11TH FLOOR, CENTRAL TOWER, 28 QUEEN'S ROAD CENTRAL, HONG KONG
Marcus Leese
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Work Department
Business and trust law.
Position
Partner specialising in corporate and commercial matters, investment funds, banking, structured finance, financial services regulation, private wealth and commercial trusts. 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
Barrister and solicitor New Zealand 1993; advocate Guernsey 2004; solicitor England and Wales 2004; Russell McVeagh, Auckland; Arthur Andersen, Auckland; partner Ogier 2005; qualified BVI 2010. Publications: ‘Foundations in Guernsey – Business Brief Legal Services Feature’ (2006); ‘Guernsey Section – Annual Survey – Trust & Estate Planning Journal’ (2006 and 2007); ‘Foundations – Trust and Trustees’ (2006); ‘Guernsey Section – Law in Context – Baker & McKenzie’; and ‘BNA International Special Report – Offshore Tax Planning’.
Member
Guernsey Bar.
Education
University of Auckland (LLB 1992; BCom 1992).
Practice Areas
Corporate and commercial; Investment funds; Private client
