Jeffrey Kirk is a partner in the Corporate & Commercial department at Appleby. He joined the firm in 2007, initially practising out of the London office before moving to the Bermuda office, and subsequently to the Hong Kong office when made a partner in 2009.
He has extensive experience advising on the laws of the Cayman Islands, BVI and Bermuda with regard to project, acquisition and asset finance, general banking matters, public and private company M&A, funds and investment services (including Islamic funds), (re)insurance - corporate, capital markets and transactional matters, and the formation and operation of special-purpose investment vehicles (including the use of segregated accounts-portfolio companies).
Prior to joining Appleby, Jeffrey’s experience includes having worked in the financial services teams of Reynolds Porter Chamberlain and Clifford Chance, and having been in-house counsel for Lloyd’s of London and for the Oasis Group (a boutique investment management house).
Chambers Global 2012 described Carlos as 'very prompt, practical and responsive. He combines legal expertise with commercial understanding.'
Jeffrey is a frequent speaker and panellist at seminars and conferences, including the Islamic Finance News Hong Kong Roadshow and the Fund Forum Asia. He is often invited to write articles on all aspects of offshore (re)insurance, hedge and Shariah fund structuring and other corporate issue, and contributes to a variety of publications, including The Lawyer, The Bermuda Royal Gazette, Finance Publications Offshore and Mondaq.
He speaks, reads and writes English and Afrikaans.