Offshore firm Appleby has appointed Tiffany Boys and Matthew Carr as partners, to be based at the firm’s Bermuda office.
Boys and Carr both joined Appleby in 2010 as trainees and were called to the Bermuda Bar in 2011.
Boys has experience and knowledge in cross-border mergers and acquisitions, restructurings, joint ventures, corporate finance, and secured and unsecured lending transactions, with extensive experience in the area of asset-financed transactions.
Carr’s specialties lie in insurance and reinsurance matters involving captives, catastrophe bonds, special purpose insurers, and long-term and general business commercial re/insurers.
His practice includes the provision of structural and regulatory advice for new and existing re/insurers and he is frequently involved in the licensing process for new re/insurance structures. Carr is also a member of the Bermuda Business Development Agency’s Captive Insurance Committee.
Andrew Kuzma and Josephine Noddings have been promoted to Appleby’s counsel.
Kuzma was admitted to the Law Society of Alberta in 2013 and joined Appleby in 2017.
Kuzma practices in the corporate group within the areas of securities and corporate law, capital markets, public offerings, private placements, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, banking and finance, corporate governance and reorganisations.
He provides legal advice to industry leaders in asset management, infrastructure development, banking and finance, insurance and private equity funds, among other areas.
Noddings was admitted to practice as a solicitor in England and Wales in 2012 and joined Appleby in 2017.
Noddings practices in all areas of corporate law, including insurance, regulation and mergers and acquisitions. Her practice also includes advising on the structuring and formation of investment funds, including master and feeder structures and insurance linked securities funds.
Noddings is also a member of the firm’s global technology group, providing advice in connection with all aspects of initial coin offerings and digital asset business.
All four lawyers are members of the firm’s corporate practice group.
Tim Faries, Bermuda managing partner at Appleby’s says, “Congratulations to Tiffany, Matthew, Andrew and Josephine on their promotions. They are very skilled legal practitioners who are extremely valued by their colleagues, peers and clients. I wish them continued success.”
