Kim Paiva

Kim Paiva

Group Partner*

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Kim Paiva is a Group Partner in Walker's top-tier Guernsey Banking & Finance team – she has 15 years' experience in private practice in onshore and offshore roles, and leads the Guernsey acquisition finance and general secured lending team.

Kim has a broad range of expertise encompassing Banking & Finance and Corporate law matters, and specialises in acquisition and asset financing deals, advising borrowers and lenders predominantly in London and within the Channel Islands on matters of Guernsey law.

She is part of the market-leading Walkers Global Aviation Group, and advises both owners and financiers in relation to transactions involving aircraft registered or to be registered on 2-REG (Guernsey's Aircraft Registry).

Kim has ten years' experience advising on Guernsey law, and also advises on leveraged finance, and in acquisitions of regulated trust and company services providers.

Having spent five years practising in South Africa's largest law firm, Kim also works with clients from South Africa on funds and private capital matters, advising clients in respect of asset protection and succession planning structures.

*not admitted in Guernsey and not a member of Walkers (Guernsey) LLP

Prior to relocating to Guernsey at the beginning of 2009, Kim practised as a corporate and commercial attorney at one of South Africa's largest law firms, Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs, where she worked in the Corporate and M&A teams.

On arriving in Guernsey at the start of 2009, she practised in the Business and Trust Law team at another leading offshore firm, before joining Walkers in September 2010. She became a Group Partner in October 2020.

Admitted In:
South Africa (not practising)

Qualifications:
BA (History and Politics), University of Cape Town, South Africa
LLB, University of Cape Town, South Africa

2022 Legal 500 - Banking & Finance - Next Generation Partner - "Kim Paiva at Walkers has assembled a wonderful team that is approachable yet driven to provide the best service for their clients. Kim in particular has the ability to perform her role as Group Partner yet manage each transaction with the oversight and knowledge required."

2021 Legal 500 - Banking and Finance - Next Generation Partner - Guernsey - "Kim Paiva is my go-to lawyer in Guernsey for aviation finance or lease-related matters."

2020 Legal 500 - (Banking and Finance) Rising Star - Guernsey - "Manages expectations well and delivers under pressure’ "

2020 IFLR 1000 - Rising Star

2019 IFLR 1000 - Rising Star

2018 Legal 500 - (Investment Funds) Recommended Lawyer - Guernsey - "Kim Paiva for her ‘ability to process things urgently on short notice’ "

2018 Legal 500 - (Corporate and M&A) Recommended Lawyer - Guernsey - "Kim Paiva, 'manages expectations well and delivers under pressure’ "

2018 Legal 500 - (Banking and finance) Recommended Lawyer - Guernsey - " Kim Paiva is a 'responsive and capablesenior counsel"  

2017 Legal 500 - (Banking and finance) Recommended Lawyer - Guernsey - "Kim Paiva is ‘very responsive, and capable of providing effective solutions to issues posed by the nature and circumstances of the financing to be provided’."

2014, Chambers UK and Chambers Global - “Accessible, proactive with technical expertise and commercially aware”

2013, Chambers Europe, Chambers Global and Chambers UK - "leading associate Kim Paiva is praised for her "unfailing patience" and "willingness to go the extra mile”.’

A member of the Law Society of South Africa

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