Business appointments: Law firm Walkers team continues to expand
SENIOR counsel Zoë Hallam has joined the Guernsey office of law firm Walkers.
Guernsey-born Miss Hallam is returning to the Channel Islands having worked in Walkers’ Cayman Islands office for the last eight years and for a magic circle firm in London before that. Her arrival means that the firm’s investment funds, corporate and finance team continues to expand.
As senior counsel, she advises on a broad range of finance and corporate transactions, with a particular focus on advising borrowers and lenders on fund financing. Clients include international banks and financial institutions as well as numerous hedge fund managers and PE houses.
‘Her broad experience and international reputation will be invaluable as we continue to develop the investment funds, corporate and finance practice in the Channel Islands,’ said Walkers’ Guernsey managing partner Louise Hall.
The investment funds, corporate and finance practice has also benefited from the recruitment of two new associates, Mark Finlayson and Wandile Sishi, both of whom previously practised corporate law in South Africa for a number of years. The appointments follow the hire of partner Kate Storey, in September last year, who in addition to her investment funds and corporate experience also spearheads the firm’s Channe Islands insurance practice.
The investment funds, corporate and finance team now has three partners, three senior counsel and a team of new associates, demonstrating continued investment in the Guernsey transactional team and underlining the importance of the jurisdiction to the global firm.
Walkers’ head of Channel Islands Fraser Hern said: ‘We now have a top class Guernsey practice. This is consistent with what we are experiencing in Jersey as a consequence of our increased investment in that jurisdiction occurring simultaneously with our investment in Guernsey.
‘We have an ambition to be the leading Channel Islands law firm with true integration across the Jersey and Guernsey offices and are very excited at the opportunities that are presenting themselves to make this a reality.’
