Mrs. Justice Priya Levers recently presided at a Grand Court ceremony in which Mr. Ashley Gunning was admitted as an Attorney in the Cayman Islands. The application was made by Mr. Angus Foster, Head of Litigation at Walkers.
Mr. Foster explained that Mr. Gunning was admitted as a solicitor in England & Wales in 1998. He was educated in England where he obtained a first class law degree and passed the Legal Practice Course with distinction. He trained at the London firm of Norton Rose and qualified into the collective investment vehicles team in that firm.
After a year working in London, Mr. Gunning moved to Norton Rose’s office in Singapore, where he joined the general corporate finance team. He worked there on mergers and acquisitions, international financing transactions and general corporate law. He was involved in transactions throughout Asia including particularly Hong Kong, South Korea and Singapore. Mr. Gunning also spoke at various seminars.
In June 2004, Mr. Gunning joined Walkers firm in the British Virgin Islands, where he worked on a broad mix of international corporate finance transactions and investment funds of all types.
Mr. Foster advised the court that Mr. Gunning was joining Walkers Corporate & International Finance Department, where he will be working principally on investment funds.
Mrs. Justice Levers welcomed Mr Gunning to the Cayman Islands legal profession.
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