Real Estate: Cains` real estate team provides specialized and comprehensive legal advice on all aspects of commercial and residential real estate transactions, including property purchases and sales, leases, credit structuring transactions, commercial property restructurings and refinancing agreements. The team regularly works with UK, Irish and offshore financial institutions, as well as local and international investors, developers, retailers, manufacturers and utilities. Cains` corporate and commercial team, led by Scott Leonard-Morgan, acted as lead legal counsel to the Isle of Man, assisting IOMA Group at all stages of the transaction, which was mutually agreed between the parties within a short period of time. „I mainly worked with Jonathan Latham. Jonathan is exceptionally professional, personable and humble, aided by reassuring and relevant legal knowledge of our industry. Corporate and Commercial Matters: Corporate and commercial matters are the basis of Cains` legal offering and the team of specialists, which is one of the largest in the Isle of Man, is known for handling the most complex and outstanding corporate transactions, with a particular focus on mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, joint ventures, capital markets and mutual funds. for a diverse portfolio of local and international organizations, including Fortune 500 companies. The Legal 500 is one of the most respected international directories for the legal industry, evaluating law firms after a thorough and independent research process. This includes interviews with clients, more than 250,000 in-house counsel and colleagues from their own firms, as well as an assessment of the details of the transaction provided by the law firms themselves.
As a full-service business law firm, the team of expert legal specialists in various disciplines advises clients in the Isle of Man and around the world on banking and finance, corporate and commercial, employment and data protection, litigation, property, regulatory and restructuring as well as insolvency law. Cains acted as Isle of Man counsel to Tullow Oil plc, an independent FTSE 250 energy company, in connection with its offering of US$1,800,000,000 Senior Notes due 2026 and US$600,000,000 super senior credit facility due December 2024; Collaboration with leading law firm Latham & Watkins. Tim leads Cains` world-class banking and finance team and has over 25 years of specialized experience specializing in complex financial transactions across multiple jurisdictions for lenders and borrowers. He practised in London and Bermuda before joining Cains in 2006, specialising in practical, partner-led commercial legal advice. Upon completion of the transaction, which is subject to regulatory approval from the Isle of Man and other jurisdictions, the Company will be transferred to Stonehage Fleming and will provide legal, fiduciary, corporate and investment management services at nine locations worldwide. The transaction will increase assets under management („AUM“) by £1 billion and assets under management („AUA“) by £15 billion, bringing Stonehage Fleming`s assets under management to over £16 billion and AUA to over £60 billion. It is also particularly gratifying that so many of our dedicated lawyers belong to the Isle of Man`s elite lawyers. We thank our customers for their excellent feedback and our employees for their dedication and hard work. „The company needed support in an unknown jurisdiction and for work that was outside our area of responsibility.
Jonathan Latham and Cains were able to help the company navigate the complex legal and regulatory system with a detailed note. It is Level 1 by both Legal 500[1] and Chambers Legal Directory[2]. Banking and Financial Focus: Cains` banking and finance team has a widely recognized and long-standing reputation for providing leading legal services to international banks, global financial institutions, alternative lenders, aircraft and ship owners, and various borrowers. The team regularly advises on complex issues of multi-jurisdictional commercial real estate, acquisitions, project and asset finance, capital markets including debt issuances and securitizations, bilateral and syndicated loans and derivatives transactions, as well as the sale of portfolios of non-performing and non-performing loans. „Jonathan Latham has a deep understanding of insurance. Scott Leonard-Morgan provides sound and practical commentary on business law. Lindsey Bermingham is an expert in transfer systems. The International Financial Law Review Guide is the only legal directory that focuses exclusively on the rating of law firms and lawyers based on financial transaction and corporate work. Cains` corporate and commercial team, led by Director Scott Leonard-Morgan with the support of partners Matthew Wilkinson and Faye Devlin, acted as lead Isle of Man counsel to Stonehage Fleming on all aspects of the Isle of Man acquisition.
Employment: Cains` employment specialists provide professional legal advice to clients at all stages of the employment lifecycle, from recruitment to all aspects of the employment relationship, termination and post-termination concerns. Through close links with the government, the team is regularly tasked with assisting newcomers to the Isle of Man with resettlement assistance, including advice on employer registration and immigration and work permits. „Jonathan Latham`s service is excellent. Quick answers and quality work. Regulation: Cains` multidisciplinary regulatory team has experience advising on all regulatory and compliance matters relevant to businesses operating on or from the Isle of Man, including providing up-to-date advice and guidance on all aspects of financial services regulation, including licensing and licensing, risk management and compliance, anti-money laundering and data protection. The team works with government agencies and industry associations to help shape the Isle of Man`s regulatory and policy framework. In addition to advising on domestic and cross-border corporate finance transactions, including IPOs, rights issuances and public and private bond issuances, Tristan has extensive experience advising on local and cross-border M&A transactions involving primarily financial services firms. Cains partners Scott Leonard-Morgan and Tristan Head, who lead Cains` corporate practice, acted as lead counsel for KPMG Isle of Man, advising on all matters relating to Isle of Man laws and regulations relating to the merger. They have been working closely with Carey Olsen`s Jersey team over the past three months to formalize the merger, which took effect on January 1, 2021. Within the firm, 14 lawyers have been recognized individually by Cains.
Seven lawyers were honoured in the group of leading lawyers, including Alex Poole-Wilson, Jonathan Latham, Robert Colquitt, Scott Leonard-Morgan, Steven Quayle, Tim Shepherd and Tristan Head. Stephanie Chew has been registered in the Next Generation Law Group and four more of our lawyers have been listed as Rising Stars, including Catherine Hamill, Charles Williams, Matthew Wilkinson and Tara Cubbon-Wood.