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Ogier in Guernsey advises on acquisition of crypto ETP issuer ETC Group
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Tim is an experienced funds, regulatory and corporate lawyer with a particular focus on all aspects of the life cycle of hedge private equity, venture capital fund and alternative asset management structures domiciled in Guernsey and BVI, as well as corporate M&A and restructuring. He is consistently recognised as a leading practitioner by Chambers, Legal 500 and IFLR.
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Tim has particular expertise in advising managers, sponsors and investors on the formation, fundraising and lifecycle of open and closed ended fund vehicles, including hedge, private equity, VC as well as other alternative investment structures.Tim has deep experience in advising on corporate mergers and acquisitions of regulated and unregulated structures and on restructuring, corporate recovery, asset realisation matters, and on down-stream asset acquisitions and exits. Tim also advises on regulatory questions affecting financial services businesses in Guernsey and on AML/CFT compliance, Substance, and AEOI matters. As part of his role in Ogier, Tim is a member of our multi-disciplinary Private Equity Team and our Sustainable Investing and Impact Funds team, as well as being the chair of the firm’s Environmental Steering Committee.
Outside his Ogier commitments, Tim currently sits on the Guernsey Investment Funds Association technical committee, Guernsey's Green Finance committee and also on the Guernsey Funds Forum organising committee. He is a regular speaker on Guernsey fund structures. While in BVI Tim brought in the Approved and Incubator fund regimes as chairman of SIBAC.
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Ogier in Guernsey advises on acquisition of crypto ETP issuer ETC Group
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