Justin Hart

Partner

Cayman Islands

T +1 345 814 4565

M +1 345 516 4565

E justin.hart@walkersglobal.com

Practice Areas

Justin Hart is based in Walkers' Cayman Islands office and is a partner in the firm's Finance & Corporate Group.

Justin has extensive experience on a broad range of finance transactions, including complex cross-border and syndicated corporate credit facilities, specialising in fund financing. He has acted for many of the world's largest private equity sponsors and lenders on an array of fund financing transactions including subscription credit facilities, NAV and hybrid facilities, GP and LP facilities and asset based bankruptcy remote SPV financings.

Justin also has an extensive corporate practice and regularly advises large multinationals and portfolio companies of private equity sponsors on various Cayman Islands' corporate and commercial matters including mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, equity and debt listings and joint ventures.

Admitted in & Qualifications

Admitted In:
Cayman Islands

Qualifications:
Bachelor of Arts Degree (Cum Laude), Political Science and Philosophy, Boston College
LLB (Hons), London School of Economics and Political Science
Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (Commendation), BPP Law School, London, UK

Other Distinctions

2023 IFLR 1000 - Rising Star

2023 Chambers Global - Notable Practitioner - Corporate & Finance - "Justin's attention to detail and ability to handle all manner of complex issues provide incredible comfort."

2023 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Corporate & Commercial

2022 Chambers Global - Notable Practitioner - Corporate & Finance

2022 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Corporate & Commercial

2021 IFLR 1000 - Rising Star

2021 Legal 500 - Rising Star - Corporate & Commercial

2020 IFLR 1000 - Rising Star

2020 Legal 500 - Recommended Lawyer - Corporate & Commercial

2019 IFLR 1000 - Rising Star

Boards & Associations

Justin is a member of the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association.

News, Matters and Publications

NEWS

Walkers acts as Cayman Islands counsel on Finastra Group $5.32 billion refinancing - Walkers is pleased to announce it acted as Cayman Islands legal counsel to the administrative agent,...
Walkers Leads Legal 500 2023 Offshore Lawyer Rankings - Walkers is proud to receive 44 individual lawyer rankings in the 2023 Legal 500 Caribbean directory ...
Walkers' Integrated Global Legal, Tax and Professional Services Highlighted in 2021 IFLR1000 Rankings - Walkers reinforces its position as a leading law firm with the most recent IFLR 1000 legal directory...
Walkers Leads Legal 500 2022 Offshore Lawyer Rankings - Walkers is pleased to announce it has received 44 individual lawyer rankings in the 2022 Legal 500 C...
Walkers Announces 2020 Promotions - Walkers is pleased to announce that 32 attorneys across its global offices have been promoted in Wal...

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MATTERS

Walkers' Cayman and Guernsey offices advise on the $1.3 billion acquisition of Cowen Inc. by TD Bank Group - A team led by Cayman Islands Finance & Corporate partner Justin Hart and Guernsey Investment Funds &...
Walkers advises on the acquisition of Traxys Group by Traxys Management, Optiver and Other Key Investors - We are pleased to have acted as Cayman Islands legal counsel to Traxys, a physical trader and metals...
Walkers Acts as Cayman Corporate Counsel for Azorra in Acquisition of a 37 Aircraft Portfolio - Walkers is pleased to announce it has acted as Cayman Islands corporate counsel for Azorra Aviation ...
Walkers acts as Cayman Islands legal counsel on strategic investment by Sumeru Equity Partners in beqom - Walkers is pleased to have acted as Cayman Islands legal counsel to Sumeru Equity Partners ("Sumeru"...
Largest Corporate Bond Offerings by a South American Company - Walkers acted as as Cayman Islands counsel on over US$13 billion (in aggregate) of debt issued by th...

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EVENTS

Walkers to sponsor the 12th Annual Global Fund Finance Symposium - Walkers is pleased to announce that it is a platinum sponsor of the 12th Annual Global Fund Finance ...
Walkers to Sponsor Women in Fund Finance - Walkers is proud to be sponsoring the Women in Fund Finance Networking Boat Trip on February 12 in M...
Walkers to Sponsor Global Fund Finance Symposium 2020 - Walkers is pleased to be a silver sponsor at the 10th annual Global Fund Finance Symposium taking pl...

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ARTICLES

Global Fund Finance Trends 2022 - Off the back of another record breaking year of deals, both in size and volume, the resilience of th...
Key Trends for 2022 – Banking & Finance - The continuing impact of Covid-19 is clearly the big talking point for 2022, with several questions ...
Walkers Offshore Fund Finance Update – Asia, Europe & US Market - The global fund finance market remains resilient, with a positive outlook particularly in the credit...
Calling all commitments – capital call security over debt commitments from a Cayman Islands perspective - From a Cayman Islands perspective, capital call or subscription line credit facilities generally fol...

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