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Conyers Advises Al-Fayed On Football Sale
Conyers Dill & Pearman has advised Mohamed Al-Fayed and his related group of companies on the Bermuda law aspects of the sale of Fulham Football Club to Shahid Khan, the owner of the NFL team Jacksonville Jaguars. The transaction has been approved by the Barclays Premier League and Mr. Khan assumes 100% ownership of the club, debt-free, as of 12... Read more of this article
Conyers Advises Kosmos On Credit Facility
Conyers Dill & Pearman advised Kosmos Energy Ltd., a Bermuda company listed on the New York Stock Exchange in connection with a US$150 million multicurrency revolving credit facility agreement entered into on 3 July 2013 among Kosmos Energy Credit International, a subsidiary of Kosmos Energy Ltd., as the borrower, Kosmos Energy Ltd., as guarantor... Read more of this article
Conyers Advises MUTB In Fulcrum Acquisition
Conyers Dill & Pearman is acting as Bermuda and Cayman legal counsel to Mitsubishi UFJ Trust and Banking Corporation [MUTB] in its acquisition from BV Investment Partners of Butterfield Fulcrum Group an independent hedge fund administrator and service provider to the alternative investment industry. Working together with Simpson Thacher & Bartlett... Read more of this article
CD&P Acts For AXIS On $200 Million Offering
Hamilton legal firm Conyers Dill & Pearman [CD&P] has provided Bermuda law advice to AXIS Capital Holdings on its offering of $200 million of its 5.5 percent Series D preferred shares. The offering was made pursuant to an effective shelf registration statement and closed on 20 May. In addition, AXIS Capital — the Bermuda-based holding... Read more of this article
CD&P Advises On $500M Eurobond Offer
Bermuda’s international law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman has advised Alliance Oil Company Ltd. on a $500 million offering of Eurobonds [7.000 per cent guaranteed notes due 2020]. The notes are listed on the Irish Stock Exchange. Alliance Oil Company Ltd., incorporated in Bermuda, operates as an independent oil and gas company primarily in Russia... Read more of this article
CD&P Advises On Seadrill Credit Facility
Bermuda’s international law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman [CD&P] has advised Holland’s multi-national ING Bank and other lenders on the establishment of a senior-secured $1.45 billion credit facility involving, among others, Seadrill Tellus, Seadrill Auriga and Seadrill Vela as joint and several borrowers; Bermuda-based Seadrill as... Read more of this article
Conyers Represents SeaCube In Sale
Bermuda-based international law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman represented SeaCube Container Leasing, a Bermuda company, in connection with the acquisition of SeaCube by Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan by way of amalgamation following approval of the transaction by the shareholders of SeaCube at a special general meeting held on 23. The shareholders... Read more of this article
CD&P Named Bermuda Law Firm Of The Year
Conyers Dill & Pearman has been named Bermuda Law Firm of the Year for the seventh consecutive occasion in the Who’s Who Legal Annual Awards 2012. Conyers has won this award every year since its inception in 2006, and the firm’s lawyers are recommended 15 times across 10 practice areasfollowing nominations from private practitioners, clients... Read more of this article
Conyers In Hong Kong Transaction
Bermuda’s Conyers Dill & Pearman was involved in complex Hong Kong negotiations which led to China Daye Non-Ferrous Metals Mining completing a reverse takeover and a new listing application through acquiring a 100 per cent equity interest in Prosper Well Group. China Daye is a Hong Kong-listed company and Prosper Well is its controlling... Read more of this article
Cayman Firm ‘Narrows Gap With Appleby’
While Bermuda’s Appleby remains the world’s largest provider of offshore legal, fiduciary and administration services, a Cayman-based rival began to nip at its heels in 2011, “The Lawyer” magazine reports today [Feb.20]. The British legal journal says Cayman’s Maples & Calder “closed significantly” thanks... Read more of this article
Pearman & Jones Join Conyers Bermuda
Conyers Dill & Pearman announced the hiring of litigation lawyer Scott Pearman and the addition of corporate lawyer Niel Jones [pictured] in the firm’s Bermuda office as it continues to strengthen its Bermuda offering. Mr Pearman joins Conyers from Ely Place Chambers in London, where he was a barrister for 13 years specialising in commercial litigation. He... Read more of this article
Conyers: BMA’s Regulatory Changes
Conyers Dill & Pearman — the international Bermuda law firm — has released an explanatory memorandum for clients on recent Bermuda Monetary Authority regulatory changes to the insurance industry’s Group Supervision Rules and Group Solvency Rules. Conyers lawyer Chris Garrod [pictured] wrote the paper which addresses amendments... Read more of this article
Conyers: The Benefits Of Bermuda
There are many reasons why Bermuda remains one of the domiciles of choice for doing business, says Hamilton-based international law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman, with many of the principal factors overlapping. In an overview of the island’s governmental, legal and corporate infrastructures released to potential international clients last month,... Read more of this article
Companies Act Amendments Now In Force
Major changes to the way Bermuda’s off-shore sector conducts business on the island came into effect this week. On December 18, 2011, the Companies Amendment [No. 2] Act 2011 received assent and became operative. The act provides for significant amendments to the Companies Act 1981, the principal statute governing the formation and operation of Bermuda... Read more of this article
Conyers Staff Spread Christmas Cheer
Conyers Dill & Pearman staff shared a bit of festive cheer this week, donating nearly $22,000 to charities and community initiatives across the island. International law firm Conyers donated to the Ocean Support Foundation in support of its work to combat the invasive lionfish species’ damage to Bermuda’s marine ecosystem and aquatic life. Graham... Read more of this article
Conyers On Bermuda’s ILS Surge
International Hamilton law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman says Bermuda is at the heart of the convergence of the capital markets and insurance/reinsurance industries and is now witnessing a surge in insurance-linked securities [ILS] products and the establishment of ILS funds specialising in investment in these products. Conyers lawyers Charles Collis... Read more of this article
