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Biography

Mary Ward
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Mary Ward

Partner | Banking & Corporate | Bermuda
Mobile +1 441 505 1503 mary.ward@harneys.com
Biography

Mary Ward is a partner in our Corporate department based in Bermuda. She is regularly instructed by financial institutions, international and local banks, public companies, private equity firms, and onshore law firms on various commercial and corporate legal matters. Her expertise spans mergers and acquisitions, the restructuring of both private and public companies, and private equity transactions. Additionally, she offers comprehensive advice on insurance licensing, transactional issues, and regulatory requirements.

She also provides expert advice on finance and capital market mandates, encompassing debt and equity offerings, banking,

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Mary Ward is a partner in our Corporate department based in Bermuda. She is regularly instructed by financial institutions, international and local banks, public companies, private equity firms, and onshore law firms on various commercial and corporate legal matters. Her expertise spans mergers and acquisitions, the restructuring of both private and public companies, and private equity transactions. Additionally, she offers comprehensive advice on insurance licensing, transactional issues, and regulatory requirements.

She also provides expert advice on finance and capital market mandates, encompassing debt and equity offerings, banking, structured and project finance, and secured lending.

Mary joined Harneys in 2024 after 20 years at the Bermuda offices of two other offshore law firms. Before she arrived in Bermuda, she worked for international law firms Linklaters in New York and Slaughter and May in London.

She is widely recognised as an expert in her field by Chambers and Legal 500, and market sources note her considerable experience in corporate and insurance work.

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Bermuda
2004

England & Wales
1994

University of St Andrews (BSc)
1989

College of Law (CPE)
1991

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