Avocats en Banking & Finance

James E. Ritch

Counsel

Ritch, Mueller y Nicolau, S.C.

James Frankland

Legal Director

HCR Law

James Fry

I specialise in all aspects of commercial real estate with a particular expertise in the hotel and leisure sectors. I am passionate about the built environment, design, sustainability as well as the economics of real estate as an investment. I had no hesitation in specialising in this fascinating and ever changing sector on qualifying over twenty years ago. Whilst I consider myself adaptable with the skill set and experience I have gained, I have a focus on hotels and hotel development and I act for a number of hotel owner-operators (both brand franchised and independent), investors and developers on all real estate related issues including acquisitions and disposals, development, funding, structuring and corporate support.

Fladgate LLP

James Gaudin

James Gaudin is the Office Managing Partner in Jersey and a partner within Appleby’s Corporate department. He specialises in all areas of offshore corporate, finance and restructuring work within Appleby’s strong equity and capital markets practice. His extensive experience covers banking and asset finance, real estate investment structures, public and private debt and equity issues, securitisations, repackagings and initial public offerings, as well as structures involving Jersey limited partnerships and unit trusts. More recently James has advised on some of the largest corporate restructurings to have occurred in the Jersey market. He also advises banks and other global financial institutions in relation to the Jersey elements of complex cross-border insolvencies. The majority of his time is spent on real estate finance and funds. He has contributed to numerous publications, and regularly presents to conferences, seminars and clients. James also participates in numerous industry steering and consultation groups. Some examples of work includes advising: Acting for Credit Suisse (Europe) Limited as Joint Lead Managers and Bookrunners in relation to the offer of £266,500,000 8% Senior Secured Fixed Rate Notes due 2020 and £150,000,000 Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2019 by Hastings Insurance Group; Acting for Credit Suisse (USA) LLC as Initial Purchaser in connection with the issue by Georgia Wordwide PLC of its €700,000,000 4.125% Senior Secured Notes due 2020, €850,000,000 4.750% Senior Secured Notes due 2023, US$600,000,000 5.625% Senior Secured Notes due 2020, US$1,500,000,000 6.250% Senior Secured Notes due 2022 and US$1,100,000,000 6.500% Senior Secured Notes due 2025; Acting for Deutsche Bank AG London as lead arranger in connection with the BVI, Jersey and Mauritian aspects of the US$600,000,000 bond issue by Severn Energy together with further participations by Vitol SA, Ashmopre Group and a syndicate of African banks headed by FBN Capital

Appleby

James Gordon

Partner

Gordons Partnership 2020 Limited

James Harris

James is a Consultant Partner in Acuity’s Real Estate team. He specialises in all aspects of non-contentious commercial property matters. James acts for a wide variety of clients including landlords, tenants, HNW investors (both UK and offshore), developers, schools, national charities and finance providers on a wide range of property transactions. His experience includes freehold and leasehold acquisitions and disposals, leases, property management, development option and promotion agreements and secured lending for clients within the retail, investment, charity, sport and development sectors. He also provides support on property aspects of corporate mergers and acquisitions. James trained at Ashfords in Bristol and was a partner at Russell-Cooke in London. Expertise: Acquisitions and disposals Property development projects Portfolio management Charity property work Secured lending Corporate support

Acuity Law

James Harrison

James is a partner in the commercial dispute resolution team. He is an experienced commercial litigator dealing with corporate dispute resolution, whether by formal court/arbitration proceedings or alternative dispute resolution. He has a particular specialism in director and shareholder disputes, often involving a restructuring element. He also works on a wide range of other disputes including banking, breach of warranty and general contractual issues, spread over broad industry sectors including property, general retail and banking. As a result of his role as chair of the Multilaw Young Lawyers Group, he spends considerable time on international matters.

Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

James Hart

Managing Partner

Hillmont Partners LLC

James Hartley

Litigation and arbitration partner, with a focus on high-value and ‘high stakes’ matters. Currently handling a number of significant cases, including a major Group Action, several high value finance/banking litigation cases, competition litigation and professional negligence cases. He regularly advises commercial clients on complex litigation risk management solutions, including funding and risk transfer/insurance. He is well respected in the London litigation funding market.

Freeths LLP

James Hawkeswood

Partner

Shakespeare Martineau LLP

James Hayton

Principal

LK Law LLP

James Heinicke

Partner

Ogier

James Hill

James is a partner in Mourant Ozannes' Finance & Corporate team. James graduated from Cambridge University and previously worked in London for a major City law firm. James joined Mourant Ozannes in October 2001. James has a wide ranging practice covering corporate (including private equity, public and private M&A, joint ventures, corporate structuring and JPUT and corporate real estate structuring and transactions), equity capital markets (including IPOs and redomiciliations), banking and finance, debt capital markets and Channel Island Securities Exchange listings. James has been involved in many of the major transactions in Jersey in recent years and has played an important role in company law developments.

