
Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited — Bermuda
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About
The firm: With a heritage that dates back to 1898, Carey Olsen is one of the most established and distinguished offshore law firms, advising on Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey law across a global network of nine international offices. Carey Olsen Bermuda was established in 2017 by managing partner and highly-regarded Bermudian attorney Michael Hanson JP. The team has a deep local knowledge of Bermuda law and regulation coupled with a global perspective, and has quickly established itself as a leading player in the Bermuda legal market. Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited’s lawyers work alongside major international law firms and their clients include a number of the largest Bermuda-based global insurance and reinsurance businesses and insurance intermediaries, as well as other global financial institutions with offices in the jurisdiction such as banks, trust companies, accountancy firms and hedge funds. Carey Olsen is a leading offshore law firm advising financial institutions, corporations and private clients on Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey law from a network of nine international offices. Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited is a company limited by shares incorporated in Bermuda and approved and recognised under the Bermuda Bar (Professional Companies) Rules 2009. The use of the title “Partner” is merely to denote seniority. Services are provided on the basis of our current terms of business.
Office locations
Hamilton
Hamilton
Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited Rosebank Centre, 5th Floor 11 Bermudiana Road Pembroke Hm 08 Hamilton Bermuda
Practice areas
Lawyers in this office
Adam Collieson
Adam Collieson is head of the property department in Bermuda. Adam’s core practice is focused on commercial and residential real estate transactions where he has extensive experience advising both international and domestic clients on a wide range of complex property issues. Adam has a reputation for providing his clients with clear and considered advice. · Real Estate
Aleeza Dulaney
Aleeza is an associate in Carey Olsen's corporate team, based in Bermuda. She advises on all aspects of corporate and finance transactions. Aleeza has notable experience in securitisation, debt capital markets, corporate finance, property finance and asset finance. She has acted for a range of clients, including international corporate and financial institutions, sponsors, arrangers, facility providers and investors. · Corporate / M&A
Alex Gays
Alex is an associate in Carey Olsen's corporate team, based in Bermuda. He advises on all aspects of Bermuda corporate law, with a particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, joint venture and shareholder arrangements, corporate governance and financing rounds. Alex has experience advising clients in a variety of sectors including fintech, media & entertainment, banking and technology. · Corporate / M&A
Alexander Collis
Alex is a partner in the corporate and finance team of Carey Olsen in Bermuda and advises on all aspects of corporate and finance transactions. Alex advises on the structuring, negotiation and execution of complex corporate, finance and regulatory transactions across a range of sectors, with a particular emphasis on insurance. He also advises on Bermuda’s corporate income tax regime and economic substance requirements, guiding clients through the jurisdiction’s evolving regulatory landscape and cross-border compliance obligations. · Corporate / M&A
Bradley Houlston
Bradley is counsel in the employment and immigration team at Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited. He has more than fourteen years' experience advising clients on the full range of employment matters and frequently represents clients in contentious employment proceedings in the Employment Tribunal, Supreme Court and in arbitration. Bradley has significant expertise in executive disputes, multijurisdictional investigations and the intersection of HR and regulatory issues. In addition to employment matters, Bradley advises on all aspects of Bermuda immigration law, both for corporate and individual clients. He also advises on data protection and privacy matters. Bradley has written frequently on employment and immigration law issues for the Bermuda Chamber of Commerce magazine and in the Royal Gazette. He is a member of the Bermuda Human Resources Association and the Employment Law Association (UK). · Employment
Brian Catalano
Brian is an associate in the dispute resolution and litigation team at Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited. He maintains a broad general commercial litigation practice. Brian has experience prosecuting and defending complex contractual, shareholder, and construction disputes, oppression and fraud claims, and insurance-related litigation. He has successfully resolved matters for clients through settlement, mediations, summary judgment applications, and at trial. · Litigation
