Diana Collas > Ogier > St Peter Port, Guernsey > Lawyer Profile

Ogier
REDWOOD HOUSE
ST JULIAN'S AVENUE
ST PETER PORT
GY1 1WA
Guernsey
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Position

Senior Associate

Career

Diana is a senior associate in Ogier’s Guernsey corporate team. She advises on a broad range of corporate, banking, derivatives and finance transactions in respect of Guernsey and British Virgin Islands entities. Diana also has over ten years’ experience of listings on The International Stock Exchange.

Diana focuses on corporate, banking and listing work. She advises on a broad  range of corporate, banking, derivatives and finance transactions in respect of Guernsey and British Virgin Islands entities including legal opinions, migrations, amalgamations, real estate finance, acquisitions, restructuring and regulatory aspects and has over ten years’ experience of listings on The International Stock Exchange and general listing services.

Prior to joining Ogier in May 2003, Diana was a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives for another leading offshore law firm where she had worked since 1990 and had worked her way up from legal secretary. Diana qualified as an English Solicitor in 2008 and as a BVI Solicitor in 2009.

Education

Admitted in:
2008 – England and Wales
2009 – British Virgin Islands

Lawyer Rankings

Guernsey > Capital markets

Ogier‘s capital markets practice advises clients on the gamut of debt and equity raisings, listings on TISE, and structuring issues affecting companies in the run-up to IPOs. Jointly leading the practice are listings specialist Byron Rees, investment vehicle specialist Tim Clipstone, and insurance specialist Richard Sharp, who returned to the team from Bedell Cristin in February 2023. Senior associate James Walsh also rejoined from the same firm in July 2022. Managing associate Michelle Watson Bunn advises on debt and equity transactions, while Diana Collas focuses primarily on listings.