Mourant

James Kay

James Kay is a Partner in the Film, TV and Broadcasting Groups and head of the firm’s Media Finance Team. James’s practice centres around the monetisation of intellectual property with a client list including private equity houses, banks, government institutions, Oscar-winning producers, rights owners and talent, including some of the world’s best-known comedians.

Sheridans

James Kilgour

James is a partner and highly skilled banking and finance specialist with broad experience of general asset and structured finance, and particular expertise in real estate finance across the UK and Europe. Having trained and worked at a large City firm, James has acted on a wide range of UK and large pan-European deals for borrowers and lenders. He has gained valuable insight from secondment opportunities at Barclays Capital, Credit Suisse and with Barclays’ structured property finance team, equipping him with a deep understanding of lender processes and requirements. James has a proven track record advising on a wide variety of development and investment transactions across all asset classes, including student accommodation, mixed-use developments, logistics, retail, care homes and hotels. He regularly advises borrowers, banks, institutional investors, debt funds and other alternative lenders on senior and mezzanine positions across a full range of sectors. Expertise: Structured property finance Development finance Cross-border property finance Senior and mezzanine finance

Acuity Law

James Kituku

Partner

Oraro & Company Advocates

James Knowles

James has considerable experience in all types of real estate transactions, but has a particular focus on development projects. He also acts on significant corporate and retail lettings, property financing (development and investment) and investment acquisitions and disposals.

Irwin Mitchell

James Lawrence

Partner in corporate department specialising in equity markets and mergers and acquisitions; venture, start-up and development capital, particularly in biotech and technology sector; corporate and banking finance and reconstructions; and employee share option schemes. Practice areas: flotations (small and mid-cap); corporate finance; M&A.

HCR Law

James Levy

James Levy is the Senior Partner of Hassans, specialising in corporate and international tax law. He was appointed Queen’s Counsel in October 2002 and, in 2013, was awarded a CBE for his services to the community of Gibraltar and for his work in helping to grow and develop its economy. James advises large public companies on mergers and acquisitions and property companies on acquisitions throughout Europe. He is often called upon by high-net-worth individuals from around the world to provide advice on complicated commercial and family dispute resolution. His in-depth legal knowledge is eclipsed only by his common sense approach to problem solving. He assisted the Government of Gibraltar on its development of the jurisdiction as a finance centre. This has included advice on anti-money laundering, banking, insurance, financial services and trust legislation. James pioneered the use of Alternative Dispute Resolution in Gibraltar and is a qualified Mediator. He advised the Government of Gibraltar in the 1980s/1990s in respect of the transposition of a backlog of EU Directives. He also advised the Government of Gibraltar in the landmark Spanish Pension Case. He advised TGWU (now Unite) in their successful challenge of the Ministry of Defence’s decision of the Naval Base under the Crown Proceedings Act. He was a contributing author to Tolley’s ‘Tax Planning International’, joint editor of Tolley’s ‘Taxation in Gibraltar’ and a frequent lecturer on various aspects of financial services legislation. James Levy is consistently ranked as a Leading Individual by the Legal 500. For over 12 years James has been awarded Star Practitioner status by Chambers and Partners. This accolade, which he first received in 2007, is granted only to the very best lawyers in each jurisdiction. Chambers and Partners also conferred the highly prestigious “Life Time Achievement Award” upon James in May 2008. The 2018 edition of Chambers and Partners, meanwhile, describes James as “a first-class lawyer” and “the most experienced and well-connected lawyer in Gibraltar.” An Honours graduate from Manchester University, James attended the Council of Legal Education in London and qualified in 1972, becoming a partner of Hassans soon after in 1974.

Hassans

James Liffen

James is a Partner and Head of Mishcon de Reya's Residential Property team specialising in residential conveyancing. He is experienced in dealing with complex deals involving shared ownership, auction sales, portfolio purchases, tenancy and planning issues. That said, his comprehensive background means that he is an expert in handling straightforward sale transactions and purchase and refinancing transactions. James also has a lot of experience working with lenders on joint venture schemes and completing high value loans on residential properties. James' clients are predominantly high net worth individuals. For this reason he often deals with other Private client teams across the firm such Tax and Family, as well as Corporate. James actively engages with the media and has featured on BBC Radio 2 as a result of his expertise. Highly regarded among his peers, Chambers UK notes James as "an integral piece of the jigsaw" in their High Net Worth Guide 2018. He was also recognised by Spear's as Top Six Property Lawyers as part of their Property Advisors Index 2019.

Mishcon de Reya LLP

James McKeon

Partner

Campbells

James Mok

Minter Ellison

James Molland

Principal Associate

Eversheds Sutherland (International) LLP

James Montado

Partner

ISOLAS LLP