Ross joined Harneys in January 2005 and became a Partner in 2008.  Before joining Harneys, he practised in the corporate finance department at Hammonds LLP, England.

Ross is Chairman of  the FSC's Securities, Investment Business and Mutual Funds Advisory Committee and a member of the Company Law Review Advisory Committee. Ross is the current secretary and former chairman of the BVI Investment Funds Association.  In 2009/2010 he participated in a focus group set up by the Financial Services Commission to consult in relation to the Securities and Investment Business Act, 2010 and associated legislation.

 

Ross is one of the contributing editors to British Virgin Islands Commercial Law, Sweet & Maxwell, 2011

Ranked as a leading lawyer by Chambers Global for his leadership in the area of BVI investment funds.

Ranked as a leading lawyer by IFLR 1000.

Recommended by Legal 500.

Ranked by PLC Investment Funds Guide.

Ranked as a leading investment funds lawyer by Expert Guides, 2nd Edition.

 

 

Prior to joining Harneys Marco worked for Shearman & Sterling in London and California and Norton Rose in London. He has extensive experience in international finance, having advised several global clients on international offerings of registered and unregistered equity and debt, including complex structured finance transactions. He was the senior Associate in a number of IPOs and privatizations, with listings on major stock exchanges in the US and Europe. Marco helped develop Shearman & Sterling's practice in both Spain and Portugal, advising the Spanish government on a succession of highly successful and important privatizations, including those of Repsol, Endesa, Iberia and Red Eléctrica de España, and representing the underwriters in the privatization of Electricidade de Portugal. Early in his career he was also involved in the privatization of the Argentinean YPF and participated in negotiations of the rescheduling of Brazilian government bonds in the mid 1990s. He also spent time on secondment at Merrill Lynch International in London and helped found a venture capital business.

 

Jonathan advises on the establishment and maintenance of all types of Cayman Islands hedge, venture capital and private equity funds and the structuring of private equity portfolio acquisitions and disposals. His practice also includes providing Cayman Islands and BVI law advice on the offshore aspects of corporate transactions (mergers and acquisitions, disposals, joint ventures, takeovers, listings and corporate restructurings) and on banking, structured and project finance matters including credit and security issues.

Prior to joining Harneys as a Partner in 2008, Jonathan trained and worked for seven years at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London and Hong Kong and then practiced for six years with Walkers in the Cayman Islands.

 

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Recommended by Chambers as a foreign lawyer (Corporate/M&A) and noted for providing service that is "responsive, efficient and cooperative".

Recommended by Legal 500 in its offshore law firms in London rankings.

 

 

Sean advises on the establishment and maintenance of all types of Cayman Islands hedge, venture capital and private equity funds. He also has extensive experience of a wide range of corporate, banking and finance matters.

 

Sean has over 10 years offshore funds experience having practiced in Australia, the Channel Islands, Cayman and London. Prior to joining Harneys as a Partner in 2012, Sean practised in the London office of Maples and Calder.