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Clinton Hempel

Clinton is head of Carey Olsen’s British Virgin Islands Corporate Practice. He has almost 25 years of legal experience in the BVI. Clinton advises on a wide range of BVI corporate, finance and investment funds matters, including fund formation and financing, general corporate and finance transactions, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and shareholder arrangements as well as group reorganisations, restructurings and solvent liquidations. Clinton also advises on all aspects of BVI financial services regulation and compliance. · Carey Olsen

British Virgin IslandsCorporate / M&A, Banking & Finance

About

Head of Carey Olsen’s British Virgin Islands Corporate Practice with almost 25 years' legal experience in the BVI. Advises on a wide range of BVI corporate, finance and investment funds matters including fund formation and financing, corporate and finance transactions, M&A, restructurings and financial services regulation and compliance.

Practice areas

Corporate / M&ABanking & FinanceInvestment FundsRegulatoryTrusts and Private WealthTax

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Expertise

Fund formation and financingCorporate and finance transactionsMergers & acquisitionsJoint ventures and shareholder arrangementsGroup reorganisations and restructuringsSolvent liquidationsFinancial services regulation and complianceEconomic substance requirements

Education

  • BA (History), University of Natal
  • LLB, Rhodes University
  • LLM (Corporate Law), Kings College, University of London

Admissions

  • Admitted as an attorney in South Africa, 1996
  • Admitted as a solicitor in England and Wales, 1997
  • Admitted as a solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (British Virgin Islands), 1999
  • Member of the BVI Bar Association
  • Member of the English Law Society