusts and fiduciary group and specialises in contentious and non-contentious trust matters, pensions, employee benefit schemes and share option schemes. Friedlaender advises on the establishment and administration of complex private and corporate trust structures as well as all regulatory matters relevant to the trust and company administration sector. He also […]
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Holman Fenwick Willan (HFW) senior partner Richard Crump has relocated permanently to Singapore in a move that underlines the firm’s ambitious plans to grow its Asia practice. Ashurst and Herbert Smith Freehills both have a UK-Asia Pacific management structure as part of their post-merger integration, but HFW is thought to be the first non-merged UK […]
James Mulholland’s experience covers a wide breadth of international funds and corporate work with a particular emphasis on private equity. Throughout the 10 years spent in the City at Slaughter and May and O’Melveny & Myers, Mulholland has acted on numerous fund structurings, co-investments and listing transactions, along with portfolio acquisitions and refinancings. Of particular […]
Robert Milner is one of Jersey’s leading funds lawyers and specialises in innovative structures, including cell companies and separate/incorporated limited partnerships. He acts for a range of boutique and institutional fund managers and has extensive experience in establishing and providing ongoing advice to private, expert, unregulated and listed Jersey funds. Milner also advises on the […]
Bribery Act prosecutions are growing in number, and while still the tip of the iceberg, enforcement is also happening. On 25 March five individuals pleaded not guilty in Birmingham Crown Court to charges under the Bribery Act 2010. This brings to nine the total number of individuals currently facing charges under the act, in addition […]
Paul Matthams advises individuals and companies on trusts, estate planning and pensions issues. He is regularly instructed by financial institutions and trustee boards including public and private sector pension scheme trustees. Matthams also acts for high-net-worth individuals and families, family offices and private trust companies and has particular skills in drafting technical trusts and foundations […]
Simon Marks has acted on a range of corporate, securitisation and structured finance transactions for clients including global institutions, local businesses and issuers, as well as leading law firms in the City of London and elsewhere. In particular, he has advised on a number of Jersey issuer bond deals including for FTSE 100 companies and […]
DAC Beachcroft has promoted 16 lawyers to partner, more than tripling the five promotions it made last year. DAC Beachcroft made up partners across five offices in the UK and in nine practice areas. The promotions will become effective from 1 May 2014 and will take the total number of partners to 256. Corporate and […]
Robert MacRae specialises in contentious trusts and company matters. He regularly advises trustees and beneficiaries on complex and sensitive applications for directions from the Royal Court, rectification and variation of trusts, freezing orders and asset tracing, money laundering issues and shareholder disputes. MacRae was named in the International Who’s Who of Private Client Lawyers 2013. […]