Bedell Cristin — England

About

Bedell Cristin is a leading offshore law firm with an international focus, operating from Jersey, Guernsey, London, BVI and Singapore. It acts for a wide range of clients, from financial institutions, multinationals, large corporate and high-net-worth individuals, to regulatory bodies, government agencies and private investors. The firm has been providing expert legal advice to the offshore banking and finance industry since the 1960s. Bedell Cristin’s size, international outlook and strategic positioning mean it is capable of handling legal advice for complex cross-jurisdictional transactions in key offshore finance centres. The firm specialises in banking, corporate finance, structured finance, international private client, investment funds and private equity, insurance, commercial litigation, restructuring and insolvency, regulatory advice and real estate investment transactions. It also provides local legal services, including property law and employment law. The firm: The firm has an extensive blue-chip client base, including: Adveq Management, Aviva Investors, Axa Real Estate Investment Managers, Cromwell Property Group, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Barclays Bank, BlackRock Investment Management, Cerberus European Investments, Citigroup, Credit Agricole, Deutsche Asset Management, DZ Bank, Welltower, Inc., Ethos Partners, Family Offices, Goldman Sachs, Green Oak, Harrison Street, HSBC, IK Investment Partners, Legal and General, Lombard Odier, Morgan Stanley, Pacific Equity Partners, Permodalan Nasional Berhad, PGIM, Secure Income REIT, Sovereign Wealth Funds Trustees, Tishman Speyer, UBS, UHNW families, UNITE Group Plc and Westfield. - Types of work undertaken Banking and corporate: advice is provided to banks with a presence in the Channel Islands, and legal opinions are provided to banks, investment houses and multinationals globally. This group also advises on elements of international M&A transactions, joint venture arrangements, shareholders’ agreements/arrangements, and acquisitions/disposals of Channel Island companies. Structured finance: this group has a strong reputation in asset-backed finance, having acted as Jersey counsel in some of the most innovative transactions in the market. It also has a busy specialist high-yield and debt listing practice. Investment funds and private equity group: this group focuses on the establishment and legal servicing of pooled investment structures qualifying as public collective investment funds or non-public collective investment schemes, private equity funds and pension schemes. Sponsorship and listing services in connection with the Channel Islands Securities Exchange are available through Bedell Channel Islands Limited, which is a category 1 sponsorship member of the CISE. - Other offices: BVI, Cayman Islands, Jersey, Guernsey, Singapore

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Daniel McAviney

Daniel is a senior associate in the financial services law team based in our Jersey office. He joined Bedell Cristin as a paralegal and became an associate after successfully passing the New York Bar Exam in February 2018. He was promoted to a senior associate role in September 2022. Daniel has experience in private funds, joint ventures, real estate financings and listings on The International Stock Exchange. · Financial Services

Tom Davies

Tom is recognised in the primary legal directories for his client care and transactional skills and has significant experience with private funds and joint ventures. He has substantial experience in a wide variety of transactions including: the establishment of Jersey structures for holding and acquiring real estate; borrower side advice for property (and other asset) financings; the sale and purchase of Jersey asset holding structures; and corporate transactional and advisory work. Tom works closely with the City’s prominent law firms and with many of the offshore corporate administration firms. He regularly presents training seminars to onshore law and accounting firms on Jersey real estate structures and is the current chairman of the IPF Next Generation Committee. He is also the firm's primary liaison with the Association of Real Estate Funds. Tom works in in the financial services law group based in our London office and has worked at Bedell Cristin since 2013. · Funds & Investment Structures