Martin Casas > 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

Martín advises on a broad range of commercial property transactions, including acquisitions, disposals, development, landlord and tenant and property management.

Martín is part of Guernsey’s property law team based in the UK. He joined Ogier from the real estate team of an international law firm based in the UK, where he advised developers and institutional investors on the purchase, development, sale and letting of real estate.

Martín has also acted for both landlords and tenants on the letting of office, retail, industrial and logistic space and a ferry and ports operator on the management and letting of its units.

Before moving to the UK Martín was part of the commercial property team in a firm in Dublin, Ireland where, among other things, he worked on the purchase and disposal of distressed real estate loan books, acted for receivers on the sale of real estate and banking institutions on the taking of security on property portfolios.

Martín first qualified in Argentina in 2002. He re-qualified and was admitted to the Roll of Solicitors in Ireland in 2012 and England and Wales in 2013.

Martín speaks English and Spanish and has a basic knowledge of Portuguese.

Education

Admitted in:
2013 – England and Wales
2012 – Ireland (non practising)
2002 – Argentina (non practising)

Lawyer Rankings

Guernsey > Commercial property

(Rising stars)

Martín CasasOgier

The March 2022 arrival of counsel Jonathan Anderson from Appleby added further transactional and construction experience to Ogier‘s commercial property team, which advises both corporate and HNWI clients on the acquisition, disposal and leasing of properties and property holding companies in Guernsey. The practice also advises institutional lenders on financing arrangements for property developments, with further expertise in planning and environmental law. Practice head Martyn Baudains advises both landlords and tenants on lease agreements, while also supporting corporates and HNWIs with offshore relocations. Senior associate Piers Dereham and ‘knowledgeable, commercially minded, thorough and responsiveMartín Casas are well versed in commercial and residential transactions, construction and planning law.