Dillon Eustace’s Cayman Islands office, located on Grand Cayman, is one of four global locations, with the headquarters in Dublin and
additional offices in New York and Tokyo. The firm is committed to team development and delivering proactive, tailored services to clients. The Cayman office is largely dedicated to the investment funds practice, advising the managers, prime brokers, independent directors, etc. of hedge funds, private equity funds and a variety of other investment vehicles in the formation of international capital-raising funds.
The firm
advised
Blantyre Capital
in the establishment of a global special situations Irish regulated
fund. This complex matter included a multijurisdictional structure with a combination of Cayman Islands and Irish Structures and a UK manager. This also incorporated multiple feeder funds, intermediary funds and special purpose
vehicles, designed with a flexible and tax efficient structure designed to be marketed in the US, EU, and UK.
StepStone Group, UBS Fund Services (Ireland), Crossroads Capital Management,
Intertrust, Deutsche Bank
Ogier is a 1,100-strong global offshore law firm that has served clients for over 150 years. The firm operates in Guernsey and boasts a wide network of offices across the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Dubai, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jersey and Luxembourg. The Guernsey office has a deep bench of partners, with the likes of Bryon Rees and Tim Clipstone leading many of the firm's highlight corporate, investment funds and regulatory mandates, while Christopher Jones and Paul Chanter lead the office's banking and finance practice. The firm also hired an additional partner in Richard Sharp in early 2023.
In a display of their
expertise in fund formation and structuring the team at Ogier, led by Bradley Kruger, advised their client DeFi Alliance on the successful
establishment and launch of a closed-ended fund. This was formed as an exempt limited partnership and is the offshore feeder fund in a master feeder structure and included a Delaware limited partnership acting as the onshore feeder fund. The firm also advised on a variety of complex confidential matters involving multiple
jurisdictions.
Prisma Capital, Banco BTG Pactual, DeFi Alliance, Inversiones Latin America Power, Technology & Telecommunication Acquisition Corporation, Energem Corp, Crown LNG Holdings, Haymaker Acquisition Corp
Testimonials
“Language capabilities and user friendliness.”- (Banking client)
“Professional and respond on an efficient basis.” - (Capital markets client)
Stuarts Humphries, headquartered on Grand Cayman, is a notable offshore firm and founding member of The Alternative Investment Management Association Limited, as well as a listing agent for the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange. This client-oriented legal practice offers integrated corporate and commercial legal advice from experienced attorneys. The firm emphasizes financial, corporate, and investment fund matters, including M&A deals, restructuring, and various financings. Additionally, Stuarts Humphries is involved in traditional fund formations and those related to fintech and cryptocurrency.
The firm advised on a complex transaction involving the establishment and incorporation of a new private equity fund, registered with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority as an Exempted Limited Partnership. Additionally, the firm advised on the formation of a Cayman Islands SPAC Vehicle and various other confidential matters.
Israel Acquisitions Corp, Fungible Ltd,
Watchbox Holdings, Fantom, Mount Fund, Vertical Ventures, EON Quant
“Responsive, good local knowledge, quality work.” (Investment Funds)
“The team at Stuarts is incredibly responsive and provides pragmatic Cayman legal advice.” (Investment Funds)
“Very responsive and know the latest information and laws.” (Investment Funds)
“The firm is very professional in its outlook and advises us on legal matters – they are also service providers for us and our clients.” (Private Equity)
While Bedell Cristin’s Cayman Islands office is found on Grand Cayman, the firm boasts additional offices in
the British Virgin Islands, Guernsey, Jersey,
London and Singapore.
The firm is active in a variety of practices, including finance, investment funds, M&A, real estate finance and restructuring.
Client feedback: 32nd edition (2022/2023)
“Responsive, timely and detail oriented.”
“Very responsive. Highly qualified. Delightful attorneys.”
Founded in 1970,
Campbells is an internationally
recognised offshore firm. It maintains offices in the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands and Hong Kong. Its Caymans office is located on the island of Grand Cayman.
The firm advises clients in mergers, acquisitions, equity financing, strategic investments, bond issuances, IPOs, restructurings and general corporate financing matters.
