The Legal 500

Within Offshore law firms, Ogier is a second tier firm,

Impressing with a ‘very good level of service’, Ogier expertly advises on all aspects of BVI, Cayman and, more recently, Guernsey and Jersey law. The firm enhanced its Hong Kong offering in 2010, through establishing a new private client and trust practice, headed up by leading Guernsey and BVI trust specialist Marcus Leese, addressing the needs of the growing number of high-net-worth individuals in Asia. Headline work for the Hong Kong group included acting as Jersey counsel for a syndicate of banks acting as underwriters on the $59.2bn IPO of Glencore International’s London and Hong Kong listing. The ‘very smart and creative’ James Bergstrom recently took over as Hong Kong managing partner, following his relocation from the Cayman Islands office.