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Ogier

OGIER HOUSE, THE ESPLANADE, ST HELIER, JE4 9WG, JERSEY
Tel:
Work 01534 504000
Fax:
Fax 01534 504444
Web:
www.ogier.com
Email:

Kerry Lawrence

Tel:
Work +44 1534 504376
Email:
Ogier

Work Department

Commercial litigation.

Position

Partner and head of the commercial litigation group, focusing on contentious and semi-contentious trust work, fraud and asset tracing/preservation, contentious regulatory (mainly proceeds of crime), professional negligence, and general commercial litigation (generally finance industry related). The firm: Ogier offers legal and fiduciary services from BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Jersey and London. Ogier has fiduciary services offices in Bahrain and Ireland, and a representative office in Tokyo. In 2010 Ogier established a Channel Islands practice at its Hong Kong office to offer Guernsey and Jersey legal services to clients in the Asian time zone, in addition to the BVI and Cayman services already on offer there.

Career

Career in academic publishing 1988-93; called to the Bar of England and Wales 1995; Ogier commercial litigation department 1997; called to Jersey Bar 1999; partner Ogier 2001.

Member

ACTAPS; law commissioner of Jersey; Royal Court Users Group.

Education

Royal Latin Grammar School; Oxford University (1987 BA Hons); University of Westminster (1994 CPE).

Practice Areas

Contentious trusts and probate; Fraud; Litigation - commercial

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