Corporate Services
About Hampsons Corporate Services
Hampson and Company have merged with a predominantly commercial firm, Parker Pineda. Paul Parker now heads the firm's corporate/commercial practice. Paul trained and worked at a leading commercial law firm in London and thereafter worked with one of the world’s leading offshore firms in the Cayman Islands.
Their aim when advising clients in commercial matters is to provide high-quality, cost-effective advice, whilst working closely with our clients in a responsive and service-driven fashion.
Their team offers a wide-ranging array of corporate and commercial law services, including:
Investment Funds
Corporate structures and restructuring
Company documents
Directors duties
Shareholder rights
Banking and Licensing
Real estate investments
Contracts
Paul Parker also has a particular interest and expertise in blockchain and cryptocurrency transactions and holds a London School of Economics certificate in Cryptocurrency and Disruption.
Paul would be pleased to discuss and advise you with regard to your corporate and commercial needs and / or with any questions that you may have. You may email him at: pparker@hampsonandco.com.
The firms corporate finance team also offers expert advice in the following specialised areas:
Investment Funds
Advice on all aspects of hedge funds, private equity funds, real estate funds and other major types of investment funds. In conjunction with the firm’s corporate service affiliate, H & C Corporate Services Limited, we are able to assist with establishing funds, fund formation and structuring, fund registration and regulation with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (“CIMA“) and fund terminations and liquidations. In addition, we assist with establishing and registering fund managers with CIMA and have particular expertise in establishing a physical presence in the Cayman Islands sufficient to satisfy the Cayman Islands Economic Substance requirements.
Structured Finance
The corporate finance team has a wealth of experience in the structured finance industry ranging from high yield bond issues, collateralized loan obligation transactions through to real estate investment trust transactions. Our attorneys have experience of working with some of the largest managers in the US and Europe, including State Street, PIMCO, GSO Capital Partners, Ares Management, Octagon, KKR, BlueMoutain, Voya, Fortress, Golub Capital, Oak Hill, Och Ziff, Guggenheim, Symphony, Neuberger Berman, THL Credit Advisors, American Money Management, Benefit Street, CIFC Asset Management, Goldentree, Napier Park, Seix, Palmer Square, Greywolf and Eaton Vance.
Trusts
They advise on the commercial use of trusts and foundation companies for a range of purposes, such as share ownership plans, employee incentive schemes, customer reward schemes, holding vehicles for funds and securitization structures, debt restructuring and general philanthropic purposes.
Asset Finance Practice
They advise and offer shipping/marine registration, aviation financing and other general asset financing transactions. Our attorneys have worked with a range of financial institutions and operators in the industry as well as fiduciaries providing directors for Cayman special purpose vehicles in the industry.
Fintech
Traditional financial services are being impacted by technological advances changing how organizations interact with their clients and customers. Existing industry participants and new entrants are being forced to invest in disruptive, unproven and un-costed technologies and to adapt their organizational infrastructure accordingly or risk losing business to their more technologically sophisticated market competitors.
their fintech practice provides pragmatic, transactional Cayman Islands legal advice to those within the fintech industry, including: cryptocurrency investment funds; offshore initial coin offerings and initial token offerings; cryptocurrency and digital currency matters; blockchain and distributed ledger technology issues; fintech applications and global wallets; anti-money laundering and compliance issues and exchanges and trading systems.
As a certified bitcoin professional and holder of the online London School of Economics certificate in Cryptocurrency and Disruption Paul Parker is able to advise on all aspects of blockchain and cryptocurrency.
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Last updated: 31 May, 2023