Neil McDonald

He leads our Corporate and M&A Group in London and has extensive first-hand experience across the full range of corporate matters, including:.

• Mergers, acquisitions and disposals (including take-privates, business combinations and de-SPACs);
• Equity capital markets (including IPOs) and private placements;
• Corporate reorganisations and redomiciliations;
• Joint ventures; and Digital assets, fintech and new technologies.

 

He also has significant experience on cross-border restructuring and distressed situations involving BVI, Cayman Islands and Bermuda entities, including shareholder and investor disputes, complex equity and debt restructurings, and group reorganisations, as well as transactional matters in insurance sector.

Neil also has a broad finance practice covering acquisition finance, real estate finance , debt capital markets, project finance and financial restructurings. He acts for many of the world's leading international financial institutions, as well as borrowers, issuers and other counterparts.

Neil also heads up our Israel Group, which provides time-zone sensitive support to clients in Israel across transactions involving Bermuda, BVI, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Irish and Jersey Law.