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Regional review

The most recent significant changes to Jersey’s legal market were Mourant du Feu & Jeune’s pan-island merger with Guernsey firm Ozannes, to establish Mourant Ozannes, and Crill Canavan joining up with Guernsey practice Collas Day to form Collas Crill. The jury is out on whether further consolidation is likely to occur among the remaining independent practices.

The market also saw new independent firms emerge, with Pinel O’Shea spinning off from the pre-merged Crill Canavan to focus on investment funds, corporate, commercial, trusts and foundations, and regulatory business; and Bedell Cristin’s James Dickinson and James Gleeson leaving to establish Dickinson Gleeson Advocates.

International firm Walkers likewise experienced change, with its former corporate head James Gaudin leaving for Appleby, while Nigel Weston left Mourant Ozannes to head Walkers’ finance and corporate group. Jonathan Tonge has taken over as the firm’s managing partner for regions and has relocated to Jersey to replace Hugh O’Loughlin, who retired.

Widely respected litigation boutique BakerPlatt was renamed as Baker & Partners after Stephen Platt retired from the position of BakerPlatt group chairman to devote himself to commercial interests.

Recent legislative developments include the introduction of the Limited Partnerships (Amendment) (Jersey) Law 2009, clearing the way for the introduction of the incorporated limited partnership, separate limited partnership, and more flexible limited liability partnership that came into force in early 2011, designed to add to the attractiveness of Jersey’s limited partnership regime.


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