Martin Eccles

Overview

I am Counsel in our Jersey office. Prior to relocating to Jersey, I worked with leading law firms in London, New York, Hong Kong, Sydney and Edinburgh.

I have extensive experience of debt capital markets and credit facilities (including structured finance, derivatives, project finance, LBOs, asset finance and film finance), general corporate instructions (including joint ventures, share acquisitions and disposals, and strategic investments in preferred securities), listing work and funds-related transactions (advising listed funds invested in debt securities, private equity transactions and the establishment and ongoing maintenance and compliance issues for property funds).

Whilst in Sydney, I was also seconded to act as Head of Legal and Prudential for the Asset and Infrastructure Group at Macquarie Bank.

Professional qualifications

• Advocate of the Royal Court of Jersey
• An attorney and counsellor-at-law in New York (currently non-practising)
• Solicitor, New South Wales and Hong Kong (currently non-practising)

Memberships

• The Jersey Law Society
• The American Bar Association