Ogier in the BVI acted with Bryan Cave LLP's London office to advise a private investor group led by Peak Hotels & Resorts Group Limited on the acquisition of Aman Resorts

our finance, private client and trusts teams as well as the corporate and commercial team

Ogier BVI expects to work further with Peak and its partners in the future on the implementation of the acquisition and their further plans for Aman.

BVI aspects of the financing arrangements for the acquisition
BVI ownership and structuring matters.

Advised on a number of financing issues including structure, facility, security, guarantees and loans arising from the acquisition of Aman

Luthra & Luthra acted as the Indian legal advisor for DLF on this transaction while Davis, Polk & Wardwell LLP acted as International legal counsel.

26 March 2014

Dolphin Capital Americas (“DCA”…is Dolphin’s wholly owned subsidiary for investment in the Americas region, which owns…10% of Itacare…DCA has signed a Letter of Intent to acquire one of the largest privately owned islands in the Bahamas (the “Island”...320 hectares...less than 30 miles from Nassau and 150 miles from the United States. The island already has basic infrastructure and utilities, a paved airstrip of 4,000 feet, 26 miles of roads and a complex of historical buildings... DCA would repay...outstanding loans ... Island’s owners would own approximately 15% of DCA...DCA is currently engaged in other discussions for the acquisition of, or merger with additional projects

Amanzoe hotel completed its first full year of operations, generating a small operating profit

The construction of the four new hotel beach pavilions adjacent to the Amanzoe Beach Club with direct beach access, is progressing on time and on budget. The pavilions will be operational in time for the 2014 season... bringing the total available rooms at Amanzoe, including the current thirty eight hotel pavilions, and the upcoming four beach front rooms, to

DCA EXPANSION
Americas Investment Focus
Primary focus: Brazil, Caribbean, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Panama and Mexico
Secondary focus: Colombia, Peru and Florida on an opportunistic basis
Bahamas
Turks & Caicos

APRIL 10, 2014

Jean-Michel Gathy...when we meet in London he has flown in that morning from Singapore, where he has an office, and is leaving next day to see a client about a project in the Exumas, the most idyllic part of the Bahamas

Aman Resorts in Gabon – a property in the capital Libreville "for when you fly in"; a resort on the coast; and a tented camp in the Loango National Park, on what he calls "the hippo beach: the only place in the world where hippos surf!"

forthcoming Cheval Blanc hotel at Aswan in Egypt. Idyllically located on an islet in the Nile

Aman Canal Grande…he opted for cool minimalist furniture from B&B Italia that doesn’t try to compete with the lavish original décor of the Renaissance palazzo. But nevertheless, the muted silk damasks on the walls are Rubelli, the glass is hand-blown Murano, and the paintings belong to the current generation of the palazzo’s owners

Slavonian oak furniture at Aman Sveti Stefan

It was Aman’s founder, Adrian Zecha, who first built one of his designs. Zecha had been shown some plans Gathy had drawn up for Sonu Shivdasani, the founder of Six Senses and Soneva resorts, who was planning his first hotel in the Maldives. Gathy’s design was never realised, but "Adrian said, 'That’s it! I want to know this guy'." It was 1989, and Mr Zecha started Aman Resorts the year before. "So I went to see him, and he said: 'Jean-Michel, I want to work with you. I have a project for you. Nobody else wants to do it. So it’s yours!' And so he just appointed me to design Amanwana... I’m still very attached to it. It feels like home," he says. "I go every two or three years