Gavin Woods
Practice Expertise
- Banking and Finance
- Corporate
- Banking Regulation
- Corporate Regulation and Compliance
- Banking and Finance
- Banking Regulation
- Corporate
- Corporate Regulation and Compliance View More
Areas of Practice
- Banking and Finance
- Banking Regulation
- Corporate
- Corporate Regulation and Compliance
- Banking and Finance
- Banking Regulation
- Corporate
- Corporate Regulation and Compliance
- Acquisition and Leveraged Finance
- Bermuda Stock Exchange
- Corporate Structuring
- Cybersecurity and Data Protection
- Debt Capital Markets
- Fund Finance
- High Yield
- Insurance Law
- Investment Funds
- IPOs and Equity Capital Markets
- Joint Ventures
- Listing Services
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Notarial Services
- Regulatory
- Structured Finance and Securitisation View More
Profile
Gavin is a partner in Carey Olsen's Bermuda corporate and finance team and is also deputy managing partner of Carey Olsen in Bermuda. He advises on all forms of corporate and finance transactions. In particular, Gavin is recognised as one of Bermuda's leading practitioners in the insurance/reinsurance sector and has extensive experience working with insurance and financial services companies and industry participants on all matters relating to insurers, reinsurers and insurance intermediaries.
In his corporate practice, Gavin advises on all matters relating to Bermuda entities, including local, exempted, permit and segregated accounts companies, partnerships and limited liability companies. Gavin's practice includes corporate governance, equity issuances, joint ventures, listings, mergers and acquisitions, shareholder arrangements, regulatory compliance and licensing advice related to financial services, insurance, investment business, investment funds and fund management.
In his finance practice, Gavin advises local and international clients, including banks, corporates, funds, insurance companies, investment managers and investors on matters relating to lending, structured finance, fund financing, asset finance, securitisation (including ILS), debt capital markets, securities issuances, derivatives and restructuring, together with related regulatory and collateral advice.
Gavin is also a member of the listing committee of the Bermuda Stock Exchange.
Areas of Practice
- Banking and Finance
- Banking Regulation
- Corporate
- Corporate Regulation and Compliance
- Banking and Finance
- Banking Regulation
- Corporate
- Corporate Regulation and Compliance
- Acquisition and Leveraged Finance
- Bermuda Stock Exchange
- Corporate Structuring
- Cybersecurity and Data Protection
- Debt Capital Markets
- Fund Finance
- High Yield
- Insurance Law
- Investment Funds
- IPOs and Equity Capital Markets
- Joint Ventures
- Listing Services
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Notarial Services
- Regulatory
- Structured Finance and Securitisation
Professional Career
Recent Experience Carey Olsen sponsors the Guernsey Finance Champagne Reception 2025Carey Olsen attending Rendez-Vous de Septembre (RVS) 2025Carey Olsen attending Bermuda International Life and Annuity Conference 2025Carey Olsen achieves strong IFLR1000 rankings for Bermuda, BVI and Cayman IslandsBermuda Insurance Litigation Guide (Chambers)Bermuda's new Beneficial Ownership Act 2025 - what you need to know Carey Olsen attending Global Life Reinsurance USA conferenceCarey Olsen lawyers achieve 49 individual rankings in Legal 500 Caribbean 2026Carey Olsen attending ReFocus 2026Carey Olsen sponsoring SFVegas 2026Carey Olsen wins The Bermudian's Best Legal Services 2025 award Amendments to Bermuda's Beneficial Ownership Act Bermuda Captive Education Summit: BMA insights on captive licence applicationsCarey Olsen Bermuda achieves outstanding results in Chambers Global 2026 24 Carey Olsen lawyers recognised in Chambers Global 2026 Bermuda investment funds - Spring 2026 updateCarey Olsen is gold sponsor of ReConnect conference 2026Beneficial ownership regime in Bermuda: an overviewCarey Olsen is silver sponsor of Bermuda Captive Conference
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