Conyers · Bermuda

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Founded in 1928, Conyers is an international law firm with a broad client base including FTSE 100 and Fortune 500 companies, international finance houses and asset managers. The firm advises on Bermuda, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands laws, from offices in those jurisdictions and in the key financial centres of London, Hong Kong and Singapore. The firm’s expertise includes corporate law and finance including investment funds and private equity, equity and debt capital markets, M&A, banking and finance (conventional and Islamic), asset finance including shipping and aircraft finance, restructuring and workouts, the formation of entities including companies and partnerships, corporate governance and insurance and reinsurance. ### Main Areas of Practice ### Insurance & Reinsurance The firm’s lawyers act for the majority of Bermuda’s insurance and reinsurance companies and are heavily involved in the formation and structuring of new Bermuda insurance companies. They are also integrally involved in the burgeoning Cayman Islands insurance industry, which boasts the second largest domiciliation rate for captives after Bermuda. In addition, they provide insurance advice in the British Virgin Islands, which continues to grow as it shifts in focus to more varied and sophisticated segments of the insurance market. Conyers’ insurance practice is complemented by experienced corporate, trust and litigation lawyers, and its litigators regularly provide expert advice in substantial insurance and reinsurance litigation. ### Funds The funds team provides advice on fund structures (including Shari’a-compliant funds) and asset classes including hedge funds, private equity funds and property and infrastructure funds. The team advises asset managers and investors on fund formation and structuring (including constitutional and contractual documentation) and assists with incorporation, registered office and secretarial services, regulation and compliance, as well as restructuring, liquidation, insolvency and winding up of funds. ### M&A & Joint Venture Conyers’ M&A and joint venture practice group advises on significant offshore transactions and financing matters. Conyers is the market leader for offshore IPOs, advising clients listing on all major exchanges. Lawyers provide specialist advice on all stages of the listing process from pre-IPO restructuring, formation of the listing vehicle and listing day. ### Air Finance & Shipping The firm’s lawyers are at the forefront of offshore airfinance and shipping, representing airlines, leasing companies, shipowners, credit agencies and export-import banks and lenders on cross-border transactions. ### Litigation & Restructuring Conyers’ litigators appear in leading decisions before the courts and in global, multi-billion dollar disputes. Insolvency and restructuring experience includes corporate bankruptcy, reorganisations and liquidations. Private Client: Specialising in contentious and non-contentious work, the private client team’s experience includes creation and reorganisation of trusts and corporate structures for preservation of client capital and succession planning of ownership structures for family businesses. Trust litigators support the team in substantial trust litigation, acting for trustees, protectors and beneficiaries. ### Client Services Conyers also provides a wide range of corporate administration, secretarial, trust, compliance, governance and company management services, and works in partnership with international clients, financial institutions, investment funds, high net worth individuals and others. ### Languages - Dutch - English - French - Italian - Urdu - Spanish ### Memberships - IBA (International Bar Association) - INSOL

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Alexandra Macdonald

Director · Corporate / M&A

Alexis Haynes

Associate · Corporate / M&A

Andrew Barnes

Associate · Corporate / M&A

Anna Bruce-Smith

Director · Private Client

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Anthony Whaley

Director · Corporate / M&A

Ben Adamson

Director · Litigation

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Chiara Nannini

Director, Corporate · Corporate / M&A

Christian Luthi

Director · Litigation

Craig MacIntyre

Director · Private Client

Cynthia Millett

Counsel · Real Estate

David Stubbs

Associate · Corporate / M&A

Davina Hargun

Associate · Private Client

Dawn Griffiths

Director, Corporate · Corporate / M&A

DP

Donna Pilgrim

Associate · Intellectual Property

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Edward Rance

Director, Corporate · Corporate / M&A

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Elizabeth Denman

Director, Coporate · Corporate / M&A

Francesca Fox

Director, Property Department · Real Estate

Grace Quinn

Senior Associate · Private Client

Guy Cooper

Director, Corporate · Corporate / M&A

Helen Cooper

Director · Private Client

Jacari Brimmer-Landy

Associate · Corporate / M&A

Jacqueline King

Director · Corporate / M&A

Jason Piney

Director, Corporate · Corporate / M&A

Jeffrey Elkinson

Director · Litigation

Jennifer Panchaud

Director · Corporate / M&A

Jessica Harris

Associate · Corporate / M&A

Jonathan O\'Mahony

Counsel · Litigation

Jonathan O’Mahony

Counsel · Litigation

Karen Corless

Director · Private Client

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Katie Martin

Associate · Corporate / M&A

Lauren Pereira

Senior Associate · Corporate / M&A

Marcello Ausenda

Director, Corporate · Corporate / M&A

Neil Henderson

Director · Corporate / M&A

Oliver Goodwin

Associate · Real Estate

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Paul Smith

Consultant · Litigation

Peter Pearman

Consultant · Private Client

Rhys Williams

Director · Litigation

Robert Alexander

Director · Corporate / M&A

Sarah Lusher

Associate · Corporate / M&A

SP

Scott Pearman

Director · Litigation

Sophia Greaves

Director · Corporate / M&A

Victor Richards

Director, Corporate · Corporate / M&A

William Cooper

Associate · Corporate / M&A