Practice Expertise

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Areas of Practice

  • Banking and Finance
  • Competition Law
  • Corporate
  • Corporate Structuring
  • Fund Finance
  • Fund Formation
  • Funds Regulation and Compliance
  • Funds Strategies and Asset Classes
  • Insurance Law
  • Investment Funds
  • Real Estate Finance
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Profile

Christopher has significant experience in investment funds, insurance and reinsurance and protected and incorporated cell companies.  He has built a strong reputation in private equity, having advised some of the world's largest private equity houses as well as new fund promoters in connection with fund establishment, investment structuring, exits and regulatory issues. 



He has also advised the insurance and reinsurance sector for almost 25 years and has been recognised as one of the world's leading insurance and reinsurance lawyers in Expert Guides since 2004. He is also consistently listed in the International Who's Who Legal of Private Funds Lawyers. 


Areas of Practice

  • Banking and Finance
  • Competition Law
  • Corporate
  • Corporate Structuring
  • Fund Finance
  • Fund Formation
  • Funds Regulation and Compliance
  • Funds Strategies and Asset Classes
  • Insurance Law
  • Investment Funds
  • Real Estate Finance

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments
Recent Experience Guernsey pension funds: hedging longevity riskGuernsey Funds: an overviewGuernsey Authorised FundsGuernsey Funds and the AIFMDHedge Funds in GuernseyTypes of Fund Vehicles used in GuernseyGuernsey funds: practical matters to bear in mindTable of Guernsey Fund StructuresGuernsey Funds: registered or authorised - which to choose?Guernsey Property Unit Trusts (GPUTs)Buying out minority shareholders in Guernsey companiesWhy choose Guernsey? Special considerations for Australian promotersA round-up of the recent updates affecting investment funds in Guernsey Lending by Insurers in GuernseyPolicyholder protection in GuernseyChanges to the requirements for individuals acting as a directorQuarterly round-up of the recent investment funds updates in GuernseyGuernsey's new Director Registration RegimeCarey Olsen advises Marco Capital Holdings on its acquisition of Kelvin ReCarey Olsen is keynote sponsor of the Guernsey Funds Forum 2023Carey Olsen lawyers recognised in latest IFLR1000 2023 rankings Carey Olsen advises Fission Gamma IC Limited on MMC UK Pension Fund's £2 billion longevity risk transferGuernsey investment funds update - Q4 2023Guernsey funds and the AIFMD 2Guernsey: an ideal domicile for continuation funds



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