James mcconvill

James McConvill joined Appleby in January 2008 as an associate in the Corporate & Commercial practice group of the British Virgin Islands, and in April 2010 became a Consultant to Appleby BVI.  He specialises in international banking and finance law, corporate governance and compliance, mergers and acquisitions, and insurance. During his time at Appleby, he has advised a host of major financial institutions, multinational corporations and investment advisers. He has worked on some of the biggest corporate deals handled by Appleby’s BVI office.
 
He previously worked for top-tier Australian law firm Allens Arthur Robinson, and also completed a PhD in corporate law at Deakin University Law School in Melbourne, Australia. His published work includes the books Shareholder Participation and the Corporation (Routledge, London, 2006) and Principles of Contemporary Corporate Governance (Cambridge University Press, New York, 2005, co-author).

Representative work includes advising:

• A major oil and gas company on the acquisition of two oil rigs offshore India by a BVI-incorporated subsidiary, with an estimated transaction value of US$5 billion
  
  
• A private equity consortium acquiring a global offshore services company with numerous BVI-registered entities with an estimated transaction value of US$2 billion
  
  
• An Eastern European client as BVI counsel in relation to a share reorganisation and redemption scheme involving a BVI company worth US$200 million
  
  
• An international bank based in New York City on a US$1.5 billion investment (in three tranches) into Latin America involving a BVI-incorporated subsidiary of one of the world’s largest retailing groups
  
  
• A UK magic circle firm assisting an international investment bank on a US$1.5 billion ISDA documented interest rate swap transaction with a BVI-incorporated counterparty
  
  
• A Netherlands-based bank on the refinancing (guaranteed by BVI-incorporated subsidiaries) of a US$600 million revolving credit facility