Charissa Ball
Charissa Ball is counsel in the corporate and finance team at Carey Olsen Bermuda. Charissa advises on all aspects of commercial and corporate law and regularly represents clients on a wide variety of local and cross-jurisdictional corporate and regulatory transactions and restructurings. With a practice spanning a number of specialisations, Charissa has particular experience in corporate reorganisations, mergers and acquisitions, debt restructuring, redomiciling, joint ventures and debt and equity offerings. She also has considerable experience in corporate finance including IPOs, private equity investments and banking and financial services including, financial derivatives, credit and security. Charissa is also a senior member of the Carey Olsen fintech team. She has assisted numerous digital asset business companies by advising on the licensing and ongoing regulatory requirements of digital asset companies, including the requirements of Bermuda's anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist financing and sanctions regimes. · Corporate / M&A
Charlotte Donnelly
Charlotte is an associate in the dispute resolution and litigation team at Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited. Charlotte has acted for large pension funds, telecommunication operators and high-net-worth individuals in arbitrations and injunctions. Charlotte has experience in telecoms and property related commercial disputes in the English High Court and Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber) where she has secured successful outcomes for her clients. She has also advised on a range of settlements agreements in relation to landlord and tenant disputes. · Litigation
Erinn O\'Brien
Erinn is a senior associate in Carey Olsen's corporate team, based in Bermuda. She advises on all aspects of Bermuda corporate and commercial law. Erinn has notable and varied corporate, commercial, and regulatory experience, having worked with multinational companies, financial institutions, and other stakeholders on various complex matters. · Corporate / M&A
Gavin Woods
Gavin is a partner in Carey Olsen's Bermuda corporate and finance team and is also deputy managing partner of Carey Olsen in Bermuda. He advises on all forms of corporate and finance transactions. In particular, Gavin is recognised as one of Bermuda's leading practitioners in the insurance/reinsurance sector and has extensive experience working with insurance and financial services companies and industry participants on all matters relating to insurers, reinsurers and insurance intermediaries. In his corporate practice, Gavin advises on all matters relating to Bermuda entities, including local, exempted, permit and segregated accounts companies, partnerships and limited liability companies. Gavin's practice includes corporate governance, equity issuances, joint ventures, listings, mergers and acquisitions, shareholder arrangements, regulatory compliance and licensing advice related to financial services, insurance, investment business, investment funds and fund management. In his finance practice, Gavin advises local and international clients, including banks, corporates, funds, insurance companies, investment managers and investors on matters relating to lending, structured finance, fund financing, asset finance, securitisation (including ILS), debt capital markets, securities issuances, derivatives and restructuring, together with related regulatory and collateral advice. Gavin is also a member of the listing committee of the Bermuda Stock Exchange. · Corporate / M&A
Holly Barber Collis
Holly is an associate in Carey Olsen's corporate team, based in Bermuda. She advises on all aspects of Bermuda corporate, finance and commercial law. Holly has acted for local and international corporate and financial institutions, insurance companies, funds, private equity houses and digital asset businesses on local and cross-border mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, debt financings and equity capital raises, licensing and regulatory matters. Holly is also a key member of the Carey Olsen liquidations team. She has experience advising clients in sectors including banking, crypto and blockchain, fintech and regtech, government and public sector, insurance, investment and wealth management and private equity. Holly is a proud member of the firm's Diversity and Inclusion Committee and Carey Olsen Bermuda's Women's Network. · Corporate / M&A
Isabella Zuill-McKenzie
Isabella is an associate in the trusts and private wealth team of Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited. Isabella advises local and international clients on a range of matters including corporate and company law disputes, restructuring and insolvency, trust disputes and commercial litigation. · Trusts & Private Wealth
Jay Webster
