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With ‘consistently excellent service levels’, Carey Olsen also gives clients ‘good visibility on fees’. The team advised State Street on the Channel Islands aspects of its acquisition of Mourant International Finance Administration, and acted for Sandpiper on its sale of supermarkets to Waitrose. Guy Coltman and Nicholas Crocker are key contacts. Mike Jeffrey is ‘commercial and approachable’, and Alex Ohlsson is ‘a pleasure to work with’.

Mourant Ozannes saw a spate of redomiciliations and IPOs in 2010, and gave Jersey advice on cash-box structures. The practice also advised on deals involving emerging markets and new technologies. James Ruane is recommended, and James Hill ‘always goes the extra mile’. Clients praise Tim Herbert’s ‘quality advice’.

The quality of Ogier’s ‘work and its service delivery put the firm in the first division’. The practice advised Sterecycle in connection with a complex corporate reorganisation. Team head Christopher Byrne ‘provides high-quality advice’, and Marc Yates and Nicholas Ward are also recommended.

Appleby recently welcomed Walkers’ former corporate head James Gaudin. The team was Jersey Counsel in relation to London & Regional’s €114.2m takeover bid for Euronext-listed NR Nordic & Russia Properties. Team head Mark Lewis is recommended, and Andrew Weaver ‘inspires confidence’. Alex Last has ‘great understanding of Jersey and Cayman law’.

Bedell Cristin provides ‘excellent service and delivers on time’. The team acted as Jersey counsel to RHJ International in relation to the completion of its £225m acquisition of the Kleinwort Benson Group from Commerzbank. Peter Byrne is a well-respected practitioner, and Tim Pearce is ‘extremely thorough’. Restructuring and insolvency expert Anthony Dessain is ‘very knowledgeable’.

Walkers welcomed Nigel Weston as a partner from Mourant Ozannes, who is praised for his ‘great demeanour and knowledge’. The team advised on the Jersey aspects of an acquisition of a global corporate and fund administration group. Jonathan Heaney ‘never lets you down’.

Collas Crill won business from high-profile trading/investment companies, banks and other financial services businesses, and saw a significant amount of restructuring and insolvency work. The team acted for the main shareholders of trust company Zenith on its multimillion-pound share sale to the STM Group. Team head Paul Wilson is ‘extremely personable’, and consultant Geoffrey Crill is ‘knowledgable’. David Dorgan is also highly rated.

Voisin focused on corporate restructuring in 2010, but its flow of corporate acquisition instructions increased during the latter part of the year. Ian Strang and Kate Anderson are well-regarded lawyers.

Pinel O’Shea recently spun off from the pre-merger Crill Canavan. The practice advised Ernst & Young (CIS) in relation to the Jersey options for replacing a substantial BVI holding structure with a Jersey holding structure. Carl O’Shea ‘ensures deadlines are met’, and Andrew Pinel is ‘responsive and experienced’.

Boutique firm VerrasLaw acted for The Stanley Gibbons Group in its acquisition of the trade and assets of the Benham first day cover and collectibles business from Flying Brands. Hiren Patel is an ‘experienced corporate lawyer’.

Viberts Jersey Lawyers acted for a fund administration business on a corporate restructuring. Christopher Scholefield is ‘a well-respected lawyer who is very good with clients’. The firm is ‘competitive on fees’.

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