Expertise and Professional Background
Colin Riegels is head of the firm’s Banking & Finance group in the British Virgin Islands. Colin joined the firm in 1999 and was made a partner in 2006. His practice relates to all aspects of offshore financing including loan finance, structured debt, derivatives, asset finance, project finance, balance sheet lending, insolvency, workouts and credit and security issues. Colin also advises regularly on offshore financial structuring, and has written a number of articles on the subject.
Before he joined Harneys Colin practised as a barrister from the Temple, London. He has also worked as a judicial assistant (clerk) to Lord Woolf MR in the English Court of Appeal, and taught law at Oxford University. Colin is a Notary Public in the British Virgin Islands.
Ranked as a leading lawyer by Chambers Global.
Ranked as a leading lawyer by IFLR 1000.
Education
University of Bristol (LLB Hons) 1995
Inns of Court School of Law 1996
University of Oxford (BCL 1st Class) 1997
Bar Admissions
Admitted as a Barrister in England and Wales 1996
Admitted in the British Virgin Islands 1999
Admitted in Anguilla 2006
Partner since 2006