Edward Rance

Overview

Edward Rance is a Director in the Corporate department of Conyers Dill & Pearman. He joined Conyers in 2016. Edward’s practice consists of a broad range of corporate and finance matters, including in and out of court insolvencies and restructurings. Edward also advises ultra-high net worth individuals on offshore holding structures.

Prior to joining Conyers, Edward practised with Allen & Overy LLP and Milbank Tweed Hadley and McCloy, with a particular emphasis on advising financial institutions and investment funds in relation to publically traded securities and the distressed debt market.

Experience

Experience Highlights

Advised Liberty Latin America on their $4 billion split-off and demerger from Liberty Global plc, and their subsequent listing and launch on NASDAQAdvised Acted as special Bermuda counsel to The Bank of N.T Butterfield & Son Limited in connection with its US$287.5 million initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange and subsequent US$349 million secondary offering.
Advised Textainer Group Holdings Limited (NYSE: TGH) (“Textainer”), the world’s largest lessor of intermodal containers based on fleet size, on numerous credit/loan facilities and asset-backed note securitization (“ABS”) transactions, most recently the issuance by Textainer Marine Containers V Limited (an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Textainer) of US$500 million fixed rate asset backed notes which represented one of the largest ABS transactions in the history of the intermodal containers leasing industry and the initial entry and subsequent refinance by Textainer Marine Containers II Limited (also an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Textainer) of its $1.2 billion warehouse securitization facility.
Advised a private equity consortium led by Centerbridge Partners, L.P. on their $952 million acquisition of Canopius from Sompo Holdings.

Qualifications

Professional Background

Associate, Milbank Tweed Hadley & McCloy, London
Trainee & Associate, Allen & Overy LLP, London

Education

College of Law (London), LLB, 2011
University of Oxford, MSc, 2009
University of Cambridge, MA, 2008

Bar Admissions

Bermuda, 2013
England & Wales, 2013 (not currently practising)

Awards & Accolades

Recognised in the 2021 edition (and since 2018) of Legal 500 Caribbean as a Rising Star (banking, finance and capital markets)
Recognised in the 2019 edition (and 2018) of Legal 500 Caribbean (corporate and commercial)

Associations

Insolvency Lawyers Associate
R3 – Association of Business Recovery Professionals

Publications

Bermuda Public Companies Update – January 2021

Corporate Digest: Notable Deals and Transactions – Winter 2020

Corporate Digest: Notable Deals and Transactions – Autumn 2019

Corporate Digest: Notable Deals and Transactions – Spring 2019

Global IPO Report – July 2018

Establishing a business in Bermuda – Thomas Reuters Practical Law, 2018

2017 Global Corporate Year in Review, January 2018

Initial Public Offerings 2017 | Bermuda – Global Legal Insights, 2017

Bermuda Corporate Practice Group 2016 Year in Review

Area(s) of Expertise

Legal Services

Capital Markets
Corporate
Finance
Litigation & Restructuring
Mergers & Acquisitions

Featured Content

This edition of the Bermuda Public Companies Update summarises significant transactions involving Bermuda companies on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq in the second half of 2020.