Dentons has recently appointed both Jonathan Bernstein and Ben Booker as Partners in its thriving Cayman Islands’ office. Both attorneys have over 15 years of legal experience respectively, with over 10 years in the Cayman Islands.

Jonathan has a broad private funds practice focused on advising fund sponsors on the structuring and ongoing operation of funds, co-investment vehicles, unit trusts and segregated portfolio companies. Jonathan also advises institutional, strategic and seed investors in connection with their investments into funds. Before joining Dentons, he was a Partner in the funds department of another prominent law firm in Cayman. He will now be the Head of Funds for Dentons Cayman.

Ben advises clients on corporate, fund and trust structuring together with related governance, regulatory and transactional matters. Ben previously served as the Managing Director of a trust company in the Cayman Islands where he worked with a wide range of multi-national firms, funds, institutional, private client and family offices. He is now the Head of Corporate & Trusts for Dentons Cayman.

Managing Partner, David Dinner, stated “the addition of Mr. Bernstein and Mr. Booker demonstrates our firm’s commitment to growth in the investment funds sector”.

Other notable additions to the firm include Brian Patterson as Senior Corporate Counsel who has a wealth of experience, particularly in the insurance sector, along with Sylvester Dube, a Corporate/Funds Associate who will work closely with the Partners. Former Grand Court Judge, the Hon. Alex Henderson QC remains as full-time counsel, making Dentons Cayman a formidable team.

Dentons is the world’s largest law firm by head count, with over 10,000 lawyers across the world’s major cities. Dentons Cayman works seamlessly with the firm’s other offices to provide bespoke advice on multi-jurisdictional matters.