Christopher Garrod
Global Guide 2024
Band 3 : Insurance
Band 3
About
Provided by Christopher Garrod
Practice Areas
Bermuda Blockchain and Digital Assets
Blockchain and Digital Assets
Capital Markets
Corporate
Insurance & Reinsurance
Mergers & Acquisitions
Career
Chris Garrod is a Director in the Corporate department of Conyers Dill & Pearman. He is a member of the Firm’s insurance practice in Bermuda.
Chris specialises in advising on reinsurance and ILS structures, including large commercial insurers, life reinsurers, special purpose insurers, cat bonds, sidecars and segregated account vehicles. In addition to his insurance practice, he also advises on all aspects of Bermuda corporate law, including mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, reorganisations and re-domestications. He has also formed cryptocurrency vehicles using blockchain-based technology, forming Bermuda’s first digital token issuer in late 2017. Chris is also a member of the Government of Bermuda’s Blockchain legal and working group and the Bermuda Business Development Agency’s Blockchain working group.
Professional Memberships
ILS Bermuda Steering Committee Member
Bermuda Foundation of Insurance Studies Member
Publications
Insurance Bulletin Spring 2021
Corporate Digest: Notable Deals and Transactions – Winter 2020
Corporate Digest: Notable Deals and Transactions – Autumn 2019
Corporate Digest: Notable Deals and Transactions - Spring 2019
Chambers Review
Global
Chris Garrod is a highly experienced lawyer who assists insurers and banks with the Bermudian aspects of multi-jurisdictional acquisitions, credit facility agreements and insurance-linked securities. In addition to insurance work he is increasingly noted for his expertise in fintech.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Chris is very good to work with. He is sensible, practical and one of those people who is commercially switched-on. He gets transactions done."
"He is very knowledgeable and pragmatic."
"Chris is very good to work with. He is sensible, practical and one of those people who is commercially switched-on. He gets transactions done."
"He is very knowledgeable and pragmatic."
Articles, highlights and press releases
2 items provided by Conyers
Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and ICOs: An Offshore Lawyer’s Perspective
Chris Page and Peter Ch’ng of Conyers Dill & Pearman Hong Kong discuss the brave new world of blockchain, cryptocurrencies and ICOs: the opportunities and challenges they present, and the benefits of establishing issuers offshore.
Bermuda ICO Legislation & Regulations Take Effect
The Companies and Limited Liability Company (Initial Coin Offering) Amendment Act, 2018 (the “ICO Act”), which amends both the Bermuda companies and limited liability company legislation, came into force on 9 July 2018, providing a framework for the regulation of initial coin offerings in Bermuda.
Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies and ICOs: An Offshore Lawyer’s Perspective
Chris Page and Peter Ch’ng of Conyers Dill & Pearman Hong Kong discuss the brave new world of blockchain, cryptocurrencies and ICOs: the opportunities and challenges they present, and the benefits of establishing issuers offshore.
Bermuda ICO Legislation & Regulations Take Effect
The Companies and Limited Liability Company (Initial Coin Offering) Amendment Act, 2018 (the “ICO Act”), which amends both the Bermuda companies and limited liability company legislation, came into force on 9 July 2018, providing a framework for the regulation of initial coin offerings in Bermuda.
