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Mourant

Offshore: Investment Funds

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Mourant's market-leading Jersey Funds team is comparable in size to a top tier London investment funds practice. We offer a unique, holistic approach to supporting our clients at every stage of the fund life cycle, and remain at the forefront of Jersey funds legislation, regulatory and tax developments including the new Jersey LLC law and AML/CFT exemption changes. 

We have extensive experience across all alternative fund and private capital fund asset classes including private equity, venture capital, real estate, credit, secondaries, infrastructure, technology, crypto and digital asset funds, as well as sustainable finance and impact, crypto asset and renewable energy funds. We also have a proven track record in the creation and operation of managed accounts, joint ventures, club fund structures, investment holding structures, and the establishment of fund financing arrangements.

Our Jersey Funds team has a trusted relationship with the financial regulatory authorities and industry bodies in Jersey, and our team members remain at the forefront shaping new laws, regulations and regulatory policy. Our partners hold senior positions at influential committees including the Jersey Funds Association, Jersey Finance's Community of Interest Group, the BVCA's Channel Islands Committee and Jersey finance industry working groups. 

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Offshore: Investment Funds - Jersey

Band 1

What the Team is Known For
Mourant enjoys a formidable reputation for Jersey investment fund matters and houses a deep roster of experienced practitioners. It demonstrates considerable expertise in a wide range of fund formation and administration issues, with particular knowledge of real estate and private equity funds. Also, the firm regularly advises on matters relating to hedge funds. It is well versed in the representation of funds in the technology, energy and biotech spaces.
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Work Highlights

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  • Mourant advised Catella APAM on the launch of its inaugural fund.

Strengths

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  • Mourant are market leaders in funds.

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  • They have excellent technical knowledge, a good bench and excellent analytical skills. Their commercial advice is always well considered and well received.

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  • They have a clear understanding of the market and the client needs in this sector. They are supported by strong teams who provide high-quality, technical advice.

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  • Mourant has a closer than average relationship with Island regulators and the firm can predict regulator responses and choose the best avenue of approach to maximise a friendly interaction.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Ben Robins
    Ben Robins

    Ben Robins

    Ben Robins serves as Mourant's global head of funds. He works with leading private equity and real estate-focused asset managers on fund formation and operation.

    • Ben is strong in investment funds work. He is solution-oriented, commercially minded and understands the commercial drivers to transactions.

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    • Ben guides us through complex regulatory requirements and has excellent technical skills and deep expertise. He is great to deal with.

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    • Ben is five stars in terms of his reactivity and top quality of advice. He offers valuable commercial and pragmatic advice and his style of working engenders respect with counterparties.

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    • Ben is one of the brightest and a leader in Jersey. I couldn't hold him in higher esteem as a figurehead for this market. He's a real superstar in this market.

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  • Joel Hernandez
    Joel Hernandez

    Joel Hernandez

    Joel Hernandez serves as head of Mourant's Jersey funds team. He maintains a highly regarded funds practice and possesses significant expertise with regard to real estate matters. He advises clients on fund structuring as well as working with funds on asset acquisitions.

    • Joel is a great person.

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    • Joel is absolutely fantastic and one of our favourite lawyers to work with. He is always available and offers highly commercial advice and solutions.

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    • Joel provides excellent service all round.

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  • Felicia de Laat
    Felicia de Laat

    Felicia de Laat

    Felicia De Laat advises clients on fund formation, investments, sales and operational issues. She maintains a focus on private equity and real estate funds.

    • Felicia is pragmatic, responsive and very knowledgeable.

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    • Felicia provides robust and appropriate advice, is readily available, clear and concise. We enjoy working with Felicia.

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    • Felicia is a good technical lawyer and is very experienced.

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  • Alistair Horn
    Alistair Horn

    Alistair Horn

    Alistair Horn advises clients setting up funds across a range of asset classes.

    • Alistair is an excellent client-first lawyer with strong commercial awareness and technical understanding.

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    • Alistair is solutions-oriented and combines legal knowledge with practical solutions.

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    • Alistair is extremely innovative and focused on problem-solving. He handles challenging problems in the least burdensome way possible to achieve desired commercial and regulatory outcomes.

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    • Alistair is thoughtful and helpful.

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  • Mark Chambers
    Mark Chambers

    Mark Chambers

    Mark Chambers operates a noteworthy practice that is principally concentrated on the private equity and real estate sectors.

    • Mark is innovative, entrepreneurial and experienced.

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    • Mark is a very strong funds lawyer.

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    • Mark is very insightful.

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  • Alex Henderson
    Alex Henderson

    Alex Henderson

    Alex Henderson advises clients on the establishment of a wide range of private funds, including credit, real estate and venture funds.

    • I am incredibly impressed with Alex’s sophistication and the combination of legal knowledge with commercial awareness. He’s one of the stars of his generation of investment funds lawyers.

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    • We enjoy working with Alex.

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    • Alex is an excellent technical lawyer with an in-depth knowledge of the fundraising process and a pleasure to work with.

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