Mourant, a law firm-led professional services business, is has announced the appointment of four new partners to its Cayman Islands office, all of them internal promotions.
Andrew Grant, Chris Nixon, Finn Howie and Rhiannon Williams have all been promoted to partner.
Managing partner of the firm's Cayman Islands office, Hayden Isbister, commented: 'Congratulations to Andrew, Chris, Finn and Rhiannon on their well-deserved promotions to the partnership, which marks a significant step in the evolution of our Cayman office.
'The Cayman Islands is widely recognised as one of the leading global financial services centres, and this is reflected in the continued growth of our Corporate practice, which has gone from strength to strength in recent years as we've established ourselves as market leaders in the region.'
Mourant global managing partner, Jonathan Rigby, added: 'I am delighted to welcome this talented group of colleagues from our Cayman office to the firm's growing global partnership. These individuals bring technical expertise, experience and knowledge to our partnership which will enable us to continue to provide the top tier service that our clients know and expect. I look forward to working with each of our new partners as we build and develop our firm for the future.'
Meet the partners
Andrew Grant (pictured) specialises in private equity, corporate and finance transactions. He advises on take-overs, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, shareholders arrangements, corporate governance, consensual restructurings, fund financing, secured and unsecured financings and cross-border finance.
Chris Nixon specialises in all aspects of corporate and finance work, with an emphasis on investment funds. He has significant experience advising clients on the formation of all variations of investment funds and private equity fund downstream transactions. His wide-ranging corporate and commercial experience includes advising on mergers and acquisitions, joint venture arrangements, equity capital markets, debt capital markets, corporate governance and SPACs. He also has extensive experience in structured finance transactions and advising on fund finance, acquisition finance and general lending matters.
Finn Howie is a member of the firm's Corporate and Finance practice. He specialises in mergers and acquisitions and banking and finance transactions, advising leading corporates, banks, financial institutions and private investment fund sponsors on Cayman Islands law aspects of asset-backed financings, structured financings, subscription credit facilities and leveraged buyout facilities. Finn has been named by Legal 500 as a Rising Star in the area of Banking, Finance and Capital Markets for the past three years.
Rhiannon Williams specialises in all areas of corporate, finance and commercial work, particularly investment funds. She advises on joint venture arrangements, mergers and acquisitions, corporate finance, corporate governance and regulatory issues, as well as the establishment, management and restructuring of Cayman investment funds. In Legal 500 Caribbean 2023, Rhiannon is named as a Recommended Lawyer in the area of Investment Funds.
