We regularly act in relation to significant mergers and acquisitions activity in our jurisdictions, whether as lead counsel for strictly local matters or as part of an international team for multi-jurisdictional transactions.
In addition to the negotiation of transaction documents, we assist clients with disclosure and due diligence exercises as well as obtaining competition authority clearances. Our focus is a practical one; looking to allow clients the certainty to conclude a deal in the knowledge that their risk has been identified and mitigated appropriately.
‘Highly qualified, experienced, knowledgeable, with full understanding of our, as the client, business model and of our strategic corporate approach to legal matters. CC senior lawyers have formed deep relationships with our Board and Execs.
Strong corporate offering for Guernsey firm; domestic expertise (not simply servicing off-shore clients) as demonstrated by work leading the way on cannabis opportunities in Guernsey.
‘The whole team at Collas Crill is incredibly friendly and efficient. They are always on hand to answer any questions and are very down to earth and personable.
Having a single senior partner lead as prime contact means each new piece of advice work is assessed and allocated quickly to the relevant experienced senior advocate to provide quality initial response advice and for an early plan to be formed.
The team is also complemented by a strong skillset and knowledge which makes them our trusted service provider.
Approachable, responsive and value for money.
The CC team are consummate legal professionals who are readily accessible on a fast response basis with a highly personalised client engagement style and approach.
Advising on acquisition finance is a key part of our services when acting on merger and acquisition transactions. We work with our corporate teams to provide solutions which may include conventional loans, leveraging the target, accessing capital markets, or typically, a combination of these. We act for lenders, corporates and corporate advisors.
It is important for businesses to understand what constitutes a dominant market position in order to avoid becoming involved in anti-competitive practices, especially during mergers and acquisitions. Penalties can be significant and directors may be disqualified, or worse. In addition to regularly gaining merger approvals, our commercial team also advises a number of major businesses on the practical effect of the competition regimes on their businesses.
Our team has a wealth of experience advising on all aspects of corporate acquisitions providing seamless support from agreeing heads of terms all the way through to completion.
Our experienced team will handle the due diligence process, from initial requests for information and documentation, transitioning to the review phase, making further requisitions as necessary and producing a comprehensive due diligence report setting out key issues and areas for risk mitigation.
We provide expert legal support on both local and cross border amalgamations of regulated and unregulated companies and work closely with our dispute resolution team on local schemes of arrangement.
Our team has deep experience in complex, multi-jurisdictional corporate reorganisations and reconstructions.
Whether leading the project, or working as part of an integrated team with co-ordinating onshore counsel, we can assist with the variety of debt and equity restructuring processes and procedures available in our Collas Crill jurisdictions; from mergers and acquisitions, to migrations and redomiciliation, to schemes of arrangement and the more innovative and flexible solutions our jurisdictions are known for.
With our mix of non-contentious and litigation restructuring specialists, Collas Crill offers the unique advantage of having being able to provide a team to seamlessly take a transaction from start to finish.
Read moreBritish Virgin Islands (BVI) law permits a merger of (i) two or more BVI companies, and (ii) one or more BVI companies with one or more foreign companies whose laws permit statutory merger. The statutory merger is a merger in its purest sense: each compa...
Collas Crill advises on acquisition
Collas Crill has advised Van Mossel, a leading automotive group in Europe as they agreed terms for the acquisition of Jacksons Group. Jacksons, which operates from six locations across the Channel Islands, Isle of Man and the Isle of Wight, is one of th...
Collas Crill has appointed Greg Boyd as Partner in its Corporate, Finance and Funds team in the British Virgin Islands. Greg is a transactional lawyer with more than 15 years' experience in BVI law and 20-plus years of cross-border corporate finance law...
Associate Annabel Bishop recently relocated from Guernsey to the Corporate, Finance and Funds team in the BVI office. Here she shares her first impressions of her new life in the BVI. Anyone who knows me well will know that I love to travel to new place...
Advocates admitted to the Guernsey
Collas Crill Senior Associate Ben le Page and Associate Harry Round have been admitted to the Guernsey Bar. Ben joined Collas Crill as a paralegal and went on to train with the firm, qualifying as a Solicitor of England and Wales in 2017. He was promote...
Collas Crill lawyer Annabel Bishop has recently been admitted to the Bar of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) and joins the firm's BVI team as an Associate. Annabel advises on banking and finance transactions (including real estate finance and Islamic fi...
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