Davey Le Marquand > Carey Olsen > St Peter Port, Guernsey > Lawyer Profile

Carey Olsen
PO BOX 98, CAREY HOUSE
LES BANQUES
ST PETER PORT
GY1 4BZ
Guernsey

Work Department

Property Law; Private Client; Trusts and Private Wealth

Position

Davey is a partner in the property department and advises on private client issues with particular expertise on property related matters including inheritance, estate and wealth management and Guernsey business matters. Davey has extensive experience of all types of Guernsey property matters covering both residential and commercial property and on taking security over real property in the Bailiwick of Guernsey. 

Davey continues to develop a large local personal client base and regularly lectures on property and private client matters to local institutions and individuals. He also has a large notarial practice providing notarial services to a wide network of institutional and private clients. 

Davey has been listed since 2014 in the Citywealth Leaders List.

Career

Davey was admitted as a Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 1993. He joined the firm in 1993 and was admitted as an Advocate of the Royal Court of Guernsey in 1995 having completed the Certificat d’Etudes Juridiques et Normandes at the University of Caen. Davey became a partner in 1999 and a Notary Public in 2001.

Languages

French.

Memberships

Co-chairman of the Guernsey Family Bar Association; member of ACTAPS; Chairman of the Guernsey Notaries Association.

Education

Manchester Metropolitan University (1990 LLB Hons); Université of Caen (Certificat d’Etudes Juridiques Françaises et Normandes).

Lawyer Rankings

Guernsey > Commercial property

(Leading individuals)

Davey Le MarquandCarey Olsen

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.