Category: Legal
Appleby Reports Offshore M&A Activity for Q1 2013
While the first quarter of 2013 saw the lowest number of deals in the offshore region since Q1 2008, the offshore M&A market has performed better than the global average, according to a report released today by Appleby, one of the world’s largest providers of offshore legal, fiduciary and administration services. The latest edition of [...]
Mourant Ozannes maintains leading position offshore in Chambers and Partners directory
Mourant Ozannes has maintained its position as the leading offshore law firm, according to one of the world’s most respected legal directories. Chambers and Partners is considered among the most prestigious directory publishers for the legal profession and Mourant Ozannes has consistently ranked among the top firms listed. In the latest edition of Chambers Europe, [...]
Appleby’s Promotion Announcements 2013
Appleby, one of the world’s largest offshore providers of legal services, has announced the promotion of Jeremy Berchem to the partnership, Matthew Wrigley to the position of Counsel and Chet Pohl to Senior Associate. These promotions, effective from 2 April 2013, further reflect the firm’s strength and depth across the Corporate and Commercial group in [...]
Carey Olsen’s Richard Field admitted as a Guernsey advocate
Carey Olsen senior associate, Richard Field, was admitted as an advocate of the Royal Court of Guernsey. Advocate Field specialises in corporate and commercial litigation, including banking, investment and funds litigation. He advises regularly on regulatory and compliance issues, including anti-money laundering (AML), e-gaming and data protection, often involving reports to the authorities and is [...]
Mourant Ozannes advises on 2e2 sale to Datatec
Leading Offshore law firm, Mourant Ozannes, has advised on the sale by administrators of the IT group 2e2 to Datatec, the largest technology group traded on AIM with a market capitalisation of around £640m. Mourant Ozannes advised on the sale of the Channel Islands businesses that formed part of the sale of the European arm [...]
Collas Crill grows Guernsey trust and foundations practice
Collas Crill is continuing to expand its Guernsey fiduciary practice with the appointment of Bethan Boscher to the team. It’s an internal move for Bethan, an associate and solicitor of England and Wales, who previously specialised in private client work within the firm’s wills and estates team where she advised clients on their estate planning [...]
Leading employment lawyers tackle ‘age-old’ challenge
Leading lawyers from the Employment team at Mourant Ozannes will be speaking to senior industry leaders about the challenges faced by employers and employees when it comes to retirement, at a seminar to be held next week in Jersey and Guernsey. Helen Ruelle and Jessica Roland will lead a discussion at breakfast meetings about the [...]
Carey Olsen partner publishes second edition of drafting trusts book
Carey Olsen fiduciary partner Paul Matthams and James Kessler QC have published the second edition of Drafting Trusts and Will Trusts in the Channel Islands. The book, which has been published by Sweet & Maxwell, is the Jersey and Guernsey Law contribution to a series covering Wills and Trusts in different jurisdictions written by James [...]
Ogier advises on Biffa Restructuring
Ogier in Jersey and Guernsey have acted as legal advisers for the co-ordinating committee and ad-hoc working group representing senior lenders on the £1bn restructuring of the Biffa Group. Biffa is a leading nationwide integrated waste management business. The High Court approved a UK scheme of arrangement on Monday 28 January 2013 which enabled the [...]
Butterfield senior manager is called to the Bar
A member of the senior management team at Butterfield Bank has qualified as an English Barrister. Ivor Bisson was called to the Bar as a Barrister by his Inn, the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, in a ceremony held in London. Mr Bisson joined Butterfield in 2001 and currently has responsibility for the administered [...]
