Christian Burns-Di Lauro
Christian is a partner within Ogier's Banking and Finance service line, specialising in all aspects of finance, security and restructuring from a British Virgin Islands law perspective.
He represents a wide range of financial institutions and organisations advising on the British Virgin Islands law aspects of banking, finance and restructuring transactions.
He has practiced in London, Jersey, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands, has a holistic approach to cross-jurisdictional offshore legal advice and is well placed to draw on this experience to add greater value to clients and intermediaries working across multiple jurisdictions.
Christian is part of Ogier's multi-disciplinary Restructuring and Insolvency and Private Equity teams. He specialises in advice in relation to refinancing, security enforcement, corporate restructuring and reorganisation and subscription credit and capital call facilities entered into by funds, with experience in formal insolvency procedures and providing advice in relation to enforcement options for creditors.
Before joining Ogier in 2014, he worked as a finance associate in the London office of Addleshaw Goddard LLP (including client secondments with The Royal Bank of Scotland plc and Diageo's Africa legal team).
Christian gained his LLB Hons from the University of Exeter in 2005 and is a member of The Law Society of England and Wales and qualified as an English Solicitor in 2010. He was also admitted as a British Virgin Islands legal practitioner in 2017.
Practice Area
Panel
- International Panel
Qualified Year
- 2010
Membership
- Member of the Law Society of England & Wales
- Admitted solicitor of England & Wales (since 2010)
- Admitted legal practitioner of the British Virgin Islands (since 2017)
Education
- University of Exeter ' Bachelor of Laws (LLB)
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PRACTICE NOTES
British Virgin Islands cross‑border lending and security: regulatory perimeter, Economic Substance, share charges, guarantees, priority and enforcement, and recognition of English law and judgments (2025 update)
Loan market and developments
This section offers a concise overview of the present condition of the loan markets in this jurisdiction and highlights any significant recent developments. The British Virgin Islands (BVI) does not maintain a domestic commercial lending market; financing relevant to this guide is ordinarily extended by lenders outside the BVI. In practice, a BVI borrower sources funding from major financial centres worldwide and typically draws and operates its facilities beyond the territory. At present, most lending seen in the jurisdiction originates from European, Asian and North American institutions. Historically, balance sheet lending and asset finance have been the dominant segments for the BVI, while shifting global conditions have also driven a notable rise in restructurings and work-outs...
Banking & Finance
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