The firm also has experience with investment funds, acting for private equity and investment firms in regulatory compliance, restructurings, fund formations and strategic investments.
The firm’s key clients include
Algorand,
Athene, Creditas,
Covalto,
Fidelity Bank,
Infobip, Nubank, Ripio Holdings and 2TM.
Client feedback: 32nd edition (2021/2022)
“Reactive, professional, excellent knowledge of the market.”
Investment funds: hedge funds
“They provide expert advice in a timely manner.”
HSM, a full-service law firm founded in 2012 in the Cayman Islands, advises financial institutions and businesses operating locally. Specializing in business and regulatory licensing, the firm practices Cayman, BVI, Canada, Gibraltar, and UK law. Their extensive experience in local transactions provides a unique competitive edge, enabling them to handle complex, distinct transactions requiring deep local law knowledge. This expertise ensures a smooth, cohesive approach for clients, leading to highly successful transaction outcomes.
Loeb
Smith’s
Grand Cayman office is one of three locations for the offshore corporate firm. Fully committed to efficiently maximizing their client's commercial advantage while minimizing their risk, the firm specializes in banking and finance, capital markets, investment funds, and M&A. In banking and finance, it represents fund managers in acquisition and asset financing. The capital markets team handles both debt and equity representation, including bond and note issuances and IPOs. In investment funds, the firm advises on the formation and restructuring of various funds, particularly for blockchain and fintech clients. The M&A practice focuses on mergers and privatizations in the corporate and financial services sectors.
Loeb Smith
leveraged its multi-jurisdictional capabilities to
advise
Harvest, a pioneering client in the Chinese asset management industry on a complex corporate restructuring of several Cayman investment structures. Additionally, the firm provided legal counsel on the formation and launch of a multi-strategy fund investing in various asset classes for a Swiss client, showcasing its
expertise in the digital assets space. This also highlighted the firm’s ability to navigate cross-border complexities, not only in the USA and the EU but also in Asia and other European countries outside the EU.
Acorn International, Ansen Fund,
Vendavel and Pedogenesis Fund
Travers Thorp Alberga is a boutique firm founded in the Cayman Islands in 1978. Since then, it has internationally expanded to offices in the British Virgin Islands, Canberra and Hong Kong.
Focusses / specialisms
The firm has experience in the financial and corporate and investment funds practice area. In the financial and corporate practice area, the firm works on capital markets matters, structured financings and private equity related matters.
In addition to advising on Cayman Islands law, the firm can also advise on British Virgin Islands law.
Key clients
Key clients include Arcapita and ASK Capital Management.
Client feedback: 31st edition (2020/2021)
Financial services regulatory
“Very technical but commercial partnership team who understand our business operations and strategy. The team have relevant experience in a number of fields which gives them a great perspective when discussing our requests.”
Investment funds
“Responsive, commercially minded, positively minded and great team players in multi-jurisdictional matters.”
“TTA has been a tremendous partner in that they go above and beyond to make sure we have the best product to deliver to our clients. There are plenty of things that they bring to our attention that we wouldn't have thought of. They assist in structuring. They assist in thought exercises. They prove to be a great partner when it comes to negotiating with our counterparts.”
“The firm's response has been very quick and the advice was well structured.”
Investment funds: Private equity funds
“Outstanding efficiency, round the clock availability, stunning professionalism and extremely valuable experience in funds as well as an incomparable ability to cease all issues at stake including business related matters. The kind of legal advisors that you actually think twice before recommending as they provide you with a clear advantage towards competition that you might not want to share with others.”
“Very responsive, professional, high-quality work.”
M&A
“The firm is very deal oriented, good negotiators and client focused.”
“They are responsive and adaptable. Our requirements changed multiple times during the process, and they were quick and dynamic, happily changing tact as required.”
“Competitive charge versus other Cayman Islands firms.”
“They are extremely responsive and knowledgeable and always available to assist.”
“Efficient service. Provides practical and thoughtful feedback. Ability to consider both onshore transaction matters, as well as providing offshore legal advice. Provides thorough review of transaction documents.”
“Informative and helpful.”
