Ogier provides legal advice on BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Irish, Jersey and Luxembourg law. Our network of locations also includes Beijing, Hong Kong, London, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo.
Legal services for the corporate and financial sectors form the core of our business, principally in the areas of banking and finance, corporate, investment funds, dispute resolution, private equity and private wealth. We also have strong practices in the areas of employee benefits and incentives, employment law, regulatory, restructuring and corporate recovery and property.
Our corporate administration business, Ogier Global, works closely with Ogier's partner-led legal teams to incorporate and administer a wide variety of vehicles, offering clients integrated legal and corporate administration services.
We have the knowledge and expertise to handle the most demanding and complex transactions and provide expert, efficient and cost effective services to all our clients. 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 at a glance
Ogier is based in 12 jurisdictions comprising Beijing, BVI, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jersey, London, Luxembourg, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo.
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Our approach is simple. We are committed to building long-lasting relationships with our clients that are based on confidence and trust. We provide a personal service and work collaboratively with our clients, delivering commercial solutions and helping them to achieve their objectives. Our clients say that our responsiveness and approachability set us apart from our competitors.
Ogier works with an independent research agency to gather regular client feedback. This not only helps us to get a better sense of how we are performing but enables us to act on feedback to continually improve the quality and value of services we provide, applying fresh thinking to manage complexity and simplify the way we work together.
The feedback received so far is testament to our approach, with 98% of those surveyed saying that they would re-instruct us and recommend us to others.
Ogier regularly wins awards for the quality of its work and its people. Our recent awards include:
Offshore Firm of the Year - Chambers HNW Awards 2022
Great Place to Work Ireland, 2022
Finalist - The Green Awards Ireland, 2022
Offshore Firm of the Year - eprivateclient Excellence Awards 2022
ESG Consultant of Year - Bronze - Citywealth Magic Circle Awards 2022
International Law Firm of the Year - Citywealth Magic Circle Awards 2022
Best Law Firm – Fund Domicile - Private Equity Wire European Awards 2022
Law Firm of the Year - Guernsey - Citywealth IFC Awards 2022
Law Firm of the Year - Jersey - Citywealth IFC Awards 2022
Team of the Year - Litigation - Citywealth IFC Awards 2022
Best Offshore Law Firm - Hedgeweek Americas Awards 2021
Law Firm of the Year - Bahamas, Bermuda and Cayman - Citywealth IFC Awards 2021
Law Firm of the Year - Guernsey - Citywealth IFC Awards 2021
Law Firm of the Year - Jersey - Citywealth IFC Awards 2021
Law Firm of the Year - Hong Kong and Singapore - Citywealth IFC Awards 2021
Best Wellbeing Culture - Leaders in Wellbeing Awards 2020
Best Overall PR - Silver - Citywealth Brand Management and Reputation Awards 2020
Best Offshore Law Firm - US Hedgeweek Awards 2020
Law Firm of the Year - Jersey - Citywealth IFC Awards 2020
Law Firm of the Year - Hong Kong and Singapore - Citywealth IFC Awards 2020
Offshore Law Firm of the Year - The Legal 500 UK Awards 2020
Offshore Law Firm of the Year - Asian Legal Business Hong Kong Awards 2019
Offshore Law Firm of the Year - The Lawyer Awards 2019
Best Offshore Law Firm - Wealthbriefing European Awards 2019
Regional/Offshore Law Firm of the Year - Legal Business Awards 2019
Top law firm employer - Cayman Islands Society of Human Resources Professionals awards 2019
Guernsey Law Firm of the Year - Silver - Citywealth IFC Awards 2019
Jersey Law Firm of the Year - Silver - Citywealth IFC Awards 2019
Domestic IPO of the Year - FinanceAsia China Awards, 2018
Russian Deal of Year - CEE Legal Matters, 2018
Best Social Media/Digital Marketing campaign - Citywealth Brand Management and Reputation Awards 2018
Energy Deal of the Year and Restructuring of the Year ($1B - $5B) for the Ocean Rig Restructuring - M&A Advisor's 10th Annual International M&A Awards, 2018
International Team of the Year - Legal Week Innovation Awards 2018
Offshore Law Firm of the Year - Chambers Europe 2018
High Yield Deal of the Year - IFLR Europe Awards 2018
Top Employer (silver award, large business category) - Cayman Islands Society of Human Resources Professionals Awards 2018
Caribbean Law Firm of the Year - Citywealth IFC Awards 2018
Jersey Law Firm of the Year - Citywealth IFC Awards 2018
Most Innovative M&A Deal of the Year, Most Representative M&A Deal of the Year Award, and Best Cross-Strait M&A Deal of the Year - Mapect Taiwan M&A Awards, 2017
Restructuring Deal of the Year - IFLR Middle East Awards 2017
International Legal Team of the Year - STEP Private Client Awards 2017
Best Offshore Law Firm - WealthBriefing European Awards 2017
Jersey Law Firm of the Year - Citywealth IFC Awards 2017
Caribbean Law Firm of the Year - Citywealth IFC Awards 2017
Best Rebranding Campaign - Citywealth Brand Management and Reputation Awards 2016
Offshore Law Firm of the Year - Chambers Europe 2016
High Yield Deal of the Year Award - IFLR European Awards 2016
Offshore Law Firm of the Year - Alpha Awards 2016
Debt & Equity-linked Deal of the Year - IFLR Asia Awards 2016
Best Offshore Law Firm - Hedgeweek Global Awards 2016
Caribbean Law Firm of the Year - Citywealth IFC Awards 2016
Asian Deal of the Year - In-House Community 2015
International Legal Team of the Year - STEP 2016
Offshore Law Firm of the Year - The Lawyer 2015
Structured Finance and Securitisation Deal of the Year - IFLR European Awards 2015
Ogier is committed to protecting and safeguarding our client data in line with industry best practice, international standards and client expectations. We have made significant strategic investments over the years into both IT and Information Security Technology to ensure that we have the best platforms to provide appropriate security and risk management of the data we store and process. Ogier is ISO27001 Certified.
