Craig Cordle
Partner
Guernsey
Craig is an asset management lawyer with over 15 years’ experience in private practice, specialising in all aspects of structuring, restructuring, merging, selling, establishing and operating listed and private investment funds.
This includes 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
2023 Legal 500 - "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 - "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 - "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
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Matt Sanders
Managing Partner
Guernsey
