Philip Graham is global head of our Investment Funds and Digital Assets groups. He advises on the laws of the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands and is an internationally recognised leading advisor on all aspects of offshore investment funds, including pre-formation strategy, regulatory compliance and restructuring.
Phil has over 20 years' of experience advising in connection with all types of fund vehicles, including private equity and hedge funds, limited partnerships, and start-ups operating in the fintech space having launched one of the very first digital asset focused funds in 2015. He also has extensive economic substa
...Philip Graham is global head of our Investment Funds and Digital Assets groups. He advises on the laws of the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands and is an internationally recognised leading advisor on all aspects of offshore investment funds, including pre-formation strategy, regulatory compliance and restructuring.
Phil has over 20 years' of experience advising in connection with all types of fund vehicles, including private equity and hedge funds, limited partnerships, and start-ups operating in the fintech space having launched one of the very first digital asset focused funds in 2015. He also has extensive economic substance and digital asset tokenisation knowledge and has co-hosted a series of informative podcasts on the subjects.
Phil serves as chairman of the BVI Investment Funds Association and has consulted frequently with the BVI government and the regulator on legislative development and the impact of regulatory change for over fifteen years. He is the senior editor of the Harneys Funds Hub and is invited to speak and publish regularly on topics including structuring offshore funds, Cayman and BVI jurisdictional analysis, blockchain, cryptocurrency and regulatory matters such as economic substance, tax information exchange and AML.
