Rachael Pape

Partner

British Virgin Islands | T +1 284 852 1114
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Rachael Pape is a Partner in the British Virgin Islands Corporate practice.

Rachael has a broad corporate and finance practice with particular expertise in corporate finance and reorganisations, mergers and acquisitions, voluntary liquidations, capital markets, derivatives and securitisations and investment funds, along with providing cross-border regulatory guidance.

Rachael is consistently ranked by the leading legal directories for her specialist corporate, finance and investment funds expertise. She is recognised as being an ‘exceptional’ lawyer who ‘can deliver tailored advice at short notice when required’. Client testimonials describe her as ‘incredibly reliable’, ‘highly commercial and pragmatic’ and ‘very client friendly and responsive’.

Prior to moving to the British Virgin Islands, Rachael worked as an associate in the finance team of Slaughter and May and in the international capital markets (derivatives and structured finance) team of Allen & Overy LLP in London.

Jurisdiction

Experience

M&A

  • Advised InvestAcc Group Limited, a leading UK specialist pension administrator, on its acquisition of AJ Bell’s Platinum SIPP and SSAS business, bringing total assets under administration to over £8.5 billion across 16,000 SIPP and SSAS accounts.
  • Advised Marwyn Acquisition Company II Limited in relation to its proposed GBP41.5 million acquisition (via its subsidiary MAC II UK Limited) of InvestAcc Group Limited.
  • Advised ecommerce payments provider and online merchant acquiring bank Finaro (formerly Credorax) on its acquisition by US fintech company Shift4 (NYSE: FOUR), a leading provider of integrated payment and technology solutions.
  • Advised B2Gold Corp. on its up to US$60 million purchase agreement with AngloGold Ashanti Limited to acquire AngloGold’s 50% stake in the Gramalote Project, located in the Department of Antioquia, Colombia.
  • Advised AdvancedAdvT Limited (LSE: ADVT) in respect of the acquisition of the entire issued and outstanding share capital of five software businesses from Capita plc.
  • Advised Kinross Gold Corporation in relation to the sale of all its interest in the Chirano mine in Ghana to Asante Gold Corporation through the sale of Red Back Mining Pty Ltd for a total consideration of US$225 million in cash and shares.
  • Advised B2Gold Corp. in relation to its AU$27.4 million acquisition through its wholly owned subsidiary B2Gold Oklo Resources Pty Limited of 100% of the share capital of Oklo Resources Limited by way of a scheme of arrangement. The acquisition provided B2Gold with additional extensive land packages near its Fekola mine complex in Mali.

Capital Markets

  • Advised BBB Foods (NYSE:TBBB) in connection with its US$589 million initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange.
  • Advised AdvancedAdvT Limited on its admission of its ordinary shares to trading on the Alternative Investment Market of the London Stock Exchange.
  • Advised Marwyn Acquisition Company II Limited and Marwyn Acquisition Company III Limited on their launch of £500 million placing programmes.
  • Advised Harbour Energy plc, the largest independent oil and gas company listed in the UK, on its offering of $500 million five-year U.S. Dollar-denominated senior notes.

Qualifications

Professional Background

  • Associate, Carey Olsen, British Virgin Islands
  • Associate, Slaughter and May, London
  • Associate, Allen & Overy LLP, London
  • Trainee, Allen & Overy LLP, London and Moscow

Education

  • College of Law, London, Postgraduate Diploma in Legal Practice (Commendation), 2008
  • University of Oxford, Trinity College, Jurisprudence (MA, Oxon), 2007

Bar Admissions

  • British Virgin Islands, Solicitor, 2015
  • England & Wales, Solicitor, 2010 (not currently practising)

Awards & Accolades

  • Recognised in the 2024 edition of the Chambers Global Guide (Up and Coming: Corporate and Finance including Investment Funds).
  • Recognised as ‘Next Generation Partner’ in the 2025 (and since 2019) edition of the Legal 500 Caribbean Rankings (corporate and commercial)
  • Recognised as ‘Next Generation Partner’ in the 2025 (and since 2019) edition of the Legal 500 Caribbean Rankings (banking, finance and capital markets)
  • Recognised in the 2025 (and since 2019) edition of the Legal 500 Caribbean Ranking (investment funds)
  • Recognised as ‘Rising Star’ in the 2024 edition (and since 2021) of IFLR1000 (financial and corporate).