Bruce MacNeil

Background

About Bruce MacNeil

Bruce MacNeil is a partner in the banking & finance team of Ogier's Jersey office. He has represented a wide range of banks, lenders and companies on banking, derivatives, corporate, finance and restructuring transactions. He also advises on leveraged finance transactions, restructuring & insolvency matters and high yield listings on The International Stock Exchange (TISE). Before joining Ogier in 2008, he worked as a finance associate in the London offices of Latham & Watkins and Allen & Overy. Bruce is part of Ogier's multi-disciplinary Restructuring & Corporate Recovery team. He specialises in refinancing, corporate restructuring and reorganisation and formal insolvency procedures. His experience includes advising lenders and sponsors on security enforcement, directors' duties and insolvency issues in the context of distressed corporate groups. Bruce is also part of Ogier's multi-disciplinary Private Equity team. He specialises in the following: • advising financial institutions and private equity sponsors on leveraged finance and acquisition financing transactions • acting as sponsor in respect of listing notes on The International Stock Exchange (TISE) and Cayman Stock Exchange (CSX) to take advantage of the quoted Eurobond exemption • advice in relation to subscription credit and capital call facilities entered into by funds (including reviewing borrowing and security restrictions in fund constitutional documents) • restructuring advice for creditors, insolvency office holders, directors, shareholders and other stakeholders of distressed funds and portfolio companies. Bruce is ranked as a leading individual for Jersey Banking and Finance and Capital Markets by The Legal 500 2021, recognised as a highly regarded lawyer in the IFLR 2021 and listed as a leading practitioner in Who's Who Legal: Banking 2020. Bruce qualified as an English Solicitor in 2003, was admitted to practice as a New York Attorney in 2009 and qualified as a Jersey Advocate in 2013.