Working from home has been good for Simon Schilder, who heads
Ogier's BVI law in Europe team from its office in Jersey.
He's keen on sport and when he wasn't working in the office
in St Helier, his proximity to La Moye Golf Club has, on occasion,
allowed him time to get nine holes in before breakfast and the
start of the working day. If it's not golf, then it could be
indoor rowing for the early riser who also has to balance his
working life across several time-zones.
And those days can be long as he can expect a call from clients
in the Caribbean or North and South America late into the
evening.
"I have always had a mixed Europe and US based practice, so
it was a busy day when I was working in BVI but when it was close
of business in America, you had this period of quiet and calm.
Having moved here, I'm in the same time-zone as half my
practice but it means the Americans are all still busy at work
while I'm trying to finish work, so I just have to be
flexible."
