Fraser Hern

Practice Areas

Fraser is a partner* of Walkers (CI) LP and is head of Walkers' Channel Islands business.

He is widely regarded as one of the leading offshore lawyers, and has been recognised as a leading lawyer in a variety of legal directories and by the International Who's Who of Asset Recovery Lawyers. He specialises in contentious and non-contentious insolvencies, complex restructurings, special situation advisory work, and shareholder litigation.

Fraser advises corporates, private equity funds, hedge funds, high-net worth individuals, bank creditors, debtors, shareholders, directors and insolvency practitioners on a range of issues including:

- shareholder and investor disputes

- complex cross-border equity and debt restructurings

- corporate insolvency and special situations.

*not admitted in Jersey and not a member of Walkers (Jersey) LLP

Professional Memberships

- INSOL

- The Law Society of England and Wales

Experience

Before relocating to Jersey with Walkers in 2018, Fraser worked for Walkers in Hong Kong and Singapore for 10 years leading the firm’s Insolvency, Restructuring and Dispute Resolution practice across Asia. Fraser worked for Allen & Overy in Hong Kong. He joined them in 2006 from Baker & McKenzie in London. Prior to that, he spent three years working in-house at a leading investment bank in London, where he specialised in structured finance.

Expert in these Jurisdictions

- British Virgin Islands (BVI)

- England and Wales (not practising)

Industry Sector Expertise

Insolvency and Dispute Resolution

Education