Ogier (law firm)

Ogier provides legal advice on BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Jersey and Luxembourg law. The firm operates in nine jurisdictions in key financial centres and have a presence in the BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Jersey, London, Luxembourg, Shanghai and Tokyo. Ogier is a full-service law firm employing more than 450 people. Legal services for the corporate and financial sectors form the core of their business, principally in the areas of banking and finance, corporate and commercial, dispute resolution, insurance, investment funds, local legal services, private client and trust, private equity and private wealth. Ogier also has strong practices in the areas of regulatory, restructuring and insolvency, employee benefits and incentives, employment law, tax and property. Ogier Global, the firm's corporate administration business, 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. It is a member of the offshore magic circle.

Ogier
HeadquartersJersey
No. of offices9
No. of lawyers230
Major practice areasBanking & Finance, Corporate & Commercial, Dispute Resolution, Employment Law, Investment Funds, Private Client & Trusts, Property, Regulatory, Restructuring & Insolvency
Date founded1867
Company typePartnership
Websitehttp://www.ogier.com/

History
  • 2017 Ogier launches Ogier Global to create an integrated corporate administration team.
  • 2015 Ogier launches new brand identity focused on law.[1]
  • 2014 Ogier launches Dispute Resolution into Hong Kong.[2]
  • 2014 Management Buy-out of Ogier Fiduciary Services.[3]
  • 2013 Ogier Fiduciary Services opens an office in Luxembourg.[4]
  • 2012 Ogier becomes the first offshore law firm to open an office in Luxembourg.[5]
  • 2011 Ogier opens an office in Shanghai, making it the first offshore law firm to operate out of mainland China.[6]
  • 2007 Ogier merges with WSmith based in BVI and Hong Kong.
  • 2005 Ogier & Le Masurier becomes Ogier.
  • 2004 Ogier creates the first trans-Atlantic offshore law firm when it merged with Boxalls in Cayman.
  • 1995 The two law firms Le Masurier Giffard & Poch and Ogier & Le Cornu merge to create the Ogier Group.
  • 1932 Philip Antonio Poch was made partner alongside Le Masurier and Gifford to form Le Masurier Giffard & Poch.
  • 1922 A partnership between Advocate Leonce L’Hermite Ogier and John Gleury Le Cornu is formed.
  • 1905 William Smyth Le Masurier joins John Giffard’s practice.
  • 1867 John Francis Giffard[7] begins practicing law in St Helier, Jersey.

Practice areas

Legal services in the areas of banking and finance, corporate and commercial, 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 insolvency and property. Ogier Global also offers Corporate administration services.

Awards and recognition

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Offices

Ogier has offices based in British Virgin Islands, Cayman, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Jersey, London, Luxembourg, Shanghai and Tokyo.

References
  1. ""Ogier launch new brand identity focused on law"". Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  2. "Ogier launches Dispute Resolution team in Hong Kong - Ogier". www.ogier.com. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  3. ""Management Buy out of Ogier Fiduciary Services"". Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  4. "International Adviser, 2013, "Ogier Fiduciary opens in Luxembourg"". Archived from the original on 17 July 2014. Retrieved 7 November 2017.
  5. The Lawyer, 2012, "Ogier opens in Luxembourg in offshore first"
  6. The Lawyer, 2011, "Ogier leads offshore pack as it opens in Shanghai"
  7. "John Francis Giffard (b.1847), Ecurier, Juré, Justicier". Art UK. Retrieved 9 September 2015.
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