Prior to joining Walkers, Matthew worked in the Banking and Finance departments at SJ Berwin in London and at Corrs Chambers Westgarth in Australia. He also has extensive in-house experience, having worked as Deputy General Counsel (Australia & New Zealand) at GE Capital and as General Manager, Group Legal & Governance at Australian Unity.

Admitted In:
British Virgin Islands
England & Wales (not practising)
Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia (not practising)
High Court of Australia (not practising)
New Zealand (not practising)

2022 Chambers Global Guide - Notable Practitioner - Corporate & Finance including Investment Funds

2022 Legal 500 - Recommended - Investment Funds

2022 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Corporate & Commercial

2022 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets

2021 Chambers Global Guide - Notable Practitioner - Corporate & Finance including Investment Funds - "a clear expert in his practice area, able to provide responses and documents in a timely way." 

2021 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Banking, Finance & Capital Markets

2021 Legal 500 - Next Generation Partner - Corporate & Commercial

Matthew is a member of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators (ICSA) and the Governance Institute of Australia. Matthew is also a Chartered Secretary.

ADVISORY

• BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act 2022 - Summary of Key Changes - BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act revisions effective 1 January 2023 The BVI Business Companies...
  
• Pre-enforcement Steps and Enforcement Action Under Bermuda, BVI and Cayman Law - The full strength of the economic headwinds facing the UK economy is not yet clear, but a helpful re...
  
• EU Annex II Update - Bermuda & BVI - On 24 February 2022 the European Council confirmed that ten countries, including Bermuda and the Bri...
  
• BVI Company Law Series - Distributions - The BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (as amended) (the “Act”) gives a BVI business company (a �...
  
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NEWS

• Walkers BVI advises on major acquisition for AEA Investors LP - Walkers is pleased to have acted as British Virgin Islands counsel to US private equity firm AEA Inv...
  
• Walkers Celebrates Record 72 Lawyer Rankings in Chambers Global Guide 2022 - Walkers has maintained its preeminent position as the go-to offshore law firm in the 2022 Chambers a...
  
• Walkers Named Best BVI Law Firm 2021 at Who's Who Legal Awards - Walkers is pleased to announce that its BVI office was recently named as the Best BVI Law Firm 2021 ...
  
• Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays 2021! - Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!We hope that this special time of year holds all the happiness of...
  
• 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...
  
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MATTERS

• Walkers Acts for Pfizer in US$11.6 Billion Acquisition of Biohaven Pharmaceuticals - Walkers is pleased to have acted as British Virgin Islands counsel to Pfizer Inc. on its proposed US...
  
• Walkers BVI Acts on first USD Sustainability-Linked Bond by bottler in the Americas - Walkers' British Virgin Islands ("BVI") office has acted as BVI counsel to The Central America Bottl...
  
• Walkers BVI Acts on US$500 Million Biohaven Structured Loan Facility - Walkers' British Virgin Islands ("BVI") office has acted as BVI counsel to Sixth Street Partners LLC...
  
• Walkers Acts on 3 Major Norwegian Cruise Line Transactions - Walkers is pleased to announce that it has acted as offshore counsel to Norwegian Cruise Line Holdin...
  
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ARTICLES

• BVI | ICLG Mergers & Acquisitions 2022 - Walkers has once again worked with ICLG to create the British Virgin Islands chapter of their Merger...
  
• Key Trends for 2022 – Structured Finance - Despite the impact of the Global Pandemic, the structured finance market enjoyed strong performance ...
  
• Key Trends for 2022 – Asset Finance - The impact of Covid-19 is clearly the big talking point for 2022, with several questions arising: wi...
  
• Key Trends for 2022 – Banking & Finance - The continuing impact of Covid-19 is clearly the big talking point for 2022, with several questions ...
  
• Walkers Fundamentals White Paper 2021 – Regional Update: Americas - It has been another twelve months in which the extraordinary has become the norm, the unthinkable th...
  
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EVENTS

• Walkers Virtual Fundamentals 2021 Seminar - Please join us on Tuesday 9 November for a live broadcast of Walkers Fundamentals where we will expl...
  
• Walkers Virtual Fundamentals Seminar - Please join us for pre-event networking, followed by a live broadcast of Walkers Fundamentals a...
  
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MEMO

• (Global) Comparison of Companies - Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Jersey, Guernsey and Ireland - The decision as to where to incorporate an offshore company can only be made based on the specific f...
  
• (BVI) (Cayman) Statutory Records - The decision as to where to incorporate an offshore company can only be made based on the specific f...
  
• (Global) Company Mergers in the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands and Bermuda - Businesses have been increasingly taking advantage of the statutory provisions relating to mergers i...
  
• (BVI) Statutory Mergers - Walkers is interested to note that businesses have been increasingly taking advantage of the statuto...
  
• (BVI) Squeeze Out Measures Under BVI Law - The object of this Memorandum is to provide a basic overview of the ways in which a dissenting minor...
  
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