Member Profile

Sally Cox has over 20 years’ experience in the British Virgin Islands. She has a very wide range of experience in non-contentious and corporate and commercial matters. She gained a vast knowledge while working in the Financial Services Industry at the beginning of her career. This foundation combined with her many years of experience working with large offshore law firms at partner level has provided her with a unique perspective and an ability to handle complex matters with a commercial and practical approach and she is well known for finding creative solutions to complicated legal situations. Sally Cox was awarded her LLB from the University of the West Indies and went on to attain a Master of Laws in Commercial Law from the University of London. She has worked at partner level with several firms including a leading international law firm based in the British Virgin Islands and has also held the position of Deputy Money Laundering Reporting Officer, Compliance Officer and Managing Director of a trust company.

We have extensive experience in all types of international cross-border transactions and the practice areas listed and we are committed to adding value for all of our clients and their advisers in an innovative and transparent manner. Our practice arears include: Asset Finance (Aviation & Shipping), Debt Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate Finance, Structured Finance and Securitizations, Acquisition Finance, Film Finance, Project Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Joint Ventures, Private Equity, IPOs and Equity Capital Markets, Insolvency and Corporate Re-Structuring, Open and Closed-ended Funds (including VC and PE), Open and Closed-ended Fund Formation, Fund Regulation and Compliance, AML and ATF Compliance, FATCA and CRS Compliance, Financial and Economic Sanctions, Financial Services Regulation (including Licensing and Compliance for Banking, Money Services, Securities Investment, Company Management, Trust and Investment Funds), Asset Protection, Estate Planning, Trust Structures, and Wills and Inheritance.

Sally has worked on many matters of considerable commercial and financial significance, including: • the strategic investment by two of the world’s largest international financial institutions in a PRC private financial lending institution; • the high value issue ($400,000,000) of listed convertible bonds; • the refinancing of loan facilities to purchase part of a global hotel chain valued at £400,000,000 which involved approximately 50 BVI companies; and • the refinancing of an existing loan facility provided to a global conglomerate valued at US$1,450,000,000.

Recognised by Global ranking Institution 2016 - Who's Who Legal - Who's Who Legal Transport: Aviation Finance - British Virgin Islands Recognised by Global ranking Institution 2012 - Legal 500 - Individual Recognition for Corporate & Commercial work Recognised by Global ranking Institution 2009 – IFLR - Recognised as a Leading Lawyer Recognised by Global ranking Institution 2008 – IFLR - “The office’s most visible corporate lawyer is the experienced Sally Cox, who is “very personal and easy to deal with” according to fellow lawyers”