Jay Webster is a partner in the dispute resolution team at Carey Olsen Bermuda specialising in employment and immigration law matters. Jay has more than 15 years’ experience advising multinational companies, partnerships, LLPs and senior executives on all aspects of employment and immigration law. Jay's practice is diverse and his clients include both local and exempt companies involved in a wide variety of sectors including telecoms, insurance and reinsurance, digital assets, financial and professional services. Jay regularly provides clients with strategic advice on commercially sensitive employment matters often with significant reputational implications including complex workplace and regulatory investigations, high value discrimination and bonus claims, and crisis management scenarios. Jay prides himself on taking a pragmatic, commercial and business focused approach to all his work. In particular, Jay enjoys resolving high value disputes, and has significant experience advising clients on: senior executive dismissals; multi-jurisdictional workplace restructures; trade union disputes; business protection issues (enforcement of restrictive covenants, team moves and breaches of confidentiality); privacy law and data protection issues and sensitive grievance and disciplinary investigations. Jay is a member of Carey Olsen Bermuda's Regulatory Team and acts as a Panel Chair in the Bermuda Human Rights Tribunal. Whilst practicing in the UK, Jay was named as a recommended employment law practitioner in the UK Legal 500 (London Human Resources: Employer and Senior Executives). · Employment
Jennifer Haworth
Jennifer is counsel in the firm's Bermuda office practicing in the dispute resolution and litigation team. With nearly 20 years' experience in a wide range of commercial and civil litigation, Jennifer regularly appears in the Bermuda Supreme Court and Court of Appeal and has experience in both mediation and arbitration. Her practice spans a broad range of matters, including commercial litigation, shareholder appraisal actions, enforcement and debt recovery, insolvency and restructuring and regulatory matters. Jennifer's insolvency and restructuring experience includes advising on cross-border insolvencies, receiverships, as well as schemes of arrangement. She regularly advises liquidators, receivers and unsecured creditors in relation to both contentious and non-contentious insolvency issues. She also has extensive enforcement and debt recovery experience acting for banks and other corporates as well as providing advice regarding Bermuda's enforcement processes in different contexts, including in large commercial transactions. Jennifer's employment experience covers contentious proceedings before the Employment Tribunal, regulatory-related employment matters such as data protection and privacy and advising on disputes and investigations. She is recognised for her pragmatic approach to regulatory compliance and contentious regulatory matters. She is a regular speaker both in Bermuda and overseas on legal topics of interest. She is ranked with Chambers Global and Legal500. · Dispute Resolution
Jonathan Marion
Jonathan is an associate in Carey Olsen's dispute resolution and litigation practice based in Bermuda. Jonathan assists with a broad range of civil and commercial disputes, including all aspects of offshore commercial and trust litigation with a specific focus on arbitration, enforcement and insolvency issues, including out of court administrative and regulatory disputes. He also assists the private wealth practice of Carey Olsen Bermuda and is interested in various non-contentious trust and estate planning matters. Jonathan is registered with the Bermuda branch of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) as an Affiliate Member and is undertaking the necessary courses to become a Full Member. He is also a member of the Restructuring and Insolvency Specialists Association of Bermuda (RISA Bermuda) and the Contentious Trusts Associates (ConTrA) network. · Litigation
Jordan Powell
Jordan is an associate in Carey Olsen’s corporate team in Bermuda. He advises on all aspects of Bermuda corporate and finance law. · Corporate / M&A
Keith Robinson
Keith Robinson is the global head of the trusts and private wealth practice at Carey Olsen and head of the dispute resolution and trusts and private wealth practice of Carey Olsen Bermuda. With more than 20 years' experience in a wide range of commercial litigation, Keith is highly recognised by publications, peers and clients; being described as "extremely well respected globally" and someone who "knows how to handle big offshore disputes". Often engaged by clients for "significantly challenging" litigation and high value civil matters where his "wider experience and knowledge gives him a very good forensic edge", Keith's dispute resolution practice ranges from corporate and commercial disputes, arbitration, breach of contract and public law to restructuring and insolvency matters. His restructuring and insolvency expertise includes advising on a number of cross-border insolvencies, asset recovery/tracing cases and receiverships, as well as schemes of arrangement. He regularly advises liquidators and receivers, the boards of distressed entities, investors and unsecured creditors in relation to both contentious and non-contentious insolvency issues. In addition, he also has expertise in high-value trust litigation and court approved trust restructurings, often with a multi-jurisdictional element. Keith represents global businesses, trustees, beneficiaries, settlors and protectors in a wide range of contentious and non-contentious cases before the Supreme Court of Bermuda, drawing on his extensive advocacy experience. Keith has been involved in many of the major insolvency and trust cases in Bermuda in recent years and has written widely and spoken internationally on Bermuda law. · Dispute Resolution
