Corporate & Finance including Investment Funds
Global Guide 2024 : Guernsey
Band 3
About
Provided by Appleby
- Appleby Guernsey’s Corporate and Finance group continues to develop and consolidate its market position as one of the strongest offerings in Guernsey, particularly for banking transactions.
- The practice handles a wide range of transactional debt work and regulatory advice to international lenders and major UK financial institutions, with a particular expertise in subscription finance.
- Just over half of the team’s work in Guernsey involves funds finance, advising both lenders and borrowers in loans to funds, their GPs and connected entities.
- The Appleby team has established a reputation as the go-to firm for reorganisations of large UK financial institutions, which are also typically conducted by means of a scheme of arrangement.
- This year has seen a particularly busy period dealing with the Guernsey regulatory aspects of a number of acquisitions and disposals in the finance industry.
- The department is also currently heavily engaged in start-ups and fund raising for new technology companies and the mining industry.
- Appleby remains the only offshore law firm with a presence in all three of the Crown Dependencies, which is attractive to corporates and financial institutions operating across all three jurisdictions. Furthermore, our ability to advise in conjunction with our offices in all the major offshore international financial centres means we can deliver a unique and seamless service on high-value, multi-jurisdictional transactions.
Chambers Review
Appleby stands out for its debt, corporate and financing expertise. The firm is regularly called upon by leading UK and US-based onshore firms, financial institutions and multinational companies, with extensive experience assisting on sophisticated cross-border transactional work. The team advises on a broad range of specialist financing areas, including investment fund finance, property finance and subscription finance.
Work Highlights
- Appleby acted as local counsel to the States of Guernsey in putting in place a bilateral GBP100 million facility with Lloyds Bank to replace the States’ existing GBP250 million syndicated facility.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Appleby has an experienced team with excellent technical and commercial knowledge."
"Appleby's service and capabilities are excellent. They take a common-sense approach and keep things simple."
"The team are responsive and professional and display a collaborative and commercial approach to their work."
"The team at Appleby are very good at delivering commercial, pragmatic advice."
"Appleby has an experienced team with excellent technical and commercial knowledge."
"Appleby's service and capabilities are excellent. They take a common-sense approach and keep things simple."
"The team are responsive and professional and display a collaborative and commercial approach to their work."
"The team at Appleby are very good at delivering commercial, pragmatic advice."
Notable Practitioners
Jeremy Berchem is the managing partner of Appleby's Guernsey office. He focuses his practice on banking and finance matters, with particular expertise in debt finance. He also assists clients with capital markets transactions, most notably advising on debt issuances.
"He's a real leader and standout commercial lawyer."
"Jeremy is always good to work with. He's knowledgeable, pragmatic and wants to get the job done."
"Jeremy Berchem is responsive and achieves results in what are often tight deadlines. He is prepared to think outside of the box to achieve a solution which is acceptable to all parties while still ensuring that we remain fully protected."
"Jeremy is commercial, helpful, professional and knowledgeable."
Stuart Tyler is head of Appleby's Guernsey corporate practice. He provides a broad range of corporate and finance services to top clients. In particular, he is noted for his advice to private and listed real estate funds.
"Stuart is a very smart lawyer. He's very technical, so he is happy to get into the weeds on complicated questions about Guernsey law."
"He's commercially excellent and an expert in his field. It's an absolute pleasure to work with Stuart."
"Stuart explains very complicated legal matters in a very straightforward way, which leads to commercial decisions."
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Industries
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Fund Finance
Insurance & Reinsurance
Banking & Asset Finance
Banking & Financial Services
Funds & Investment Services
Mergers & Acquisitions
Private Equity
Real Estate Finance
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