Jonathan Vanderkar is Managing Partner of the Zurich office. He joined Appleby’s Bermuda office in 2006 and opened the Zurich office in December 2008. Prior to joining Appleby, he worked as a solicitor specialising in finance at a number of leading London law firms.
Jonathan has extensive experience in banking, secured lending, asset finance, structured finance and corporate law. He also advises private clients on wealth and estate planning matters. In Switzerland, Jonathan advises on a multitude of offshore vehicles and structures, and related transactional matters. He advises clients with regard to corporate law, investment funds, trust and private client matters, together with banking, asset finance and insurance in relation to Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands. His clients include a large number of commercial lenders, private banks, investment banks, fund managers, trust companies and multinational corporations.
He regularly contributes to newspapers and industry publications on matters of offshore law and the use of offshore structures.
Jonathan graduated from Warwick University (LLB Hons.) in 1989, and then from The College of Law, Guildford in 1990.