The Future of Fund Domiciliation: Tax, Regulation, and Competition

Tatiana Collins

Partner at Walkers (Jersey) LLP

Tatiana Collins is a partner in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate practice group, advising on a range of funds, corporate and regulatory matters.

Tatiana advises on funds and corporate transactions including the establishment, management, re-structuring and liquidation of various types of funds and corporate structures, tax and regulatory matters, structured acquisitions and disposals of assets across Europe and financing and re-financing arrangements.

She advises clients primarily in London and in Jersey, and has significant experience with Venture Capital, Real Estate and Private Equity funds.

Tatiana has been in private practice since 2009 in Jersey, London, Cayman and Frankfurt, and is admitted in Jersey, Cayman and England & Wales.

She is recognised by both Legal 500 and IFLR 1000, and speaks fluent English, Slovak and Czech and advanced Germany.

Kirsten Faichnie

Senior Counsel at Walkers (Jersey) LLP

Kirsten Faichnie is a Senior Counsel in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate practice group, advising on a range of funds and corporate matters.

She has been in private practice since 2010, and has worked in London and in Jersey, with experience across the full life-cycle of investment funds matters, corporate and M&A advice, and real estate structuring and financing.

Kirsten is a Jersey Advocate with experience of significant restructuring matters in respect of property holding structures and family investment portfolios, as well as advising on end-of-life solutions for investment funds.

Alastair King

Senior Counsel at Walkers (London) LLP

Alastair King is a Senior Counsel based in Walkers' London Investment Funds team, with more than ten years' experience in private practice.

He is admitted in both the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands and specialises in advice in respect of Cayman and BVI hedge and private equity funds and fund managers, advising on fund structuring, launch and ongoing regulatory requirements.

Alastair spent five years practising in London with a major international firm, before moving offshore and practising first in the Cayman Islands and then in Singapore as an offshore lawyer.

He has experience of advising funds investing in digital assets, and on the corresponding regulatory regimes in the Cayman Islands and BVI.

Alastair also advises on general corporate and finance matters under Cayman Islands and BVI law.

Charlotte Goncalves

Senior Counsel at Walkers (Guernsey) LLP

Charlotte is a senior counsel in Walkers' Investment Funds & Corporate Practice Group in Guernsey and has been practising in the jurisdiction since 2013, qualifying as a solicitor of England and Wales in 2016 and admitted as a Guernsey Advocate in 2022.

Charlotte advises on all aspects of Guernsey corporate and regulatory law across the financial and insurance markets, most notably in the asset management and investment funds industry.

In her investment funds practice Charlotte advises investment fund sponsors and other stakeholders in respect of the full range of private and public investment funds and other collective investment arrangements, including in relation to the formation (both open and closed ended), ongoing operation (including regulatory compliance, sales and acquisitions, transfers of limited partner interests, extensions), restructuring and end-of-life for funds.

Her broader corporate and regulatory practice includes advisory work in relation to the range of Guernsey corporate structures, including in relation to economic substance, data protection and corporate governance/best practice.

Charlotte has been recognised for the quality of her work by Legal 500, who have rated her as a Rising Star for Corporate & M&A and for Capital Markets.