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Nicholas Crocker

Consultant

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“Has in-depth knowledge of Jersey law.”

Legal 500

“An able corporate and finance lawyer with an academic approach.”

Chambers UK

“A very sharp mind and loyal client base.”

Chambers UK

“Attends to matters in an exemplary manner.”

Legal 500

Praised for his ability to “mobilise a team quickly to deal with clients' urgent requirements”.

Legal 500

About

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Nicholas' practice as a partner was a combined finance and corporate practice. He has acted for international banks and other financial institutions on £billions in value of Jersey property finance transactions (SPVs, unit trusts and limited partnerships) and related securitisations, and undertaken other complex structured finance and equity derivative work.

Within a wide-ranging corporate practice, including demanding acquisitions, he acted on the AIM listings of Nature Group plc, Camco Clean Energy plc, EAG Limited, China Eastsea Business Software Limited and Bellzone Mining plc, and has done subsequent important work. He acted for former AIM-listed Rambler Media Limited on the scheme of arrangement by which the minority interest was acquired.

His corporate practice extended into restructuring and insolvency.

Now, as a consultant, he combines contributing to others' transactions with work on knowhow and precedents (including document automation), and representing the firm on reviews of legislation.

Nicholas is rated as a Leading Lawyer - Expert consultant in IFLR1000 2022.

Career

Nicholas, who was educated at Cambridge, reading Classics, joined Carey Olsen as a partner in 2000. He worked for City law firm Watson, Farley & Williams in London then Paris before moving to Jersey in 1994. He qualified as a Jersey Solicitor in 1997. He has been a consultant with the firm since the beginning of 2015.

Nicholas served as Honorary Treasurer, and Committee member, of the Jersey Law Society for several years until April 2016.  He is a member of the Law Society of Jersey working group on amendments to the Security Interests (Jersey) Law 2012.

Awards and accolades

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Nicholas is rated as a Leading Lawyer - Expert consultant in IFLR1000 2022.