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Chambers Europe Awards 2013, 2011, 2009

Mourant Ozannes

Joel Hernandez

Joel Hernandez
Partner
Mourant Ozannes LP
T +44 1534 676 753
joel.hernandez@mourantozannes.com

 

Location:

Jersey

Year of joining Mourant Ozannes:

2005

Practice Areas:

Funds

Employment history:

Joel is an investment fund specialist based in Mourant Ozannes' Jersey office.

Joel has worked in the funds and trust industry since 1997. Prior to joining Mourant Ozannes Joel was a senior lawyer within Australia's largest investment fund manager advising on areas of trust law, superannuation and managed investments for some of Australia's leading investment funds.

Prior to 2003, Joel was an associate in the funds and capital markets practice groups of another major Australian fund manager working on domestic and international funds. Joel also has four years commercial experience in trust administration and risk management.

Professional qualifications:

Joel obtained his undergraduate law qualification in 2000 followed by a post graduate diploma in legal practice in 2001. Joel was admitted as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales in 2001 (currently non-practising).* Joel also has a Masters degree in Commercial Law awarded in 2003.

Highlight deals:

  • Joel led a team at Mourant Ozannes (alongside Norton Rose LLP) which provided Jersey advice to a Malaysian property consortium comprising property group, SP Setia, Sime Darby and Employees Provident Fund on the joint venture aspects of the consortium's acquisition of landmark Battersea Power Station. The proposed development will be a 15 year project costing up to £8 billion;
  • Joel led a team at Mourant Ozannes (alongside K&L Gates LLP) which provided advice on the Jersey aspects on the establishment of Atlantic Regeneration 1 Unit Trust, a closed-ended collective investment fund authorised as a Jersey Expert Fund and listed on the Channel Islands Stock Exchange;
  • Joel led a team at Mourant Ozannes that advised Salamanca Capital on the establishment of Sal-Cap L.P. and Sal-Cap II L.P., two Jersey expert funds co-investing indirectly in one of Brazil's most respected real estate developers;
  • Joel acts as primary Jersey legal advisor to Malaysia's Employees Provident Fund in connection with its £1.5 billion investment in commercial property in London;
  • Joel led a team at Mourant Ozannes (alongside Linklaters LLP) which provided Jersey advice to JP Morgan on its acquisition of 60 Victoria Embankment, London;
  • Joel led a team at Mourant Ozannes (alongside DLA Piper LLP) which provided advice to Wereldhave N.V., on the Jersey aspects of its €100m acquisition of the Dolphin Centre, Poole;
  • Joel led a team at Mourant Ozannes (alongside K&L Gates LLP) which provided advice to various co-investing investment entities of Henderson Global Investors in connection with the £188m commercial office acquisition of the "Leadenhall Triangle", London;
  • Joel advised NM Rothchilds & Sons on the launch of the Quintus Mezzanine Fund, a €150 million leveraged mezzanine fund focused on European investments;
  • Joel led a team at Mourant Ozannes (alongside SJ Berwin LLP) which provided advice on the establishment of Resource Eastern European Equity Partners I, L.P., a private equity fund targeting commitments of up to €200 million and investing in mid-cap agribusinesses in Central and South-Eastern Europe;
  • Joel led a team at Mourant Ozannes advising Universities Superannuation Scheme Limited on the Jersey law aspects of its interest in the Telford Shopping Centre and Gyle Shopping Centre, which were sold for £442 million and £267 million respectively.

What the directories say:

"Interviewees maintain that 'he's extremely responsive and well regarded in the market,' emphasising his continual willingness 'to go the extra mile'," Chambers UK, 2013.

Joel Hernandez is "an outstanding team player," Legal 500, 2012.

Joel is "popular with clients, who describe him as 'a proactive, hands-on lawyer who gets the work done to a very high standard',"  Chambers UK, 2010.

Joel "is praised for his 'ability to turn out high-quality documents in a short space of time'," Chambers Global, 2011.

Joel shows "strong dedication and great responsiveness to clients," Legal 500 (2008 Global Edition).

Joel is listed as a key individual in Mourant Ozannes' Tier 1 ranked investment funds practice, Chambers UK 2011.

ILFR 1000 (2011 Edition) notes Joel's recent work with Henderson as a highlight transactions. 

 

* Not admitted in Jersey

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