About

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Our elite practice covers the full spectrum of corporate and finance services, including investment funds, and is particularly known for advising on SPAC and de-SPACs, private equity and venture capital transactions.

Ogier's Corporate team in the BVI, and our BVI qualified lawyers in the European and Asian time zones, advises on M&A (including downstream private equity and de-SPAC M&A), pre-IPO investments, debt and equity capital markets listings and investments (including IPOs, SPACs, PIPEs and secondary offerings) and more. We work across all asset classes with a particular focus on real estate, natural resources, fintech and IT.

Ogier's Banking and Finance team provides advice relating to commercial lending facilities, acting for both lenders and borrowers, together with the associated share and asset security packages, structured financing and asset finance. We have a strong focus on fund and real estate financings and are supported by global dispute resolution and restructuring and insolvency teams.

Our Investment Funds team advises on the formation, licensing and ongoing advisory services to hedge funds, real estate funds, venture capital funds and private equity funds. We also advise investment managers choosing to domicile their investment management entity in the BVI, fund administrators providing services to both BVI and non-BVI funds and institutional investors in such funds.

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Corporate & Finance including Investment Funds - British Virgin Islands

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What the Team is Known For

Ogier's BVI office maintains a sophisticated non-contentious practice with extensive knowledge of financing, M&A and capital markets. Its varied clientele includes financial institutions and asset managers as well as recognisable names in the energy and mining sectors. The firm is also notable for its extensive experience advising on very high-value restructurings and group reorganisations, including when this work is in preparation for an IPO. Fintech and cryptocurrency expertise are further areas of strength.

Work Highlights

  • Ogier acted for Three Arrows Capital, and its joint official liquidators, on its USD2.9 billion sale of an approximately 21% stake in cryptocurrency exchange Deribit to Coinbase.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Michael Killourhy
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Michael Killourhy
Head of Corporate & Finance including Investment Funds
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Michael Killourhy heads up Ogier's BVI corporate and investment funds group. He operates a respected transactional practice and is regularly engaged on market-leading capital markets and M&A matters, as well as investment fund launches. He is also increasingly active in the fields of fintech and virtual assets.

Michael Killourhy is highly experienced, commercially aware and technically outstanding.

Michael Killhourhy is highly knowledgeable, responsive and a pleasure to work with. He is a strong performer.

Simon Schilder
Simon Schilder
Expertise Based Abroad

Simon Schilder is based in Jersey, from where he leads the BVI investment funds team at Ogier. In this regard he is regularly active on fund launches as well as fund-related restructuring mandates.

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British Virgin Islands

Corporate & Finance

Simon Schilder
Simon Schilder
British Virgin Islands, expertise based abroad in UK
Corporate & Finance including Investment Funds

Michael Killourhy
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Michael Killourhy
Head of Corporate & Finance including Investment Funds
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Members

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Christian Burns-Di Lauro

Holly Chapman

Marie-Claire Fudge

Michael Killourhy

Michael Killourhy

Head of Department

Odane Lennon

Paul Heath

Tim Clipstone