Khayl\'La Ball
Khayl'La is an associate in the corporate team of Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited. She advises on a wide range of Bermuda general corporate matters. · Corporate / M&A
Kyle Masters
Kyle is a partner in the firm's Bermuda office with extensive experience in regulatory and compliance law, internal and external risk mitigation, corporate governance, enforcement actions and business strategy. He has appeared as an advocate in the Bermuda Supreme Court and Court of Appeal undertaking a wide variety of commercial and civil litigation. He has particular expertise on regulatory matters including telecommunications and energy law, employment law, and general corporate disputes. · Litigation
Laura Kearns
Laura Kearns TEP is counsel in the trusts and private wealth team at Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited. Laura has significant experience advising on all aspects of private client work. Laura's practice in the UK was focussed on lifetime and succession planning for individuals and families, often with an international element to their affairs. This included advising on complex trusts and estates, the preparation of Wills and mental capacity issues. · Trusts & Private Wealth
Mahogany Bean
Mahogany is an associate with Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited, working in the dispute resolution and litigation team. Mahogany has developed a broad practice within the dispute resolution and litigation department taking a key interest in government and public sector work, regulatory and general civil and commercial matters. · Dispute Resolution
Marcus Symonds
Marcus is an associate with Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited, working across the employment and dispute resolution and litigation teams. · Dispute Resolution & Litigation
Matthew Dulaney
Matthew is a senior associate in Carey Olsen's corporate team, based in Bermuda. He advises on all aspects of Bermuda commercial and corporate law, including corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, equity capital markets, investments fund and related regulations. · Corporate / M&A
Matthew Grigg
Matthew is a partner in the corporate and finance practice of Carey Olsen in Bermuda and advises on all forms of corporate and finance transaction. In his finance practice Matthew advises cross sector clients, including banks, funds, corporates, investment managers, insurance companies and investors on matters relating to lending, structured finance, fund financing, asset finance, securitisation (including ILS and CLOs), debt capital markets, securities issuances, derivatives and restructuring, together with related regulatory and collateral advice. In his corporate practice Matthew advises on matters relating to incorporation and establishment, segregated accounts companies, corporate governance, equity issuances, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholder arrangements, listings, corporate reorganisations, regulatory compliance and licensing advice related to financial services, investment business, digital asset business, investment funds and fund management. · Corporate / M&A
Matthew Perriment
Matthew is a senior associate in the corporate team located in our Bermuda office. Matthew's practice covers a broad spectrum of corporate, commercial and regulatory law with specific focus on corporate governance and regulation, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), fintech and digital assets, intellectual property and wider technology sectors. He also has particular expertise in artificial intelligence, media and data communications. · Corporate / M&A
Matthew Rhodes
Matthew is an associate in the dispute resolution and litigation team as well as the trusts and private wealth team at Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited. Matthew's practice has a particular focus on commercial, trust, estate and insolvency litigation. In commercial disputes, Matthew assists companies, directors, shareholders, liquidators, administrators and creditors in achieving successful outcomes both in and out of Court. He has particular expertise in applications for interim relief, including injunctions, freezing orders, preservation orders and Anton Piller orders, and in the enforcement of judgments on both a domestic and cross-border basis. In addition, he also has expertise in high-value trust and estate litigation and court approved trust restructurings, often with a multi-jurisdictional element. Matthew represents global businesses, trustees, beneficiaries, settlors and protectors in a wide range of contentious and non-contentious cases before the Bermuda courts. He is currently working towards obtaining his TEP designation with the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). · Litigation
