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Provided by Karen Gilbert
Karen is a corporate and banking lawyer currently based in London, with over 17 years of offshore experience. She practised English law as a corporate and commercial solicitor in the UK before moving to the BVI, where she worked for an international firm for five years. She later returned to the UK to help establish the London office of a BVI firm, where she worked for the next 12 years.
Karen advises on a broad range of international corporate and finance transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, asset financing—particularly in real estate and aircraft, as well as some yacht and artwork financing—listings on various global exchanges, voluntary liquidations (including de-envelopings), and corporate reorganisations. Many of the transactions Karen handles have a cross-border element, involving lawyers and professionals from multiple jurisdictions.
Forbes Hare LLP
Maples and Calder
Lester Aldridge LLP
Rosling King LLP
She is typically instructed by law firms, lenders, family offices, and trust companies to act for a diverse range of clients. She represents both lenders and borrowers, with her lender clients including financial institutions and non-bank lenders. Other clients include high-net-worth individuals and international corporations.
English (native)
Spanish (near fluent)
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Karen Gilbert has great commercial awareness and is a real asset to Spencer West.
Karen combines great technical ability with excellent commercial awareness, is very much part of the team through the entire transaction, goes the extra mile and is a pleasure to work with.
Karen Gilbert has great commercial awareness and is a real asset to Spencer West.
Karen combines great technical ability with excellent commercial awareness, is very much part of the team through the entire transaction, goes the extra mile and is a pleasure to work with.