Ogier is an international professional services firm with the knowledge and expertise to handle the most demanding and complex transactions and provide expert, efficient and cost-effective services to our clients.

Our dedicated team of lawyers and corporate and fiduciary professionals provides one of the largest, single-source service packages spanning the full fund lifecycle, supporting clients with fund formation, structuring, regulation, corporate governance and investor disputes through to management of liquidity and business interruptions, strategic investor arrangements and winddown and termination situations.

Our experts in Guernsey can advise and support clients across the full range of Guernsey fund products and structures, including registered, authorised and private investment funds (PIFs). We also specialise in sustainable finance, advising on Guernsey Green Funds and Natural Capital Funds. 

We advise on funds listed on stock exchanges such as the London Stock Exchange including the Main Market, AIM and the Specialist Fund Segment, The International Securities Exchange (TISE), Euronext Netherlands, as well as structures listed on other European and non-European exchanges.

Our lawyers provide practical advice on a unique combination of six laws: BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Irish, Jersey and Luxembourg.  We have a substantive presence in Hong Kong and offices in Beijing, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo. Our global network covers Asian, European, Middle Eastern and US time zones. 

Our legal services focus principally on finance, investment funds, private equity and corporate, mergers and acquisition, restructuring and insolvency, and all aspects of trust and private wealth matters and commercial, fund and trust litigation. Our commercial understanding and experience of working with leading financial institutions, professional advisers and regulatory bodies enable us to add real value to our clients’ businesses.   

Ogier regularly wins awards for the quality of its work and its people. Our recent awards include:

  • Offshore Firm of the Year – The Lawyer European Awards 2024
  • Best Law Firm - Fund Domicile - Private Equity Wire European Awards 2024
  • Law Firm of the Year: Domicile - Hedgeweek EU Emerging Manager Awards 2024
  • Best Offshore Regulatory & Compliance Firm - Hedgeweek European Awards 2024
  • Best Offshore Law Firm 2024 - HFM Asia Services Awards 2024

Key Contacts

Christopher Jones
Christopher Jones
Partner

[email protected]

01481 752337

Matt Guthrie
Matt Guthrie
Partner

[email protected]

01481 752342

Mathew Newman
Mathew Newman
Partner

[email protected]

01481 752253

Bryon Rees
Bryon Rees
Partner

[email protected]

01481 752312

Tim Clipstone
Tim Clipstone
Partner

[email protected]

01481 752265

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