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We are internationally recognised as being one of the leading offshore fund practices covering hedge funds, private equity funds and distressed funds. We advise almost all of the best known global names in the investment funds world, including administrators, asset managers, fund promoters, institutional investors, private equity houses and onshore law firms. Walkers' legal expertise and experience together with our client focused, solution driven approach continues to be highly regarded by our clients. We advise on all aspects of fund formation and capitalisation, financing, buyout, and downstream-spend transactions. Our lawyers also have extensive experience advising on mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, joint ventures and equity offerings, including IPOs. Walkers' team is made up of partners and associates who are distinct specialists in their respective fields.

We have one of the only practices in the Cayman Islands that attract elite clients, complex, large and innovative fund formations and downstream investments, bespoke fund restructurings and important, usually highly confidential, regulatory matters.

Chambers Review

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Investment Funds - Cayman Islands

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Band 1

What the Team is Known For

Walkers is a top-rated offshore law firm with an exceptional reputation for its Cayman investment fund practice. The team excels in all aspects of fund-related advice, including the formation and combination of funds, as well as their launch and restructuring. It possesses an enviable client list that features several big-name asset managers and investors. The law firm also maintains a very strong reputation among many of the leading onshore law firms for investment fund matters.

Work Highlights

  • Walkers represented Oaktree Capital Management on the launch and

    closing of Oaktree Opportunities Fund XII, valued at around USD16 billion in commitments (taking into account co-investment and affiliated vehicles).

Strengths

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I find Walkers to be very responsive and willing to hop on a call to help problem-solve. The lawyers we deal with are incredibly knowledgeable and approachable, offering practical advice.

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The Walkers team is very intelligent, providing thoughtful and in-depth analysis. The team members are also extremely responsive and dedicated to clients.

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Walkers' strengths are its responsiveness and its practical business nature.

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The Walkers team has superior market knowledge, a direct line to regulators and offers very practical, commercial advice.

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Walkers is extremely proactive in its approach and is able to raise new Cayman-specific trends that may impact our operations, well before their eventual implementation.

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Notable Practitioners

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Ingrid Pierce
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Ingrid Pierce
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Eminent Practitioners
Ingrid Pierce has long-standing experience assisting clients with all aspects of Cayman investment funds. She serves as global managing partner of Walkers and is also head of the Cayman Islands funds practice.

Ingrid Pierce is an industry leader.

Ingrid is one of the cornerstones of the Cayman investment funds industry.

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Caroline Williams
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Caroline Williams
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Band 1
Caroline Williams maintains an extensive Cayman fund practice that sees her advising on private equity as well as hedge fund structures. Her recent experience encompasses a variety of high-value fund structuring and formation mandates.

Caroline has seen everything there is to see in the investment funds world and is able to solve complex problems adeptly.

Caroline Williams is a standout in her field. She is hard-working, commercial, responsive and insightful.

Caroline Williams goes out of her way to ensure a white-glove service. All of the advice she provides is sound and grounded in the commercial space in which we operate.

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Melissa Lim
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Melissa Lim
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Band 3

Melissa Lim has experience relating to a wide variety of asset classes, including private equity, hedge and venture capital. She also has notable expertise advising on downstream transactions, and is regularly cited for her funds knowledge in the digital assets space.

Melissa Lim is the best in the business when it comes to all things crypto.

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. Prasana
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. Prasana
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Band 5

Prasana is a highly respected investment funds lawyer who sources especially praise for her knowledge of hedge funds. She works regularly with leading asset managers.

Prasana is an outstanding lawyer; her advice is always practical and commercial.

We are very pleased to work with Prasana and we rely on her legal advice.

Prasana is just amazing. She is smart, responsive, thoughtful and commercial, always thinking a step ahead.

Prasana is terrific to work with - super-responsive, smart and an excellent resource. I'm always happy to recommend her and to work together.

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Andrew Barker
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Andrew Barker
5
Band 5
Andrew Barker is a key member of Walkers' global investment funds practice with specific expertise in the structuring and formation of venture capital and private equity funds as well as acting on business combinations and mergers in this space.

Andrew Barker is super-responsive, highly experienced and has great commercial awareness.

Andrew Barker is excellent - he is very commercial and responsive.

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Bicrom Das
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Bicrom Das
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Band 5

Bicrom Das advises on the launch of funds targeting a variety of asset classes, including private equity and real estate. He also has experience advising on the acquisition of fund managers.

I trust him implicitly, which is absolutely critical.

Bicrom Das is always available, timely and responsive, providing succinct answers to questions and keeping us abreast of any changes in Cayman law that impact us.

Bicrom Das is an excellent lawyer. He's my go-to person as he is super-thoughtful and sharp.

Bicrom co-ordinates with legal counsel from other jurisdictions to make sure everything is aligned and that the 'big picture' is not lost while going through all the complex details.

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Ingrid Pierce
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Ingrid Pierce
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Caroline Williams
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Caroline Williams
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Melissa Lim
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Melissa Lim
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. Prasana
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. Prasana
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Andrew Barker
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Andrew Barker
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Bicrom Das
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Bicrom Das
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Clients

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CHC Group Limited

First Reserve Corporation

Oaktree Capital Management

Shelf Drilling

The Blackstone Group

The Carlyle Group

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