Multi-jurisdictional law firm Conyers Dill & Pearman has made a fresh round of hires to its corporate team with the addition of associates Tara Rivers in the Cayman Islands and Claire McConway, Robert Alexander and Victor Richards in Bermuda.
The firm has also hired Michael Swain as head of Codan Management in Bermuda and Jacqueline Shannon as manager for Codan International in Dubai.
John Collis (pictured), chairman of Conyers and head of corporate, says: “Each of these lawyers possesses the culture, values and expertise that enable us to provide the highest quality responsive, timely and thorough legal advice to our global client base. We are pleased to welcome them, Michael Swain and Jacqueline Shannon to the firm. Michael and Jacqueline bring a wealth of experience and company management to the firm. The market is beginning to come back strongly and we look forward to further growth across the firm.”
Rivers specialises in investment funds, securitisation and structured finance matters. Prior to joining Conyers, she was an associate in Allen & Overy’s London office, where she worked in the international capital markets team.
McConway’s practice includes public and private mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, private equity investment, corporate finance, securities offerings, investment funds and the corporate aspects of Islamic Finance. She joins Conyers from the London office of King & Spalding.
Alexander joins the firm’s Bermuda practice from Lovells, where he was an associate in the corporate tax department, and Richards joins Conyers from Reed Smith in London.
Swain was previously chief financial officer of Novus Management, a financial management and consultancy, where he was responsible for company formations and management of insurance and reinsurance contracts and transactions.
Shannon will deal with incorporations and ongoing corporate administration of Conyers’ client companies from Dubai. Prior to joining Conyers, she was part of the in-house legal team at Nakheel PJSC, where she advised on a range of corporate compliance matters. Prior to that, Jacqueline was assistant company secretary at Clifford Chance, maintaining records for a significant portfolio of companies and attending to various related company secretarial matters.