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Ogier is committed to supporting its local communities. Our aim is to give something back and to encourage our people to participate in local initiatives. We support projects which focus on education. Ogier gives its employees the opportunity to volunteer their time with a range of good causes, and also has a team of employees who plan events and activities in support of local charities.
Regularly working on big ticket and complex cross border transactions, we are a ‘go to’ firm for this type of work.
We have experience of advising on a broad range of industry sectors, commercial opportunities and investment-related transactions, and bring that knowledge to bear on each instruction. While we have been involved on some of the largest and most complicated deals taking place in our jurisdictions in recent years, we also have extensive experience in advising on the establishment of many forms of domestic and cross-border corporate vehicles, trusts and partnerships.
Through our corporate administration business, Ogier Global, we offer a seamless one stop shop, forming and administering a wide range of corporate vehicles for IPO, M&A, corporate re-structuring and investment holding. Our industry leading administration platform enables clients to access statutory information in real time and easily manage the corporate administration of their businesses, from a single vehicle to the most complex of corporate structures, via our secure client services portal.
Ogier has an excellent transactional track record, particularly in relation to public company work. Renowned for our in-depth understanding and long-standing experience in the market, we are sought out for being at the forefront of financial industry regulatory changes and our insight on local regulations.
Our Corporate teams in the BVI, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Jersey and Luxembourg ensure a round-the-clock service. With our bilingual Tokyo and Shanghai offices, we provide additional support to clients in Japan and mainland China, who have access to advice in respect of all our jurisdictions in an appropriate time zone via our Hong Kong office.
When disputes arise offshore, they are often complex, international and high value.
Ogier has one of the largest offshore teams advising on technical, strategic and procedural aspects across the spectrum of contentious commercial issues and disputes.
With a team whose experience spans cross-border, multi-million and multi-billion dollar disputes across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the US and Russia, we resolve disputes in negotiation, mediation, arbitration or in court.
We have a pedigree in local and cross-border trust dispute resolution Ogier counts as its clients a large number of the leading institutional and independent fiduciary businesses offshore.
Ogier’s Restructuring and Corporate Recovery team offers legal advice to banks, financial intermediaries and corporates, as well as onshore counsel and other professional services providers in connection with company structures.
Ogier has excellent relationships with regulators in the BVI, Cayman, Guernsey and Jersey.
We advise on patent, trademark and copyright registration, protection and exploitation and IP enforcement. In particular our team has experience working with clients seeking to commercialise their IP from the strategic base of the Cayman Islands.
When you’re running a business you want to focus on what you’re good at. We understand that you need advisers who can translate complex issues into professional, straight-forward and practical advice.
Our dedicated, pan-Channel Island employment team manages a wide range of workplace issues from standard employment instructions, tribunals and the courts, to immigration, work place safety, data protection, licencing and relocation support.
Our particular experience in HR and training facilitates a breadth of service that that meets the needs of businesses from small local operations to major international clients across sectors that include finance, retail, energy and leisure.
We work alongside HR teams on all aspects of employment law, including legal developments across the Channel Islands:
Our commercial property team is well known for executing some of the largest and most complex commercial property transactions with accuracy and speed. We provide a responsive, constructive and commercially aware client service for large and small businesses. We work for local landlords, tenants, developers and financiers as well as institutional investors of international repute.
We also handle a wide range of local residential transactions ranging from the purchase and sale of the most valuable and prestigious properties in the islands to flats and starter homes. Our residential property team is highly recommended by local agents, banks and the people we have helped to buy, sell and finance their property.
