Catherine Hamill Consultant

Catherine is a Consultant within our Banking and Finance and Corporate and Commercial departments specialising in general corporate and commercial matters. She also has considerable experience advising clients on financial services regulation in the Isle of Man.

She advises both lenders and borrowers in complex multi-jurisdictional finance transactions with a particular emphasis on corporate finance transactions.

She has significant expertise in both corporate and commercial matters and regularly advises international law firms, international financial institutions, alternative lenders, borrowers and individual clients on a broad range of legal issues ranging from corporate acquisition finance, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, redomiciliations to and from the Isle of Man and insolvency matters.

Catherine also regularly advises clients on regulatory matters affecting the financial services industry and moneylenders in the Isle of Man including, without limitation, change of control matters, promotion of collective investment schemes in the Isle of Man and, more generally, financial services regulation. Catherine has advised many clients regarding the regulation of crypto-assets in the Isle of Man.

Catherine is ranked as a ‘Rising Star’ in the Banking, Finance and Capital Markets category by The Legal 500 UK 2023 and is described as a “world-class commercial lawyer” in client feedback. She is recognised by clients as “a pleasure to work with.  She is pragmatic, knowledgeable, and is accommodating of short-term request and queries.

Services and Sectors

• Banking and Finance
• Corporate and Commercial