Advice and documentation
Advice and documentation in all aspects of bank financing including secured, unsecured, bilateral, syndicated and structured loans, both domestic and multi-jurisdictional, as well as acquisition, asset and hedge-fund financing, hedge fund, private equity and other investment vehicle financing. Review and drafting of banking documentation including standard banking documents, lending and security documents and opinions.
Banking legal advice
Advice on the establishment, sale, acquisition, licencing and operation of banking and other financial institutions in the BVI, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Jersey and Luxembourg. General banking legal advice, including data protection, confidentiality, regulatory and compliance advice. Advice on bank re-organisations, mergers and re-domiciliations,restructuring and insolvency and enforcement matters.
Every time zone
With offices in the Caribbean, Channel Islands, Europe and Asia we can provide legal advice in the time zone and language most appropriate for clients.
Financing structures
Advice on financing structures involving entities established in the BVI, the Cayman Islands, Jersey, Guernsey and Luxembourg (including asset finance, structured finance, securitisation vehicles and real property holding structures).
Financing transactions
Financing transactions documented through the International Swaps and Derivatives Association and other market-standard documentation. Ogier is counsel to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) in Jersey and Guernsey, and International Capital Markets Association (ICMA) and the Securities Lending and Repo Committee (SLRC) counsel in Jersey, offering specialist advice on derivatives in those jurisdictions and the others in which we operate.
Listings
In addition to specialist advice on regulation and documentation, we have a listings team dealing with the listing of debt and other securities on the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange (CSX) and The International Stock Exchange (TISE, formerly known as The Channel Islands Securities Exchange or CISE).
Restructuring and Corporate Recovery
Our Restructuring and Corporate Recovery team covers multiple jurisdictions and includes lawyers who specialise in a range of legal disciplines including corporate, finance, litigation and arbitration.
We advise banks, financial intermediaries and corporates, and have extensive cross-border and international experience advising on contentious and non-contentious offshore restructuring and insolvency matters. We often advise in conjunction with onshore counsel and other professional services providers in connection with company structures.
Set-off and netting advice
Set-off and netting advice (see Derivatives services).
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