Mark Lewis

Mark Lewis is a partner and Practice Group Head in the Jersey Corporate & Commercial department. He specialises in public securities and investment fund work. He is also the Local Team Leader for Insurance. Mark became a partner of Appleby in 1998 and has been Group Head since 2000.

Mark was named as a leading private funds lawyer in the International Who's Who of Private Funds Lawyers 2011. He was also was named as a 'Leader in his Field' by Chambers UK 2012. Mark was named as a ‘Leader in his Field’ by Chambers Europe 2011 and 2010. He was described as 'a pleasure to deal with' by Legal 500 UK 2011 edition, and was recommended for corporate & commercial, investment funds and structured finance matters in Legal 500 UK 2010 edition. Chambers Global 2009 praised Mark’s 'no-nonsense and practical advice'. The 2008 edition of Legal 500 UK said Mark 'never fails to impress' and praised his 'availability and prompt attention to business'. He was recognised as 'Highly Recommended' for corporate/ M&A work, and 'recommended' for banking in the 2009 edition of PLC Which Lawyer?. The directory described Mark as enjoying 'extensive market recognition for his ample knowledge of international finance and financial services regulations'. He was named for financial and corporate in the 2009 edition of IFLR1000.

He regularly speaks at seminars and conferences, including on regulatory issues. Mark also contributes to Appleby’s Finance newsletter.

Mark is a member of the Jersey Law Society, English Law Society and the International Bar Association. He is also Chair of the Jersey International Insurance Association’s technical committee.

Some recent examples of work include advising:

• On the establishment of the Aberdeen Asian Income Fund and the Aberdeen Latin American Income Fund, both of which are listed on the premium market of the London Stock Exchange
  
  
• On the Listing of China New Energy Group on AIM. CNEG is a natural gas company engaged in the development of natural gas distribution networks in small and medium-sized cities in China
  
  
• On the sale of Loch Lomond golf club to its members
  
  
• Belgravia Funds Group on its restructuring and winding-up
  
  
• Alchemy Partners, a British private equity company, in relation to a £90 million management buyout (MBO) of Noonan Services Group Limited, a Jersey-registered contract cleaning and facilities management group
  
  
• On the migration of a Luxembourg-based captive insurer to Jersey
  
  
• Meinl European Land Limited (now Atrium European Real Estate Limited), the largest real estate investor and developer in Central and Eastern Europe, on a major restructuring and investment of up to €1.85 billion by a joint venture between Citigroup and global property investor Gazit. Meinl European Land is the first Jersey unclassified fund to convert to 'listed fund' status and adopt a self-managed structure
  
  
• Atrium European Real Estate Limited on a dual listing of the company’s securities on Euronext Amsterdam and the Vienna Stock Exchange, the first dual listing of this nature for a Jersey company in the alternative funds sector in Western and Central Europe
  
  
• Nationwide, the sponsor of the Cobbler Funding US Commercial Paper Programme in connection with its reorganisation. The Programme has a limit of US$4 billion of outstanding obligations due at any one time

• Banking & Asset Finance
• Capital Markets
• Funds & Investment Services
• Hedge Funds
• International Real Estate
• Mutual Funds