Carey Olsen announces two senior promotions within BVI litigation practice Catherine advises on shareholder disputes, fraud and asset tracing, and trust litigation and insolvency proceedings. She has conducted litigation before the BVI Commercial Court, ECSC Court of Appeal and the Privy Council. Catherine joined Carey Olsen in 2021, having previously worked for another offshore law firm in the BVI and a leading corporate law firm in Dublin ...
Carey Olsen announces new executive leadership team Current group managing partner Alex Ohlsson, who has led the firm's international expansion and held a pivotal role in establishing Carey Olsen as one of the world's leading offshore law firms, is to become group chairman. He will succeed John Kelleher, a key player in the success of the firm, who has served more than 12 years in the role and will remain at Carey Olsen as a partner in the Jersey litigation team ...
Carey Olsen announces new counsel within Bermuda employment law practice Bradley has over ten years of experience advising clients on a full range of contentious and non-contentious employment law matters. He also advises on all aspects of Bermuda immigration law, both for corporate and individual clients, in addition to data protection and privacy matters. Bradley was admitted as a solicitor of England and Wales in 2011 and was called to the Bermuda Bar in 2020 ...
Carey Olsen announces 2024 Bermuda Scholarship Scheme recipient The scholarship was established four years ago to provide exceptional Bermudian law students with the opportunity to obtain a Commonwealth qualification overseas, before returning home to join the Bermuda Bar ...
Carey Olsen announces 12 senior promotions across the group Those promoted to counsel are: Nigel Smith (Litigation, Cayman Islands) Pierre Ali-Noor (Litigation, Jersey) Elizabeth Le Guillou (Trusts and Private Wealth, Jersey) Thomas MacAdie (Corporate, Jersey) Ashley Morrison (Corporate, Jersey) Those promoted to senior associate are: Daniel Long (Corporate, Guernsey) Edward Kelleher (Corporate, Jersey) Catriona Urquhart (Corporate, Jersey) Harry Hadjiyannis (Corporate, London
Carey Olsen and Oakbridge advise Sullivan Street Partners on Wave Group investment Carey Olsen provided regulatory, structuring and legal advice in establishing Sullivan Street's investment vehicle, Wave Jersey LP, with Oakbridge facilitating the set up and ongoing fund administration services. The Carey Olsen team advising Sullivan Street Partners comprised corporate partner Chris Griffin and associate Marco Carossa ...
Carey Olsen and Alter Domus advise Gyrus Capital on €310 million fund Fund II consists of the Principal Fund and an open-ended co-investment vehicle, allowing Gyrus to make larger investments. With its close, the total number of funds raised since the firm was established in November 2018 exceeds €750 million. Fund II will be a continuation of Fund I, generating returns from investments into businesses operating in the healthcare and sustainability sectors ...
Carey Olsen and Alter Domus advise Corten Capital on new €680 million fund The successful completion of this fundraising will allow Corten to work towards its strategy to partner with talented management teams to build market leading business software, services and data companies across Europe and North America ...
Carey Olsen amongst finalists for offshore law firm of the year at The Asia Legal Awards Now in its 11th year, The Asia Legal Awards celebrate top lawyers and firms which have carried out the most complex, outstanding legal work in Asia, as well as recognising the most significant deals and transactions to be completed in this region over the past year ...
Carey Olsen advises XBTO Global on acquisition of Stablehouse and XBTO International Stablehouse is a digital asset custody and trading platform that helps institutions mitigate risk with security, insolvency remote protection and regulatory compliance, and its combined acquisition together with XBTO International by XBTO Global allows the group to provide integrated and comprehensive digital asset services through a single platform ...
Carey Olsen advises Strategic Risk Solutions on acquisition of Robus Group Based in Guernsey and Gibraltar, Robus Group offers professional management services to captive insurers, open market insurers, reinsurers, insurance intermediaries, MGAs, ILS fund managers, and other corporate entities. The company supports these clients in achieving their risk management and strategic business goals ...
Carey Olsen advises Shanta Gold on £156.1 million takeover by Saturn Resources Limited The transaction saw Saturn Resources increase its offer from 13.5 pence per share to 14.85 pence per share in order to secure the required support of Shanta shareholders, resulting in the acquisition being approved by more than 80% of the Shanta shareholders who voted at the shareholder meeting to approve the scheme ...
