Mourant du Feu & Jeune, part of Mourant, has hired two partners, Richard de Basto and Matthew Feargrieve, for its Cayman funds and finance practice groups.
Richard de Basto joins from Allen & Overy, where he was a partner for close to eight years, working in their London, Hong Kong and Amsterdam offices. de Basto has extensive experience in the field of asset, construction and project finance, and specialises in advising clients on major and complex finance transactions. His current practice includes Islamic finance, restructuring and insolvency, leveraged finance, global loans, securitisation and real estate finance.
Based in the Cayman Islands, de Basto will focus on further advancing Mourant du Feu & Jeune’s Cayman finance practice.
Feargrieve joins from Maples and Calder, where he was senior associate in the London office, advising on Cayman and BVI investment fund structures for hedge and private equity funds.
In his current practice, Matthew works with onshore counsel in the US, EU and MENA on multi-jurisdictional transactions.
From Mourant du Feu & Jeune’s London base (one of the largest offshore law offices in the City), Matthew will advise on Cayman law and build upon the strong reputation of the Cayman Funds practice. He will work alongside the Cayman-based funds team as headed by Neal Lomax, a partner and noted investment funds specialist.
Stephen Ball, CEO, Mourant du Feu & Jeune, says: ‘We are delighted to welcome de Basto and Feargrieve to Mourant, as they join us on our Cayman offensive: building on the capabilities and strengths of our expanded Cayman practice, following our merger with Cayman firm Quin & Hampson in 2007.
‘Mourant is clearly a dynamic and ambitious group; and our plans for international expansion see us growing organically, acquiring and/or merging – leaving no stone unturned. As the head of the group’s law firm, it’s an exciting place to be; and for our new partners – de Basto and Feargrieve – the right time to join us.’
