Practice Expertise
- Banking and Finance
- Corporate
- Corporate Structuring
- Investment Funds
Areas of Practice
- Banking and Finance
- Corporate
- Corporate Structuring
- Investment Funds
- Aviation Finance
- Corporate Regulation and Compliance
- Fund Finance
- Fund Regulation and Compliance
- Investment Business
- IPOs and Equity Capital Markets
- Joint Ventures
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Notarial Services
- Private Equity Funds
- Regulation of Trust Company Business
- Regulatory
- Residential Property
- Taxation and Economic Substance Requirements View More
Profile
Elizabeth is a partner in the firm's corporate and finance practice. She qualified as a lawyer in London before moving to the British Virgin Islands (BVI) in 2008, to specialise in BVI law.
Elizabeth has a broad range of experience in corporate, commercial and financial transactions. She advises on cross-border debt and equity financing, joint venture arrangements, IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, aircraft and other asset financing, continuations in and out of the BVI, corporate governance, corporate reorganisations, directors' duties and voluntary liquidations.
She also specialises in providing regulatory advice to licensees, economic substance requirements, VASP applications, compliance matters and investment funds.
Elizabeth has a broad range of experience in corporate, commercial and financial transactions. She advises on cross-border debt and equity financing, joint venture arrangements, IPOs, mergers and acquisitions, aircraft and other asset financing, continuations in and out of the BVI, corporate governance, corporate reorganisations, directors' duties and voluntary liquidations.
She also specialises in providing regulatory advice to licensees, economic substance requirements, VASP applications, compliance matters and investment funds.
Areas of Practice
- Banking and Finance
- Corporate
- Corporate Structuring
- Investment Funds
- Aviation Finance
- Corporate Regulation and Compliance
- Fund Finance
- Fund Regulation and Compliance
- Investment Business
- IPOs and Equity Capital Markets
- Joint Ventures
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Notarial Services
- Private Equity Funds
- Regulation of Trust Company Business
- Regulatory
- Residential Property
- Taxation and Economic Substance Requirements
Professional Career
Significant Accomplishments
Before joining Carey Olsen, Elizabeth was in-house counsel for a leading trust company in the BVI. During this time, Elizabeth served on the Executive Committee of the BVI Association of Registered Agents. As a result, Elizabeth regularly advises trust companies and registered agents in the BVI in relation to their AML obligations, record keeping requirements, regulatory and reporting requirements, and most recently on the economic substance requirements.
Elizabeth was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 2006 (now non-practising) and as a solicitor in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (BVI) in 2008.
Elizabeth is also a notary public.
Recent Experience
- Amendments to the BVI Business Companies Act
- Ten things every VASP should know about the BVI Virtual Assets Service Providers Act, 2022
- 20 lawyers from Carey Olsen's Bermuda, BVI and Cayman Islands offices ranked in Chambers Global 2023
- Carey Olsen marks International Women's Day 2023 with the launch of Women's Network
- BVI Blockchain Chapter (Mondaq)
- BVI Economic Substance Guide 2023 (Lexology Getting the Deal Through)
- Carey Olsen sponsors ABS East 2023
- Carey Olsen lawyers recognised in latest IFLR1000 2023 rankings
- Carey Olsen lawyers recognised in latest IFLR1000 2023 rankings
- 22 Carey Olsen lawyers recognised in 2024 edition of The Legal 500 Caribbean
Before joining Carey Olsen, Elizabeth was in-house counsel for a leading trust company in the BVI. During this time, Elizabeth served on the Executive Committee of the BVI Association of Registered Agents. As a result, Elizabeth regularly advises trust companies and registered agents in the BVI in relation to their AML obligations, record keeping requirements, regulatory and reporting requirements, and most recently on the economic substance requirements.
Elizabeth was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 2006 (now non-practising) and as a solicitor in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (BVI) in 2008.
Elizabeth is also a notary public.
Recent Experience
- Amendments to the BVI Business Companies Act
- Ten things every VASP should know about the BVI Virtual Assets Service Providers Act, 2022
- 20 lawyers from Carey Olsen's Bermuda, BVI and Cayman Islands offices ranked in Chambers Global 2023
- Carey Olsen marks International Women's Day 2023 with the launch of Women's Network
- BVI Blockchain Chapter (Mondaq)
- BVI Economic Substance Guide 2023 (Lexology Getting the Deal Through)
- Carey Olsen sponsors ABS East 2023
- Carey Olsen lawyers recognised in latest IFLR1000 2023 rankings
- Carey Olsen lawyers recognised in latest IFLR1000 2023 rankings
- 22 Carey Olsen lawyers recognised in 2024 edition of The Legal 500 Caribbean
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