Biography

Rachel Graham is the managing partner of our London office and leads our BVI corporate transactional practice in the EMEA region. She is highly regarded in her field, having nearly 25 years of experience practising as a lawyer, 17 of which have been offshore. Rachel advises corporations, high net worth individuals, entrepreneurs, financial institutions, seed capital investors, private equity funds and their advisers, and is the client relationship partner for several of the firm’s key clients.

With a broad range of corporate, finance, and restructuring practice experience, Rachel also works closely with Harneys Fiduciary, our strategic alliance partner, which provides a full complement of corporate, wealth, and fiduciary services. She regularly advises on all aspects of corporate and commercial law, including equity fundraisings, listings, SPACs, restrictive and special purpose vehicles, corporate re-organisations, restructurings (including schemes and plans of arrangement), mergers & acquisitions, and joint ventures. She advised on the first scheme of arrangement in the BVI in 2009.

Rachel acts for lenders, borrowers and secured parties, predominantly in connection with asset and acquisition financing arrangements with a particular focus on the real estate and natural resources sector. In response to the current economic climate, she has been advising directors of struggling companies on their changing duties and insolvency related issues.

Prior to joining in 2007, Rachel worked onshore for top tier firms in London, Hong Kong and Australia before transferring to offshore law in 2004. She is pragmatic, practical, and enjoys the challenges that her varied practice throws at her.