BERMUDA Law and Practice Contributed by: Erik Gotfredsen, Jemima Fearnside and Larina Kenny, Wakefield Quin Limited
Wakefield Quin Limited is one of Bermuda’s leading law firms, dedicated to providing clients with solu- tion-driven legal advice. It is a full-service firm with a history of advising both local and international clients in the areas of banking, corporate and commercial, property, restructuring and insolvency, trusts, private client and litigation. Clients include public and inter- national corporations, financial institutions, invest-
ment managers and insurers. The firm’s corporate group has lawyers qualified in seven jurisdictions, expertly navigating complex issues, but retaining perspective to advise on the wider implications of particular transactions. The firm also provides a full range of trust and fund administration, corporate secretarial, accounting and management services, via its affiliates.
Authors
Erik Gotfredsen is a director of Wakefield Quin and his practice spans a broad range of sophisticated finance and capital market transactions with an emphasis on debt and equity offerings, banking
Larina Kenny is a senior associate in the corporate department at Wakefield Quin. Her practice focuses on the establishment of Bermuda companies and segregated accounts companies, corporate
and financial services, structured and project finance, and secured lending. Erik is routinely instructed by leading international banks, financial institutions, public companies and private equity firms. Erik is admitted in British Columbia, England and Wales, Ontario and Bermuda and received his B.Com. and LLB from the University of Victoria, Canada and his LLM from Kyushu University, Japan
reorganisations, regulatory compliance, and licensing matters related to financial services, investment business, investment funds, and fund management, as well as general corporate and finance transactions. Larina obtained a Bachelor of Business and Legal Studies (BBLS) and a Masters in Commercial Law (LLM) from University College Dublin and qualified as a solicitor in Ireland in 2010. Larina was called to the Bermuda Bar in December 2023.
Jemima Fearnside is a senior counsel in the corporate department at Wakefield Quin. Having previously worked for national and international law firms in London (UK), Thames Valley (UK) and Palo Alto (CA),
Jemima now specialises in corporate reorganisations, debt and equity re-financings (including advising on and negotiating cross-border security structures), and public offerings of securities. Educated in London and then at Leeds University, Oxford Brookes University (winning the Dame Helena Kennedy Law Prize for academic excellence) and London Guildhall University. Jemima is a qualified notary public (England and Wales), a solicitor (England and Wales) and attorney and barrister (Bermuda).
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