Carey Olsen advises Sanctum FI LLP on launch of an Artificial Intelligence-powered investment fund FSHL aims to generate long-term capital growth through a diversified portfolio primarily consisting of equity securities and bonds. The investment strategy focuses on enhanced investment performance at low cost through evolving machine learning algorithms ...
Carey Olsen advises Preservation Capital Partners on closing of latest fund at €459 million With the closure of PCP Fund II, Preservation Capital Partners now manages approximately €1 billion in assets across its three operational funds. The Carey Olsen team advising Preservation Capital Partners comprised partner Andrew Boyce, senior associate Rachel de la Haye and associates Oliver Orton and Nicola D'Amico ...
Carey Olsen advises Pomvom on Business Combination Agreement The proposed transaction would give Pomvom a total equity value of US$125 million and is anticipated to close in Q3 2024. At closing, Pomvom will be listed on the Nasdaq in the United States. Carey Olsen counsel Dylan Wiltermuth and associate Tyler Hawley from the Cayman Islands office advised Pomvom, alongside US counsel Greenberg Traurig LLP and Israeli law firms Goldfarb Gross Seligman & Co. and Barnea Jaffa Lande ...
Carey Olsen advises Patron Capital on its latest European real estate fund This is the third Patron Capital fund domiciled in Jersey under the island's well-established Expert Fund regime. Fund VII will continue the to employ Patron Capital's opportunistic investment strategy which focuses primarily on distressed and/or undervalued property and property related investments, mostly in Western Europe, and has a welcome ESG focus ...
Carey Olsen advises Paratus Energy Services on the issuance of a US$500 million senior secured bond This transaction marks one of the largest bond issuances in the Nordic bond market in recent years and was significantly oversubscribed, reflecting robust investor confidence and strong market demand ...
Carey Olsen advises on the establishment of a new corporate structure to domicile Ferguson in the US by way of a Jersey merger As a result of the merger which took place on 1 August 2024, Ferguson, which has a market capitalisation of over £30 billion, has completed its transition to establish a new corporate structure and ultimate parent company domiciled in the United States ...
Carey Olsen advises on launch of new private capital administration business, Palmer Palmer was founded by chief executive officer Martin Schnaier, chief financial officer James Ireland, chief legal officer James Bermingham, chief commercial officer Jason Bingham and chief technology officer Phil Godley. All have previously held senior leadership positions in the industry, including at FTSE 250 company, Sanne Group plc, prior to its take-private in 2022 ...
Carey Olsen advises on groundbreaking private catastrophe bond The bond was issued from the Randolph Re cell of Aon's White Rock Insurance Company PCC Limited – the first time a catastrophe bond has been issued out of a Guernsey vehicle. Previous Randolph Re catastrophe bonds were all issued out of Aon's Bermuda cell company, White Rock Insurance (SAC) Ltd. structure, making this a first for Guernsey and one of only a few cat bonds issued in this jurisdiction ...
Carey Olsen advises Mercer Park Opportunities Corp. on its US$200 million IPO Mercer Park Opportunities granted the underwriter, Canaccord Genuity Corp., a non-transferable over-allotment option to purchase up to an additional 3,000,000 Class A Restricted Voting Units at the same price per unit, exercisable within 30 days following the offering's closing ...
Carey Olsen advises Inflexion on closing of latest fund at £1.75 billion The Fund, which is the largest dedicated minority fund in Europe, has attracted existing and new investors from across the world, including from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, as well as the US, and includes public and corporate pension plans, sovereign wealth funds, insurance companies, asset managers and family offices ...
Carey Olsen advises Gate.io on launch of cryptocurrency venture capital fund The Fund is a venture capital fund which initially closed with investments in the digital assets and web 3.0 space across 28 portfolio companies and projects, encompassing opportunities from seed to pre-IPO rounds. The aim of the Fund is to invest in the equity and tokens of unlisted start-up companies and protocols operating within the digital assets web 3 ...
Carey Olsen advises FitzWalter Capital on launch of ~US$1.4 billion fund The Carey Olsen corporate team advising on the Jersey aspects of the transaction comprised partner James Mulholland, counsel Thomas MacAdie and associate Charlie Hurst, working alongside onshore counsel Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and Jersey administrator J.P. Morgan ...
Carey Olsen advises Cuscaden Peak Investments on S$1.7 billion sale of student housing The acquisition brings Mapletree's housing portfolio to 33,000 beds across 47 cities in the UK, the US, Germany and Canada, and makes the Singapore-based real estate investor one of the largest owners of student housing in the UK ...
