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Global Guide 2023

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Corporate & Finance
2 Years Ranked
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Provided by Andrew Jowett

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Practice Areas

Corporate, Banking & Asset Finance, Corporate Finance, Funds & Investment Services, Listing Services, Regulatory Advice

Career

Andrew Jowett is a Group Partner in the Corporate and Regulatory BVI practice groups and of the Jersey office at Appleby.

Andrew has extensive experience in corporate, banking and finance, and capital markets transactions, with particular emphasis on clients in the mining, oil and gas, energy, and natural resources sectors.

Andrew’s corporate practice involves advising a range of clients from large blue chip listed companies to small private companies on multi-jurisdictional mergers & acquisitions, public takeovers, IPOs, private placements, corporate reorganisations, joint venture arrangements, continuations, voluntary liquidations, shareholder rights, corporate governance, and directors’ duties. Andrew’s banking and finance practice involves advising both large financial institutions and corporate borrower groups in relation to acquisition finance, asset finance, debt restructuring, security enforcement, insolvency, real estate finance, and project finance.

Andrew´s regulatory practice involves advising on fund formation, investment business and money services licensing, FinTech and blockchain start-ups and joint ventures, and initial coin offerings (ICOs).

Professional Memberships

A member of the Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada.

Languages Spoken

He is fluent in French and English.

Work Highlights

Andrew has been consistently recognised across international legal rankings, most recently praised for his “commercial savvy, leadership and responsiveness.” (Chambers Global 2021 – Band 1, Offshore: Global FinTech).

Other notable recognitions include:

“Andrew Jowett provides consistently excellent service. He is a pleasure to work with and I recommend him without hesitation.” (Legal500 2021);

“very responsive and knowledgeable,” (Chambers Global 2020);

“He gets the deal done, is practical and always finds solutions.” (Chambers Global 2020);

“very pragmatic, business-driven and solution-oriented approach” (Chambers Global 2018);

“very professional, crisp in his delivery and a pleasure to deal with” (Chambers Global 2016);

and,

“Highly regarded” (IFLR 2018-2020)

Industry Sector Expertise

Banking & Financial Services, Economic Substance, Energy & Natural Resources, Privacy & Data Protection, Private Equity, Technology & Innovation, Transport & Logistics

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Andrew was admitted in the British Virgin Islands in 2008 and admitted in England and Wales in 2006 (not practicing).

Education

College of Law, London (England)

Queens University (Canada)

Awards

Band 1, Offshore: Global FinTech

Chambers Global

2021

Chambers Review

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Corporate & Finance - British Virgin Islands
British Virgin Islands expertise based abroad

Andrew Jowett divides his time between Appleby's offices in Jersey and the BVI. He has a wide range of experience, which touches upon high-value M&A transactions and an array of regulatory matters. In addition, he frequently advises on secured financings.

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