Bio
Tesca Mathurin is an Associate in Appleby’s British Virgin Islands office and a member of the corporate department.
Tesca practices in the areas of formation and maintenance of funds (both open-ended and private investment funds), mergers and acquisitions, joint venture formation and other commercial and corporate law related matters. She advises clients from a wide spectrum of industries, including financial institutions, multi-national banks, asset management companies and private equity companies.
Prior to joining Appleby, she practised corporate and trust law with an international trust company.
Bio
Tesca Mathurin is an Associate in Appleby’s British Virgin Islands office and a member of the corporate department.
Tesca practices in the areas of formation and maintenance of funds (both open-ended and private investment funds), mergers and acquisitions, joint venture formation and other commercial and corporate law related matters. She advises clients from a wide spectrum of industries, including financial institutions, multi-national banks, asset management companies and private equity companies.
Prior to joining Appleby, she practised corporate and trust law with an international trust company.
Work Highlights
Recent cases include:
- Assisting with the set-up of a BVI special portfolio company holding assets over US$50M including bond’s, shares in blue chip companies and shares in start-up eco-friendly companies;
- Restructuring the ownership structure of Latin American companies with an asset value over US$25M and placing it into a BVI trust;
- Creating specialized Memorandum & Articles of Association for a BVI private equity vehicle with over US$75M worth of assets;
- Advising and ensuring client compliance with BVI compliance and regulatory frameworks set in place by the BVI Financial Services; the BVI Financial Services Investigation Agency and the BVI International Tax Authority;
- Drafting and reviewing corporate documents including share purchase agreements, shareholder agreements, loan facility agreements, call option agreements; and
- Drafting legal opinions on mergers, directors’ duties, crypto-currency and corporate governance.
Work Highlights
Recent cases include:
- Assisting with the set-up of a BVI special portfolio company holding assets over US$50M including bond’s, shares in blue chip companies and shares in start-up eco-friendly companies;
- Restructuring the ownership structure of Latin American companies with an asset value over US$25M and placing it into a BVI trust;
- Creating specialized Memorandum & Articles of Association for a BVI private equity vehicle with over US$75M worth of assets;
- Advising and ensuring client compliance with BVI compliance and regulatory frameworks set in place by the BVI Financial Services; the BVI Financial Services Investigation Agency and the BVI International Tax Authority;
- Drafting and reviewing corporate documents including share purchase agreements, shareholder agreements, loan facility agreements, call option agreements; and
- Drafting legal opinions on mergers, directors’ duties, crypto-currency and corporate governance.
Qualifications & Education
Tesca was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court- Saint Lucia in 2014 and Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court- British Virgin Islands in 2018.
- University of South Wales- LLM (Merit)
- Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS), St. Augustine, Trinidad- Legal Education Certificate (LEC)
- University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados- LLB (Hons).
Qualifications & Education
Tesca was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court- Saint Lucia in 2014 and Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court- British Virgin Islands in 2018.
- University of South Wales- LLM (Merit)
- Hugh Wooding Law School (HWLS), St. Augustine, Trinidad- Legal Education Certificate (LEC)
- University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, Barbados- LLB (Hons).
Memberships & Associations
She is a former director of BVI Finance Limited, a member of the BVI Cryptocurrency Working Group and a member of the BVI Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), holding a STEP diploma in International Trust Management (Distinction).
Memberships & Associations
She is a former director of BVI Finance Limited, a member of the BVI Cryptocurrency Working Group and a member of the BVI Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), holding a STEP diploma in International Trust Management (Distinction).