Corporate Finance
General Corporate and Partnerships
Joint Ventures
Mergers and Acquisitions
Private Equity
Project Finance
Reorganisations


Corporate Finance

• Takeovers, mergers and acquisitions
• Primary offerings of equity and debt of all types - private, listed on any exchange and, where appropriate, rated
• Follow-on and secondary issues, rights-issues
• Convertible equity and debt securities
• Traditional loan financing, secured or unsecured, straight or syndicated
• Listing of equity, debt and derivatives on major exchanges worldwide including LSE, AIM, NYSE, NASDAQ, the Irish Stock Exchange and TSX
  

• Establishment of holding entities to take advantage of a tax-neutral environment
• Creation of "tax blocker" structures in corporate or partnership form to shelter foreign source income
• Formation of offshore sub-groups to own and finance foreign operations on a ring-fenced and non-repatriating basis
• Utilisation of the US "check the box" regime to enjoy either tax transparency through a corporate entity or entity taxation in a partnership, by election, as preferred
  

• Greenfield industrial and research projects
• Joint financing and service ventures for institutional clients
• Research and development funding
• Real estate development

• Drafting and reviewing share sale and purchase documentation
• Drafting and reviewing security documents and dealing with registration formalities
• Drafting and reviewing ancillary documents such as shareholder agreements, guarantees and indemnities
• Drafting and reviewing requisite corporate approvals
• Advising on and ensuring compliance with local legislation
• Conducting corporate due diligence

• Establishment of private equity funds
• Advising on the public and private M&A transactions generated by private equity funds. (Private equity funds are typically not regulated in the British Virgin Islands)
  

• Establishment of a wide range of debt, equity or hybrid interests in project finance ventures including:
  • Road, transport and other infrastructure schemes
  • Utility projects
  • Oil and gas pipelines
  • Refining installations
  • Mining and other natural resource facilities
• Aircraft financings, mostly corporate jets, using various leasing structures involving BVI companies
  

• Capital reductions through redemption or repurchase of shares or court-sanctioned schemes
• Refinancings and workouts including debt/equity/asset swaps
• Pre-insolvency structuring
• Recapitalisations
• Security, fraudulent preference and issues of fiduciary duties
• Mezzanine and subordinated debt financings