Natalie Neto
Partner
Bermuda
Natalie advises on a range of Bermuda-based and international corporate and regulatory matters.
She has significant transactional experience on mergers and acquisition transactions for public and private companies. This includes takeovers, tender offers and squeeze outs, amalgamations, mergers and schemes of arrangement. She’s a member of our Corporate and Finance Practice.
Natalie also advises on private equity investments, debt and equity capital markets transactions, and banking and finance matters. She has expertise on complex restructuring projects involving Bermuda companies, LLCs and partnerships, including redomiciliations. She also advises companies and directors on corporate governance and regulatory matters, including directors’ fiduciary duties and responsibilities.
As well as this, Natalie advises fintech clients and investors on Bermuda’s evolving initial coin offering (ICO) legislation, and blockchain and digital asset framework. This includes establishing and licensing digital asset businesses, and ongoing compliance obligations.
Natalie also advises on private equity investments, debt and equity capital markets transactions, and banking and finance matters. She has expertise on complex restructuring projects involving Bermuda companies, LLCs and partnerships, including redomiciliations. She also advises companies and directors on corporate governance and regulatory matters, including directors’ fiduciary duties and responsibilities.
As well as this, Natalie advises fintech clients and investors on Bermuda’s evolving initial coin offering (ICO) legislation, and blockchain and digital asset framework. This includes establishing and licensing digital asset businesses, and ongoing compliance obligations.
An expert in Bermuda tax and corporate law who does a great job of explaining constantly changing legal guidance and making proactive efforts to keep us informed and address all of our questions and concerns.
Experience and recent work
Before joining us in 2018, Natalie was the head of the corporate department of another law firm in Bermuda. Before that, she worked in the private equity and mergers and acquisitions group of DLA Piper in the UK from 1999 to 2006.
Qualifications
Admitted in:
- Bermuda
- England & Wales (not practising)
Education:
- Institute of Directors - Certificate in Company Direction
- Diploma in Legal Practice - Nottingham Law School, England
- Law LLB (Hons) - De Montford University, Leicester, England
Executive Committee Member and Chairman of the Regulatory Subcommittee – Institute of Directors, Bermuda Branch
Member of the Legal Focus Group of the Bermuda Business Development Committee (focused on legislative reform)
2023 IFLR 1000 - Highly Regarded
2023 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Corporate & Commercial - 'Natalie Neto provides remarkable knowledge on the corporate matters our business requires.’
2023 Legal 500 - Recommended - Regulatory & Compliance
2022 Chambers Global - Notable Practitioner - Corporate & Finance - "She has provided excellent service." "She is very good at getting to the heart of an issue and finding a commercial solution."
2022 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Corporate & Commercial - '…has substantial expertise in take privates, takeovers, tender offers and squeeze-outs, amalgamations, mergers, and schemes of arrangement, particularly in relation to insurance and other regulated entities.'
2022 Legal 500 - Recommended - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets
2022 Legal 500 - Recommended - Regulatory & Compliance - 'Natalie Neto… has been instrumental in the development of Bermuda’s digital assets legislation.'
2021 IFLR 1000 - Highly Regarded
2021 Who's Who Legal - Recommended - Fintech - 'Natalie Neto is lauded for being “very active in the fintech space” with strong experience advising “many key clients” in the space.'
2021 Chambers Global - Notable Practitioner - Corporate & Finance - "An expert in Bermuda tax and corporate law who does a great job of explaining constantly changing legal guidance and making proactive efforts to keep us informed and address all of our questions and concerns."
2021 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets - ‘The Walkers team (particularly Natalie Neto, Sarah Demerling, and Rachel Nightingale) are responsive, creative, flexible, and smart. They are very connected within the Bermuda legal and business community, getting us meetings and audiences on very short notice when needed. They also handled a sensitive and challenging issue smoothly. I cannot say enough good things about that.’
2021 Legal 500 - Recommended - Corporate & Commercial
2021 Legal 500 - Recommended - Regulatory & Compliance
2020 IFLR 1000 - Highly Regarded
2020 Chambers Global Guide - Notable Practitioner - Corporate & Finance - "She is very easy to understand and she gets the work done."
2020 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Corporate & Commercial
2020 IFLR 1000 - Leading Lawyer and Rising Star
2019 Chambers and Partners - Notable Practitioner - Corporate & Finance - "Natalie has a strong reputation among peers, who say she is a "very bright, intelligent and sharp lawyer who's interested in developing the jurisdiction." One source added that Neto is someone they "have a lot of respect for."
2019 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets
2019 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer - Corporate & Commercial
2019 IFLR 1000 - Rising Star
2018 Chambers & Partners - Notable Practitioner - Corporate & Finance - “Natalie Neto is well regarded by her peers for her ‘good legal mind’. She is also noted for her broad range of experience, which covers IPOs, joint ventures and project finance transactions, among other matters.”
2018 Legal 500 - “Name to note”
2018 IFLR 1000 - Rising Star
2017 IFLR 1000 - Rising Star
2013 - 2017 Chambers and Partners - Notable Practitioner - Corporate & Finance
Recent Publications:
Bermuda Legislative Update – IFC Review September 2017
Bermuda Corporate Governance – International Comparative Legal Guide 2017
Bermuda Private Equity - International Comparative Legal Guide 2017
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