Matthew Summers
Matthew is an associate in the dispute resolution and litigation team at Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited. His practice focuses primarily on litigation and arbitration in the corporate and commercial context. Matthew has experience litigating a wide variety of commercial disputes, as well as securing injunctions and other orders protecting his client’s business interests. Some of Matthew’s recent experience includes litigating contract, insurance, debt, civil fraud, and corporate governance matters. Examples include advising clients on corporate director and shareholder disputes, such as in relation to oppression claims and other shareholder remedies. · Litigation
Michael Frith
Michael Frith is Senior Counsel at Carey Olsen Bermuda, and Managing Director of the corporate services business. His legal practice focuses on all aspects of Bermuda corporate law, including all types of Bermuda corporate structures, equity and debt financings (public and private), IPOs. Michael has particular experience advising on the formation and ongoing regulatory and transactional requirements of all types of Bermuda corporate and insurance structures, Michael also has particular expertise in relation to Bermuda’s economic substance requirements, and has been a key advisor to the Bermuda Registrar of Companies and Ministry of Finance in relation the development and implementation of Bermuda’s economic substance legislation and related guidance. · Corporate / M&A
Michael Hanson
Michael Hanson partner in the dispute resolution and litigation team of Carey Olsen Bermuda. His core practice is centred on human capital and regulatory law where he advises the largest insurance and reinsurance, banks and professional services businesses on the island. Michael has particular and significant expertise in multijurisdictional crisis management, corporate, employment and regulatory investigations, complex executive disputes and executive benefit and incentive programs. Michael also has a more general practice advising clients on commercial contract claims, reinsurance and coverage disputes and shareholder disputes. Michael is ranked as a leading lawyer by Chambers Global and Legal 500 describing him as "highly rated", "very knowledgeable" and that "his responsiveness is unbelievable!". · Litigation
Michelle Falcucci
Michelle is a partner in the corporate and finance team of Carey Olsen in Bermuda and advises on all aspects of commercial and corporate law, with a particular focus on the insurance and asset management sectors. Michelle has considerable experience advising on public and private mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, reinsurance transactions, regulatory matters, corporate governance issues, debt and equity capital markets transactions, and corporate restructurings and reorganizations. · Corporate / M&A
Nicolas Champ
Nicolas Champ is a senior associate in Carey Olsen’s Bermuda corporate and finance team. He advises on corporate, finance, insurance and regulatory matters, with particular expertise in insurance-linked securities (ILS), corporate restructurings and lending transactions. Nicolas brings more than 20 years of international experience and is recognised for his pragmatic approach and ability to deliver clarity on complex financial structures. He joined Carey Olsen in 2025, bringing a commitment to excellence, collaboration and client-focused practice. · Corporate / M&A
Nicole Cavanagh
Nicole Cavanagh TEP is counsel in the dispute resolution and litigation practice at Carey Olsen in Bermuda. Nicole’s practice covers the full spectrum of matrimonial law, including divorce, separation, and ancillary relief. She has a particular focus on the intersection of trusts and divorce, advising high-net-worth clients and business families on asset protection and global wealth distribution. Her international background allows her to navigate the commercial complexities of matrimonial assets with precision. She has two decades of experience working in family and matrimonial law and is widely recognised for her expertise in resolving high-stakes financial disputes and complex child-related matters with a focus on cost-effective, pragmatic outcomes. Nicole is dedicated to reducing the impact of family breakdowns on children, ensuring a clear legal strategy is established from the outset to foster sustainable long-term solutions and reduce conflict in the future. · Family / Matrimonial
Oliver MacKay
