Audrey M. Robertson

Overview

Audrey M. Robertson is a Partner in the Corporate department of Conyers Dill & Pearman in the British Virgin Islands.

Audrey’s practice covers general corporate and commercial matters with particular focus on public offerings and joint ventures. She has extensive experience in a wide variety of international asset finance and corporate transactions. Audrey has particular expertise in financings involving aircraft, including aircraft acquisitions and dispositions, sale and leasebacks and pre-delivery payment and warehouse facilities. Audrey advises leading financial institutions, leasing companies, development agencies and companies.

Audrey is recognised in a number of international legal directories, including Chambers Global, Legal 500, Who’s Who Legal, Legal Media Group Expert Guides – Aviation and Women in Business Law for her corporate and commercial and aviation law expertise.

Experience

Experience Highlights

Advised AquaVenture on their US$134.6 million IPO restructuring and listing on the NYSE.
Advised Citadel Capital on the Egyptian Refining Company (Takrir)’s US$3.7 billion Greenfield financing, the largest-ever project finance transaction in Africa and among the largest-ever inward investments in Egypt. The transaction was named IFLR’s Middle East Project Finance Deal of the Year.
Advised Luxoft Holding, Inc., a leading global provider of software development services and innovative IT solutions, on its initial US$270 million public offering on the New York Stock Exchange.
Advised on the multi-jurisdictional financing of a world renowned resort.

Qualifications

Professional Background

Partner, Asset Finance, Hammonds LLP, London

Education

Leeds Metropolitan University, 1987

Bar Admissions

British Virgin Islands, Solicitor, 2006
England & Wales, Solicitor, 1990 (not currently practising)

Awards & Accolades

Recognised in the 2021 edition (and since 2011) of Legal 500 Caribbean (corporate and commercial)
Recognised in the 2021 edition (and since 2018) of Legal 500 Caribbean (banking, finance and capital markets)
Recognised in the 2021 edition (and 2019) of Legal 500 Caribbean (investment funds)
Recognised in the 2021 edition (and since 2016) of IFLR1000 (investment funds, financial and corporate)
Recognised in the 2021 edition (and since 2015) of Chambers Global (corporate and finance)
Recognised in the 2017 edition (and 2016) of Women in Business Law (aviation)
Recognised in the 2016 edition (and since 2013) of Who's Who Legal (aviation)
Recognised in the 2017 edition (and since 2015) of Legal Media Groups' Expert Guides (aviation)

Associations

Law Society of England and Wales

Publications

Chambers Global Practice Guides 2021 – Aviation Finance & Leasing – British Virgin Islands

The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide 2021 – British Virgin Islands – Aviation Finance & Leasing

Chambers Global Practice Guides 2021 – Corporate M&A – British Virgin Islands

The Legal 500 Country Comparative Guide 2021 – British Virgin Islands – Banking & Finance

Corporate Digest: Notable Deals and Transactions – Winter 2020

Chambers Global Guide, Project Finance 2020 – British Virgin Islands

The Aviation Law Review - 8th Edition - 2020

The Legal 500 - Country Comparative Guides – Aviation Finance & Leasing – British Virgin Islands

Lexology - Aviation Financing & Leasing

Corporate Digest: Notable Deals and Transactions - Autumn 2019

The Aviation Law Review – British Virgin Islands

Aviation Financing & Leasing

Getting the Deal Through – Aviation Finance & Leasing 2019: British Virgin Islands

Corporate Digest: Notable Deals and Transactions - Spring 2019

The Aviation Law Review, Edition 6, British Virgin Islands, The Law Review, September 2018

Global IPO Report – July 2018

Aviation, Lexology Navigator, March 2018

2017 Global Corporate Year in Review, January 2018

Aviation, Lexology Navigator, November 2017

British Virgin Islands, The Aviation Law Review, October 2017

The BVI for Financing of Corporate and Private Aircraft, Business BVI, August 2015

Roundtable: Aviation 2015, Who’s Who Legal Transport, February 2015

BVI Companies for Initial Public Offerings, BVI Finance, February 2014

Shipping and the British Virgin Islands, BVI Finance, May 2013

Why the BVI? BVI Finance, January 2013

Roundtable: Aviation 2013, The International Who’s Who of Aviation Lawyers, December 2012

Area(s) of Expertise

Legal Services

Aviation
British Virgin Islands Investment Funds
Capital Markets
Corporate
Finance
Investment Funds
Mergers & Acquisitions
Securitization & Structured Finance
Shipping

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