Kieran Ogilvie > Carey Olsen > St Peter Port, Guernsey > Lawyer Profile
Carey Olsen Offices
PO BOX 98, CAREY HOUSE
LES BANQUES
ST PETER PORT
GY1 4BZ
Guernsey
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Kieran Ogilvie
Work Department
Commercial Property
Position
Kieran Ogilvie is a senior associate in our commercial property team in Guernsey.
Kieran has extensive experience advising on a wide range of commercial property matters with a particular focus on commercial leasing (for both landlord and tenant), property development, property finance, property investment, and the property aspects of corporate transactions having acted on many high-profile acquisitions. Particular project experience includes:
- acting for a large public body in a UK wide lease renewal project for over 300 office buildings – the portfolio value exceeded £400 million.
- providing property support for a US corporate acquisition involving a target company with an annual revenue of circa $3 billion.
- advising on the property aspects in the purchase of the business and assets of a UK energy efficiency provider, involving the surrender and grant of numerous commercial leases for office and industrial units.
- acting for one of the largest landowners in Scotland, advising on numerous renewable energy developments, ranging from micro hydro schemes to some of the largest on shore wind developments in the UK.
- advising some of the largest natural resource explorers in the UK, with a focus on gold exploration and mining.
Career
Kieran has specialised in commercial property since qualifying as a solicitor in 2014, having trained at one of Scotland’s largest firms, Harper Macleod LLP, before moving to Shoosmiths LLP in Edinburgh working in one of the largest real estate practices in the UK. He moved offshore in 2019 to continue his commercial property practice with Carey Olsen in Guernsey. Kieran is also a member of the Law Society of Scotland.
Education
Kieran completed his Bachelor of Laws (LL.B) at the University of Glasgow where he graduated with First Class Honours in 2011, before completing his Diploma in Legal Practice at the University of Edinburgh in 2012.
Lawyer Rankings
Guernsey > Commercial property
Carey Olsen‘s commercial property team frequently advises corporate clients entering the Guernsey market for the first time on securing premises for their businesses, in addition to assisting corporate tenants with leasing issues. The practice also advises HNWIs and family offices on the purchase of residential and investment properties. Practice head Jason Morgan
advises on a wide range of property matters, including the purchase of commercial office space and associated lease arrangements. Davey Le Marquand acts at the intersection of property and private client law, advising on inheritance and estate management, while counsel John Le Tissier advises on transactions including leases and secured finance. Senior associate Rachel Jones is a contentious and non-contentious planning specialist, while fellow senior associate Kieran Ogilvie advises on commercial leases and property developments.
Lawyer Rankings
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