Oliver is counsel in the dispute resolution and litigation team at Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited. Oliver has advised clients for ten years on the resolution of complex and high-value disputes and specialises in contentious trusts, (re)insurance and regulatory matters, including sanctions. He has advised on, and appeared in, significant disputes in the Supreme Court of Bermuda and the Court of Appeal for Bermuda. Oliver's practice also covers commercial and civil litigation, arbitration, and restructuring and insolvency. Oliver advises and acts for corporate clients, financial institutions, trustees, private individuals and families in Bermuda and internationally. He also has extensive experience advising and acting for insurers and reinsurers in the Lloyd's of London and international company markets including in litigation, arbitration and subrogated recovery claims. Oliver specialises in treaty and facultative reinsurance, policy drafting and interpretation and insurance regulation. He has experience of commercial disputes in Bermuda, England and various international jurisdictions across Europe, the US, the Middle East and South America. · Litigation
Oliver Nicholas
Oliver is an associate in the dispute resolution and litigation team at Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited. He maintains a broad practice which includes regulatory and trust disputes as well as general commercial litigation. · Dispute Resolution
Padraic O\'Shaughnessy
Padraic is an associate in the dispute resolution and litigation team of Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited. Padraic advises local and international clients on a range of matters including corporate and company law disputes, restructuring and insolvency, trust disputes and commercial litigation. · Litigation
Sam Alder
Sam is an associate in the trusts and private wealth team at Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited. Sam specialises in a broad range of private client matters, including trusts, estate planning, wills, powers of attorney, and the administration of estates, often with a cross-border element. · Trusts & Private Wealth
Sarah Hagarty
Sarah is an associate in Carey Olsen’s Bermuda corporate team, advising on the Bermuda law aspects of corporate and finance matters. She has experience working with clients ranging from start-ups to multinational organisations across a broad spectrum of industries. · Corporate / M&A
Siobhan Boys
Siobhan is an associate in Carey Olsen's dispute resolution and ligation team at Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited. She has experience acting for a broad spectrum of clients in commercial litigation in the funds management, financial services, commercial property, trusts, regulatory and corporate fields. · Litigation
Stephanie Bernard
Stephanie Bernard TEP is counsel in the trusts and private wealth team at Carey Olsen Bermuda. Stephanie has extensive and in-depth experience advising individuals, fiduciaries and companies on all aspects of trust law including international and local estate planning arrangements, wealth management structures, variation of trusts and private trust companies, as well as international and local pensions. Stephanie also advises on regulatory issues impacting on trustees and pension plans. · Trusts & Private Wealth
Steven Rees Davies
Steven's practice covers a broad spectrum of corporate, commercial and regulatory law with specific depth and experience in corporate governance and regulation, mergers and acquisitions (M&A), finance, securities and restructuring. A recognised specialist in the fintech and digital asset sector, Steven worked with the Bermuda government in the introduction and development of its digital asset legal and regulatory regime, and represents a significant number of digital asset companies headquartered, or with operations, in Bermuda. He also has particular expertise in infrastructure projects and the wider technology, telecommunications and energy sectors. Steven regularly represents clients on a wide variety of local and cross-jurisdictional corporate and regulatory transactions and restructurings as well as public offerings (IPOs), private placements and listings on the Bermuda, New York and London stock exchanges. He also advises on complex multinational joint ventures and private equity projects. Steven has acted as a director on the boards of US and European listed companies as well as smaller entrepreneurial private companies and has advised on all aspects of business law that affect such entities. He is as comfortable advising technology start-ups as he is with the boards of international conglomerates. · Corporate / M&A
Thomas Connor
Tom is a senior associate in Carey Olsen's corporate team, based in Bermuda. He advises on all aspects of Bermuda corporate and finance law, with a particular emphasis on mergers and acquisitions, joint venture and shareholder arrangements, corporate restructuring, corporate governance and financing rounds. Tom has experience advising clients in a variety of sectors including insurance, sport, media & entertainment, banking and technology. · Corporate / M&A
Yan-Xia Rogers
Yan-Xia is an associate in Carey Olsen's corporate team, based in Bermuda. She advises on all aspects of Bermuda corporate, finance and commercial law. · Corporate