Daniel Russell

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Daniel Russell Spencer West

Dan studied Scots Law at the University of Glasgow and currently practices English and BVI law, regularly advising on whole of life of open and closed ended funds (including advising investors on primary and secondary fund investments), M&A, financing and taking security, private equity and series equity financing, digital assets (including token/SAFT issuance, DAO structuring and Virtual Asset Service Provider registration/de-registration), Securities Investment Business licensing (including for FX/derivatives broker-dealers), regulatory compliance (including Beneficial Ownership, Economic Substance and FATCA/CRS), unit trusts and family trusts, and commercial contracts.

Dan completed the 2-year legal analyst programme with Goldman Sachs (providing legal oversight of debt and equity capital markets transactions and derivatives origination) before training with Maclay, Murray & Spens (Chambers Band 1 Corporate, Scotland). Dan was admitted in England and Wales in 2009, and advised on private M&A (including the sale of Charlton Athletic football club in 2012) and commercial contracts (including SaaS and software licensing) before joining the award-winning Funds and Indirect Real Assets team at Nabarro (Chambers Band 1 Investment Funds: Real Estate, London – now part of CMS Nabarro Olswang).

Dan has practised BVI law since 2016 at leading firms including Ogier (Chambers Band 1 Corporate & Finance including Investment Funds, BVI).

Dan is a Trusts and Estates Practitioner (TEP). Prior to his legal career, Dan excelled as a salesperson and sales manager in educational publishing.

 

 

 

Practice Areas

Banking & Finance Corporate Investment Funds Offshore & Midshore

Client Feedback

“Dan is an outstanding lawyer. It was a pleasure to work with him.” (Francisco Benegas Lynch, Director at Banco CMF)

“Dan and his team provide focused and pragmatic advice. He’s responsive and overall fantastic to work with. Would certainly recommend!” (Gabriel Castillo, Senior Counsel, M&A (Americas) at Sovos)

“I’ve had the pleasure of working with Dan on a few transactions requiring the assistance of British Virgin Islands counsel. Dan is easy to work with, has a strong grasp of corporate governance matters and was diligent in collaborating with our firm under tight timelines. I have no hesitation in recommending his services to clients and look forward to our next deal together” (Manraj Mukkar, Partner, Commercial Real Estate & Development at Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP)

“Dan is calm under pressure, thorough and knows his stuff. He is also a pleasure to deal with. I have no hesitation in recommending him” (Alex Stewart, General Counsel at Verdant Ventures – cross-border real estate joint ventures)

“Dan has the rare quality of being thorough in his work but to the point in his delivery. He is able to sum up complex issues succinctly” (Michael Robinson, independent director and consultant to Web3 businesses based in Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands)

“Dan is an excellent adviser and has supported our team throughout multiple strategic initiatives. He has always provided great quality, value-added and on-time work” (Juan Pablo Garavito Jurin of Habi, a Colombian tech unicorn)

“I have worked with some of the top financial professionals around the world and I can definitely say that Daniel is one of the best. I have worked with him since the inception of my company and all the advices and services he provided have been extremely helpful” (Guilherme Freire, Co-founder and CEO, Dolado, a Brazilian platform of solutions for merchants and entrepreneurs)