Catharina von Finckenhagen – Ogier

Ogier fund finance specialist Catharina von Finckenhagen has returned to the Cayman Islands as a dual-qualified Luxembourg advocate and Cayman attorney, providing combined Luxembourg law and Cayman law advice from a U.S. time zone. She has spent six months on secondment with the Ogier Luxembourg banking and finance team, led by finance partners Dan Richards and Fabien Debroise.

Catharina was recently admitted to the Luxembourg bar under List IV, which recognises dual-qualified practitioners. She has extensive corporate finance, banking and investment funds experience, and specialises in fund finance, advising global lending institutions and borrowers in relation to multi-jurisdictional subscription finance facilities.

Ogier's global head of Fund Finance James Heinicke said: "The Cayman Islands and Luxembourg are two of the world’s leading investment funds jurisdictions. As fund structures develop it is increasingly common to see structures that include parallel Cayman Islands and Luxembourg vehicles to address the needs of different global investor groups.

"For some time now our Cayman and Luxembourg teams have been regularly working alongside each other on fund finance deals. Ogier’s global fund finance team comprises experts located across all major international time zones but now, with Catharina returning to Cayman from Luxembourg, we are able to provide both Luxembourg and Cayman law advice in the U.S. time zone."

Catharina, who is fluent in English, French, Italian, Norwegian, Swedish and Spanish, is a member of 100 Women in Finance, Women in Fund Finance and the Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association.

James York – NatWest Markets

James York joined the NatWest Markets Funds Finance team as a Vice President earlier this month. Previously at HSBC, James will be focusing on the core funds business as well as helping to build out the team’s capabilities in asset-backed financing.