Walkers

Managing Partners: Jack Boldarin (London) Fraser Hern (Channel Islands) Matt Sanders (Guernsey) Jonathan Heaney (Jersey)
Number of partners: 31
Number of lawyers: 93 - UK & CI

THE FIRM Walkers is one of the largest and most prestigious offshore law firms, providing first-class, commercially focused advice that is attuned to clients’ needs. From offices in London, Guernsey and Jersey, Walkers advises global corporations, financial institutions, fund managers and high net worth individuals on the laws of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Jersey and Ireland.

The three offices work seamlessly with the firm’s global teams in Bermuda, BVI, Cayman, Dubai, Hong Kong, Ireland and Singapore, offering clients a unique global footprint that makes Walkers one of the leading names in offshore law. The firm advises clients on all types of financial services transactions covering a broad range of sectors, as well as on complex and cross-border disputes. Principal areas of work include all facets of banking and finance, corporate and capital markets, employment, investment funds, insolvency and dispute resolution and private capital and trusts.

Walkers’ London office is the pre-eminent offshore offering in London and provides time zone sensitive advice to European-based clients requiring legal expertise on their British Virgin Islands (BVI), Cayman Islands and Bermuda law transactions. The firm does not advise on the laws of England & Wales.

PRINCIPAL AREAS OF WORK, LONDON
Banking & Finance: Advising on complex, cross border transactions with specific expertise in leveraged and acquisition finance, asset and maritime finance, fund finance and real estate finance.

Corporate M&A: Advising on corporate M&A cross border transactions with specific expertise in acquisitions, equity offerings, joint ventures, mergers and private placements.

Investment Funds: Advising many of the world’s most prominent asset managers, fund promoters, institutional investors, administrators, private equity houses and onshore law firms on the full life-cycle of structures.

Insolvency & Dispute Resolution: Advising on all aspects of civil litigation, particularly shareholder disputes, contentious banking and financial issues and asset tracing as well as on restructuring and insolvency issues with extensive experience in cross-border restructurings, insolvency litigation and distressed situations.

Regulatory: Advising on all aspects of financial services regulatory matters, the team brings substantial senior in-house experience, applying our knowledge to a wide range of businesses in the banking, insurance and reinsurance, investment fund, administrator, fiduciary and investment management sectors.

PRINCIPAL AREAS OF WORK, CHANNEL ISLANDS (GUERNSEY & JERSEY)
Banking & Finance: Representing both local and international financial institutions, banks, corporates, funds and private equity providers on complex, cross border transactions with extensive experience in asset finance, derivatives, distressed investment, real estate finance and leveraged real estate acquisitions and structured products and capital markets.

Insolvency & Dispute Resolution: Advising private equity funds, hedge funds, investment banks, fund managers, administrators, corporates and insolvency practitioners on high value, multijurisdictional and complex insolvency and dispute resolution matters.

Investment Funds & Corporate: Advising banks, fund managers, hedge funds, prominent private equity firms, investment managers both locally and globally on complex domestic and cross border transactions, with firsthand extensive experience in M&A, corporate re-organisations, fund formation, fund financing, investment vehicles, IPOs and joint ventures.

Private Capital & Trusts: Providing ultra-high net worth individuals, their advisors as well as many of the leading local and international trustees, family offices and other financial institutions, with advice on all forms of contentious and non-contentious trusts advice, regulatory requirements and private capital and structuring matters.

Regulatory: Advising on all aspects of financial services regulatory matters, the team brings substantial senior in-house experience, applying its knowledge to a wide range of businesses in the banking, insurance and reinsurance, investment fund, administrator, fiduciary and investment management sectors.

Employment: The region’s largest specialist employment law team advising on the full spectrum of contentious and non-contentious employment issues, with a client base including local businesses and the offshore arms of leading global financial services institutions.