Nathalie West

Partner

Bermuda

T +1 441 242 1523

M +1 441 525 1523

E nathalie.west@walkersglobal.com

Practice Areas

Nathalie West is a partner in the Corporate, Finance, Funds & Insurance Group in Bermuda.

She advises on a wide range of finance and corporate transactions in connection with leveraged buy-outs, share offerings, bond offerings, subscription finance, securitisations, restructurings, project and infrastructure finance and other complex cross-border financings. Nathalie has extensive experience in leveraged and acquisition financings.

Nathalie also advises clients across the aviation and shipping industries including major operating lessors, financiers, airliners and ship operators, as well as leading on-shore law firms on a variety of finance, leasing and registration transactions.

Prior Employment Experience

Prior to joining Walkers in 2018, Nathalie worked in the banking and finance teams of Kirkland & Ellis International LLP and Weil, Gotshal & Manges in London where she advised private equity sponsors, funds and financial institutions on a variety of financings including leveraged, corporate and acquisition finance matters and restructurings.

Admitted in & Qualifications

Admitted in:
Bermuda
England and Wales (not practising)

Qualifications:
LPC (Distinction), Kaplan Law School, UK
LLB (Hons), Queen Mary, University of London, UK
Bachelor of Arts, Villanova University, USA

Other Distinctions

2023 Chambers Global - Up and Coming - Corporate & Finance - "Nathalie West has deep knowledge on a wide variety of financings."

2022 Legal 500 - Rising Star - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets

2022 Chambers Global - Notable Practitioner - Corporate & Finance - "She is responsive, has good knowledge of the deal and good knowledge of the market. In addition, she is solution-oriented, offers practical solutions and is able to respect deadlines."

2022 Legal 500 - Rising Star - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets

2021 Chambers Global - Associates to Watch - Corporate & Finance - "She is an excellent up-and-coming senior associate" who "approaches tasks with the required commerciality and is responsive and proactive."

2021 Legal 500 - Rising Star - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets

2021 Legal 500 - Recommened - Corporate & Commercial

News, Matters and Publications

NEWS

Walkers advises on the sale of Assala Energy by Carlyle - Walkers is pleased to have advised on the agreement by Carlyle to sell Assala Energy, an upstream oi...
Walkers announces Bermuda recipients of 2023 legal scholarship and bursary - Walkers is proud to announce the 2023 recipients of its prestigious scholarship and bursary programs...
Walkers announces 29 senior legal and professional services promotions - Walkers, the international financial services firm, is boosting its legal and professional services ...
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 Named #1 Global CLO Market Offshore Service Provider in Creditflux's CLO Census 2022 - Walkers is pleased to announce that its law firm and Walkers Professional Services ("WPS") have been...

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MATTERS

Walkers (Bermuda) Limited Acts on Yorkshire and Clydesdale Bank Pension Scheme £1.6bn longevity hedge with Pacific Life Re via Zurich Assurance Ltd - Walkers acted as Bermuda counsel for the Yorkshire and Clydesdale Bank Pension Scheme Trustee in a&n...
Walkers Bermuda acts on Lancashire Holdings Limited’s offering of US$400 million 2041 Notes - Walkers is pleased to have acted as Bermuda counsel to London Stock Exchange-listed Lancashire Holdi...
Walkers (Bermuda) Limited Acts on Swiss Re's First ILS Fund - Walkers has acted as Bermuda counsel on the launch of the Core Nat Cat Fund, a segregated account of...
Walkers Advises On Apex Group's Acquisition of FundRock - Walkers (Bermuda) Limited ("Walkers") is pleased to have acted as Bermuda counsel to Apex Group Ltd ...
Walkers Bermuda acts on Lancashire Holdings Limited £277 Million Capital Raise - Walkers is pleased to have acted as Bermudian counsel to London Stock Exchange-listed Lancashire Hol...

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ARTICLES

Chambers Global Practice Guide 2022: Banking & Finance – Bermuda: Law and Practice - Partner Adam Bathgate and senior counsel Nathalie West have authored the Chambers 2022 Global P...
Bermuda CLOs: Top 3 Tips - Following the inclusion in February 2022 of the Cayman Islands on the European Union’s AML list, m...
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 – Asset Finance - The impact of Covid-19 is clearly the big talking point for 2022, with several questions arising: wi...
Chambers Global Practice Guide 2020: Banking & Finance – Bermuda: Law and Practice - Partners Adam Bathgate and Nathalie West have authored the Chambers 2020 Global Practice Guide: Bank...

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EVENTS

Walkers to Sponsor ABS East Miami 2022 - Walkers is pleased to be an exhibiting sponsor at ABS East Miami 2022, taking place between 17 and 1...
ILS Bermuda Convergence 2020 Conference - Walkers is pleased to sponsor this year's ILS Convergence Conference, the networking event...
Walkers Bermuda to Sponsor Bermuda Captive Conference 2019 - Walkers Bermuda* is delighted to once again sponsor this year's Bermuda Captive Conference, taking p...

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ADVISORY

Bermuda Insights: Trends and Opportunities 2022 - As part of our five year anniversary celebrations of our law firm opening in Bermuda, we put togethe...
Bermuda – An Ideal Location for International Business - This briefing explains Bermuda’s adoption of rigorous international tax and regulatory standards, ...
Amendments Introduced to Bermuda's Segregated Accounts Companies Act - As of 8 November 2021 (with certain changes that came into operation on 31 December 2021), the Segre...
CLO Migration from the Cayman Islands to Bermuda - The Companies Act 1981 of Bermuda (the “Companies Act”) permits a body corporate incorporated as...
Bermuda Incorporated Segregated Accounts Companies Act Comes Into Force - The highly anticipated Incorporated Segregated Accounts Companies Act 2019 (the "ISAC Act") came int...