With extensive knowledge and experience of international transactions, our law team ensure the offshore component meets our clients' overall objectives.
“They have got strength in depth and the lawyers there are very quick, pragmatic and always have an eye on the commerciality."
Chambers and Partners
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The team's work encompasses acquisitions, disposals, reorganisations, mergers and joint ventures involving local trading businesses or local entities within international groups, across a variety of industries.
We have extensive experience of advising on listings on The International Stock Exchange, the Cayman Stock Exchange, the London Stock Exchange, in particular listings on AIM, and on other major exchanges around the world from any of our jurisdictions.
For clients with more extensive needs, we are able to call upon the expertise of the wider firm in other areas such as employment, property, competition, pensions and trusts. We are also able to provide sponsor services for listings on The International Stock Exchange through our in-house listing sponsor, Bedell Channel Islands Limited and on the Cayman Stock Exchange through our Cayman Partnership.
We enjoy robust relationships with the major UK and US law firms and are recognised as a leading legal advisor on the offshore elements of complex cross-border transactions.
Our employment practice provides specialist legal advice in the Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey. Our client-base ranges range from large, medium and small sized organisations, including the offshore operations of many global financial institutions to senior employees, directors and entrepreneurs.
Your people are the heart of your business – your most valuable asset. At Bedell Cristin we recognise this, and the importance of reflecting it in your approach to effective employment policies and procedures.
Working with leading legal and accountancy practices, we have extensive expertise in insolvencies with an international element and have advised on many significant cross-border insolvency cases, both contentious and non-contentious, as well as security enforcement, asset tracking, disclosure and freezing orders.
Our highly experienced team has for a number of years been at the cutting edge of developing the law on assisting foreign office holders and from seeking assistance from the courts in other jurisdictions.
The highly acclaimed guide 'Jersey Insolvency & Asset Tracking' (5th Edition) is edited by Bedell Cristin Partners Robert Gardner and Edward Drummond.
Across our jurisdictions, we advise on captive insurance vehicles, insurance linked securities (ILS), pension longevity risk transfers, insurance business transfer schemes and migration of insurance companies. Our clients include regulatory authorities, governments, major corporates and ratings agencies.
We continue to place ourselves at the cutting-edge of legislative and regulatory developments, not least through our active involvement in various industry forums and committees.
We are instructed frequently to act in the highest-profile disputes in the BVI, Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey and have been at the forefront of litigation for many years.
We are leaders in law making and have a long history of creating legal precedents in groundbreaking cases. Similarly, we are involved actively in drafting and professional advisory committees to help to develop and shape legislation across our jurisdictions.
Many of our litigation experts have previously worked with City of London law firms, at the English Bar or gained experience in the leading offshore jurisdictions. We work regularly alongside highly respected international lawyers in cross-border matters in addition to providing support to our colleagues in other teams across Bedell Cristin where required.
Instructed by a wide range of financial institutions, fiduciary service providers, commercial entities and private individuals based worldwide our expert teams are involved in a broad spectrum of litigation work. This includes trust disputes, insolvencies, boardroom battles, fraud and asset recovery, regulatory enforcement and arbitration.
We believe in a ‘hands-on’ approach and our clients have access to our experienced litigation partners for the duration of any case. We take on our clients' issues and guide them towards the best solution, communicating regularly and providing reassurance at every stage.
Our practice is focussed on the following areas:
Whether a client is acquiring a commercial investment or simply their next home, the Bedell Cristin property team's first class experience and broad span of expertise will ensure a pragmatic, prompt and proactive service in respect of all your property transactions.
Our Guernsey and Jersey teams often form an integrated pan-island team to advise on significant property transactions occurring simultaneously across both islands.
The team has considerable experience advising clients on the most effective legal structures available for managing their wealth and its safe transfer to the next generation.
Wills and Estate Planning
A professionally drafted Will is the cornerstone of estate planning. It ensures that a client's wishes will be dealt with in the best possible manner with careful consideration to family and financial circumstances. Whether the estate is straightforward, or if there are complications such as particular family sensitivities, complex structures, business assets or cross-border issues, our private client team is on hand to help clients structure their affairs.
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Probate, Executorship, Inheritance and Estates
There can be a lot to do and consider when someone passes away. From advising on issues such as inheritance rights, foreign assets or problems with Wills, to assisting with practical matters such as funeral arrangements, our private client team has helped clients with a wide spectrum of legal, financial and practical matters for many years.
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Mental Capacity, Delegates (formerly Curatorship), Elderly and Vulnerable Clients
With today’s growing elderly population, there are many more clients who need help with the management of their legal and financial affairs. We are able to assist with Delegate appointments and cross-border Power of Attorney issues for vulnerable clients, reducing the onerous task for their spouses and families.
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Individuals, families, family offices and businesses are facing a growing number of global personal, commercial and political risks which are driving their desire to use the BVI, Cayman Islands and Channel Islands residency programmes as tools to manage those risks.
People and businesses choose to relocate to the BVI, the Cayman Islands or to the Channel Islands for many reasons, including the quality of life, their excellence as international financial centres and their innovative approaches in supporting and growing new and existing businesses.
However, the relocation process, whether for individual and/or business purposes, is complex and requires careful navigation.
Our BVI, Cayman Islands and Channel Islands relocation specialists understand the intricacies of moving to these jurisdictions and can provide bespoke advice and a broad range of services to those wishing to spend some or all of their time in the islands. Our clients range from high-net-worth individuals and families right through to large corporates wishing to have a physical presence.
As a full service law firm, our relocation specialists also draw upon the skills and expertise across Bedell Cristin to provide solutions for individuals and families who move internationally. These include services such as wealth structuring, succession planning, real estate and all associated governance, regulatory and corporate matters.
Unlike other law firms, we provide end-to-end support for clients. When a person decides to relocate their business(es), we can advise not only on the relocation, immigration, licensing and employment requirements but continue to give day-to-day advice, building a long term relationship and helping to ensure the sustained success of their business.
