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My practice covers a wide range of corporate activities with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, US and UK IPOs and public company advisory work and private equity transactions. I also have significant experience advising on joint ventures, restructurings (including distressed restructurings), reorganisations, start-ups and technical and regulatory matters (in particular company law and competition, insurance, banking and other financial services regulation), and have acted as an expert witness on Jersey company law.My clients include LSE Main Market, NYSE, AIM and TISE listed companies, global financial institutions including banks, insurance companies and brokers, European and North American private equity investors, investment managers and fintech businesses, natural resources companies and international retail groups. I also have a strong local M&A and corporate advisory practice.I have featured in The Jersey & Guernsey Law Review 2017, having authored an article on Filing of Shareholder Agreements and external documents: Jersey Law Practice.My recent experience includes advising on the £2.27 billion sale by EG Group of the majority of its UK and Ireland fuel, foodservice, grocery and merchandise business to supermarket chain Asda, a number of public takeovers on the UK markets, acting for both bidders and targets, the recapitalisation of Flint Group, one of the largest global suppliers to the printing and packaging industry, the comprehensive debt restructuring of European cinema operator Vue International group and the two most significant pan-Channel Island M&A transactions in 2023 involving locally-headquartered retail businesses, as lead counsel.Carey Olsen is one of the world's largest offshore law firms. We advise on Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey law across a network of nine international offices.We are a full service law firm and we lead the field across banking and finance, corporate and M&A, investment funds and private equity, trusts and private wealth, dispute resolution, insolvency and property.Our clients include global financial institutions, investment funds, private equity houses, multinational corporations, public organisations, sovereign wealth funds, high net worth individuals, family offices, directors, trustees and private clients. We also work alongside the major onshore professional advisory firms.

Listed skills include Mergers And Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Joint Ventures, Legal Advice, and 13 others.

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  Carey Olsen

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