James Willmott
Practice Expertise
Areas of Practice
- Banking Regulation
- Competition Law
- Corporate
- Corporate Regulation and Compliance
- Corporate Structuring
- Insurance Business and Intermediaries
- Insurance Law
- Investment Business
- IPOs and Equity Capital Markets
- Joint Ventures
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Regulation of Trust Company Business
- Regulatory
- Restructuring and Insolvency View More
Profile
James' practice covers a wide range of corporate activities with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, US and UK IPOs and public company advisory work and private equity transactions. He also has significant experience advising on joint ventures, restructurings (including distressed restructurings), reorganisations, start-ups and technical and regulatory matters (in particular company law and competition, insurance, banking and other financial services regulation), and has acted as an expert witness on Jersey company law.
James' clients include LSE Main Market, NYSE, AIM and TISE listed companies, global financial institutions including banks, insurance companies and brokers, European and North American private equity investors, investment managers and fintech businesses, natural resources companies and international retail groups. He also has a strong local M&A and corporate advisory practice.
James has featured in The Jersey & Guernsey Law Review 2017, having authored an article on Filing of Shareholder Agreements and external documents: Jersey Law Practice.
Areas of Practice
- Banking Regulation
- Competition Law
- Corporate
- Corporate Regulation and Compliance
- Corporate Structuring
- Insurance Business and Intermediaries
- Insurance Law
- Investment Business
- IPOs and Equity Capital Markets
- Joint Ventures
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Regulation of Trust Company Business
- Regulatory
- Restructuring and Insolvency
Professional Career
Recent Experience Incorporating a Jersey CompanyJersey demerger regimeCorporate and cell migrations: Jersey market update - February 2024Why use Jersey companies for acquisition and investment holding structures?Carey Olsen advises Channel Islands Co-op on purchase of seven Lloyds Pharmacy branches Jersey’s implementation of the OECD Pillar Two rulesJersey corporate and finance update Q2 2024Carey Olsen advises on the establishment of a new corporate structure to domicile Ferguson in the US by way of a Jersey mergerCarey Olsen Guernsey and Jersey achieve a clean sweep of Tier 1 practice rankings in IFLR1000 2024
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