The Legal 500 > United Kingdom - Solicitors > Guernsey > Corporate and M&A

Carey Olsen handles the Guernsey aspects of heavyweight M&A deals, including public M&A and private equity deals. Tony Lane and Tom Carey handle complex cross-border M&A deals, with Andrew Boyce's practice including deals involving institutional investors, crossing over with his fund formation practice. Annette Alexander is another notable partner. is a key senior associate for M&A work. Senior associates Gemma Campbell and John Scanlan are also highly regarded.

Mourant covers the range of Guernsey corporate work, from Guernsey corporate structures holding UK real estate through to locally significant deals with assets on-island. Darren Bacon's practice includes Guernsey elements of heavyweight UK real estate deals, as well as public M&A. John Lewis  is another notable for real estate work. Helen Wyatt has expertise in corporate service provider deals, and handles work for leading names in private equity and their portfolio companies. John Rochester is also active in heavyweight deals in highly regulated sectors, including public M&A, as is Frances Watson. Counsel Alex Davies has a track record in doing public M&A, as has senior associate Alana Gillies.

Ogier covers the gamut of corporate work across sectors, handling work for asset managers, banks, insurancers and other clients. Bryon Rees handles a range of M&A deals, including ones featuring locally regulated businesses with global operations. Marcus Leese has restructuring expertise, as does Craig Cordle, among other work (Cordle handles competition law). Tim Clipstone joined from Maples Group in Tortola, bringing with him BVI expertise - which is also contributed by well-regarded senior associate Diana Collas.

Appleby handles many deals with challenging US elements, and also has a key strength in restructuring and distressed M&A. The 'very commercial and responsive' Jeremy Berchem is the key lawyer in a team which has handled inter-island deals in the corporate service provider space.

Collas Crill covers the offshore corporate piece, with real estate deals and restructuring forming sources of interesting recent work. Paul Wilkes has a track record of handling international real estate deals, and Wayne Atkinson has a practice covering matters ranging from corporate restructuring to matters in highly regulated sectors. Sean Cheong also has corporate structuring expertise.

WALKERS works with leading UK and international firms on a range of international deals, as well as handling agenda-setting local work. Many mandates are cross-border with the BVI and Cayman Islands. Cross-border restructurings are another key area of expertise, while the firm is particularly popular with Middle Eastern and Asian clients. The key partners in the team are Sam Shires and Matt Sanders, with Stephen Ozanne a key senior counsel.

Bedell Cristin handles a range of work in the corporate space, with particular exposure to the financial services industry and the UK real estate market. Richard Sharp, among other work, handles complex mandates concerning technical points of Guernsey company law, as well as cross-border M&A.

At Ferbrache & Farrell LLP, the 'well-respected' Gavin Farrell is the main partner in a team which handles on-island deals, work for private equity and complex corporate work - he typically works with senior associate Natalie Le Cras. While the firm is only present in Guernsey, it is popular for inter-island referrals from Jersey's independent firms.

Babbé LLP's corporate practice handles a mixture of corporate work, both on and off-island. The firm is selected by some Jersey firms for inter-island referrals. Stuart Tyler heads the practice.