Hatstone has appointed Bella Ward to the role of Group Partner, based in the firm's Jersey office.
Bella specialises in banking, finance, corporate, commercial and real estate issues and has particular experience in leading cross-border transactions.
Her career to date has covered insolvency, restructuring of credit facilities, distressed debt, conduit level lending, securitisation, aircraft financing, debt capital markets and project finance.
Bella joins Hatstone from Walkers, where she has worked in the banking, finance and corporate department on Jersey for the past three years. Prior to this, she worked for Carey Olsen.
Her international career has also included spells with Allen & Overy in Frankfurt and London, White & Case in Moscow, Clifford Chance in Frankfurt and Moscow, and King & Wood Mallesons (formerly Mallesons Stephen Jacques) in Brisbane, Australia.
Bella’s appointment brings the total of Group Partners at Hatstone to 11.