Regions

Walkers has an established track record of delivering in-depth Bermuda, British Virgin Islands (BVI) , Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Irish and Jersey law advice to our Africa based clients. Our clients include both African home grown and international corporations, as well as law firms and financial institutions.

Our Africa practice works closely with our international offices, to effectively manage significant complex cross-border transactions, whilst our offices in Europe provide our clients in the African region with time zone critical advice.

Walkers' China Group comprises highly qualified and experienced professionals who provide first-class British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Cayman Islands law services to clients based in China. Our lawyers in the Group, many fluent in Mandarin and Cantonese, are fully familiar with the local cultural and business environment and tailor their legal advice accordingly. Recognising the importance of on-the-ground knowledge and need for face-to-face dealings, our lawyers travel regularly to China.

We offer a broad range of practice areas including asset finance, banking, corporate, finance, insolvency & dispute resolution, investment funds, private equity and structured products & capital markets. We have advised on some of the largest transactions in the region involving either British Virgin Islands or Cayman Islands law.

Our Europe team is based in our offices in Dublin, Guernsey, London and Jersey. We provide our clients throughout the region with British Virgin Islands (BVI), Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Irish and Jersey legal advice.

Walkers' India Group comprises highly qualified and experienced professionals who provide first-class British Virgin Islands (BVI), Cayman Islands, Irish and Jersey law services to clients based in, or investing into, India in their own time zones. Our lawyers are fully familiar with the political and cultural influences that have a bearing on deals involving India.

We have longstanding relationships with corporations, major financial institutions and law firms based in, or doing business in, India.

Walkers covers the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region from our office in Dubai. We provide our clients throughout the region with British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Cayman Islands legal advice in their own time zones. Our professionals are fully familiar with the distinct local cultural and business environments in the region and tailor their legal advice accordingly. Recognising the importance of on-the-ground knowledge and need for face-to-face dealings, our lawyers travel regularly throughout the region.

Walkers has been advising clients located in or connected to Latin America for many years and its Latin America Group provides unmatched expertise and a commitment to excellence upon which its clients have come to rely. We deliver highly commercial and innovative legal solutions across practice areas and sectors providing a seamless service to clients.

The Latin America Group services clients throughout the region across all of the key practice areas, including Finance, Corporate, Funds, Private Equity, Private Wealth and Trusts, Insolvency and Corporate Recovery and Litigation.

As the ‘International Financial Centre’ law firm of choice, Walkers has long standing relationships with corporations, major financial institutions, asset managers and onshore law firms and service providers either based in, or doing business in, Latin America. Within the firm, we have Portuguese and Spanish speaking capability and a number of professionals that possess a deep understanding of the local structures and operating environments, providing significant benefit to clients. The Latin America Group compromises a number of senior practice group leaders, partners and specialist regional attorneys who spend a significant amount of time working on matters originating from or related to Latin America.

Walkers' North America Group comprises highly qualified and experienced professionals serving clients in the U.S. and Canada and businesses transacting in the North American region. We have considerable expertise in advising our U.S. and Canadian clients on their offshore transactions, however complex. We have pioneered several structures that meet our clients’ commercial, financial and tax requirements.

We also advise Bermuda, British Virgin Islands and Cayman Islands companies listed or seeking listing on various stock exchanges around the globe including the TSX, as well as those listed companies opting to go private.

Our South East Asian team is based in our offices in Hong Kong and Singapore. We provide our clients throughout the region with British Virgin Islands (BVI) and Cayman Islands legal advice in their own time zones. Our professionals are fully familiar with the distinct local cultural and business environments in the region and tailor their legal advice accordingly. Recognising the importance of on-the-ground knowledge and need for face-to-face dealings, our lawyers travel regularly throughout the region.