Anna-Lise Wisdom

Partner

Cayman Islands | T +1 345 814 7883 | M +1 345 926 7690
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Anna-Lise Wisdom is a Partner in the Cayman Islands Corporate practice. Anna-Lise specialises in fund finance, including subscription finance, fund-level finance NAV financing and GP and management fee facilities.

Anna-Lise has been recognised for her expertise as a Cayman fund finance lawyer by the leading legal directories. She is ranked as a “Rising Star Partner” in the IFLR1000 banking and finance rankings, and has been ranked since 2019. Anna-Lise is currently ranked Tier 3 in Chambers & Partners’ Global Guide (corporate finance) and has been recognised since 2022. She has also been recognised in The Legal 500 Caribbean rankings since 2015.

Clients highlight her as having “an excellent fund finance practice” and as “a calming force on transactions.” Anna-Lise has spoken on numerous industry panels, and has lectured in the Cayman fund finance space. She has also contributed to Global Legal Insight’s Fund Finance publication. She regularly participates in industry working groups in respect of Cayman Islands funds and fund finance matters.

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Qualifications

Professional Background

  • Partner, Appleby, Cayman Islands
  • Associate, Farara Kerins, British Virgin Islands
  • Associate, O’Neal Webster, British Virgin Islands

Education

  • University College London – LL.M. (Merit), 2004
  • Norman Manley Law School – Legal Education Certificate, 1999
  • University of the West Indies – LL.B (Hons), 1997
  • University of the West Indies – B.A. French/Spanish (Hons),1994

Bar Admissions

  • Cayman Islands, Attorney-at-Law, 2006
  • Solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, 1999

Awards & Accolades

  • Recognised in IFLR 1000 as a Rising Star Partner (since 2023 and generally recognised since 2019) (Financial and Corporate)
  • Recognised in Chambers & Partners Global Guide (since 2022) (Corporate & Finance)
  • Recognised in The Legal 500 Caribbean (since 2015) (Banking, Finance and Capital Markets)

Associations

  • Committee Member, Diversity in Fund Finance, Fund Finance Association
  • Member, Women in Fund Finance, Fund Finance Association

Languages

  • Working knowledge of Spanish and French

 

 

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