Craig Cordle
Partner
Guernsey
Craig is an asset management lawyer with over 15 years’ experience in private practice.
This includes all aspects of structuring, restructuring, merging, selling, establishing and operating listed and private investment funds, private equity funds, real-estate funds, single-asset vehicles and all other collective investment arrangements.
He regularly advises on mergers and acquisition of private and listed companies, schemes of arrangement, and regulatory and competition issues. In addition, following his extensive experience of working on capital markets transactions in the UK, he continues to work with companies listed on stock markets in London and across Europe.
He has been consistently recognised for the quality of his advice by Chambers UK, Legal 500 and IFLR 1000.
He regularly advises on mergers and acquisition of private and listed companies, schemes of arrangement, and regulatory and competition issues. In addition, following his extensive experience of working on capital markets transactions in the UK, he continues to work with companies listed on stock markets in London and across Europe.
He has been consistently recognised for the quality of his advice by Chambers UK, Legal 500 and IFLR 1000.
Craig Cordle takes a proactive and commercial approach, anticipating complexities and delivering solutions. His advice is clear, commercial and timely.
Experience and recent work
Craig has worked in Guernsey since 2016, qualifying as a Guernsey Advocate in 2018. Before moving to Guernsey, he spent 11 years working in London as an asset management and investment funds lawyer with Herbert Smith Freehills and Norton Rose Fulbright.
Qualifications
Admitted in:
- Guernsey – 2018
- England & Wales - 2008
2025 - Chambers and Partners UK - "Craig is a superb partner who is proactive, always contactable and very easy to communicate with on complex issues, always well informed and knowledgeable."
2024 - Legal 500 UK - Leading Partners - "Craig Cordle is a very experienced partner, operating at the highest level in London and Guernsey."
2024 - Chambers and Partners UK - "Craig Cordle is an exceptional lawyer. He provides pragmatic, elegant solutions and is a skilled communicator who is commercially aware."
2023 - Legal 500 UK - "Craig Cordle takes a proactive and commercial approach, anticipating complexities and delivering solutions. His advice is clear, commercial and timely."
2023 - Chambers and Partners UK - Band 3
2022 - Chambers and Partners UK - "The go-to adviser for listed investment company work. He's very knowledgeable and adds value to transactions."
2022 - Legal 500 UK - "A leader in the listed funds space."
2021 - Chambers and Partners UK - "He is a very good lawyer. A thoughtful leader in the fund space."
2021 - Legal 500 UK - "The best adviser in Guernsey for London listed funds work. Having previously practised in London, he understands exactly what we require as lead transaction counsel and always adds value to the transactions he plays a role in."
2024 - Legal 500 UK - Leading Partners - "Craig Cordle is a very experienced partner, operating at the highest level in London and Guernsey."
2024 - Chambers and Partners UK - "Craig Cordle is an exceptional lawyer. He provides pragmatic, elegant solutions and is a skilled communicator who is commercially aware."
2023 - Legal 500 UK - "Craig Cordle takes a proactive and commercial approach, anticipating complexities and delivering solutions. His advice is clear, commercial and timely."
2023 - Chambers and Partners UK - Band 3
2022 - Chambers and Partners UK - "The go-to adviser for listed investment company work. He's very knowledgeable and adds value to transactions."
2022 - Legal 500 UK - "A leader in the listed funds space."
2021 - Chambers and Partners UK - "He is a very good lawyer. A thoughtful leader in the fund space."
2021 - Legal 500 UK - "The best adviser in Guernsey for London listed funds work. Having previously practised in London, he understands exactly what we require as lead transaction counsel and always adds value to the transactions he plays a role in."
Team Members
Other team members with related expertise
Matt Sanders
Managing Partner
Guernsey
