Ogier’s ‘very deep team with good resources and experience’, is widely recognised as a market leader, particularly in financial services, investment business, and digital assets regulation. The practice is led from the BVI by Michael Killourhy, who has extensive expertise across corporate matters, with a particular emphasis on equity capital markets and both public and private M&A.
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Client satisfaction
Testimonials
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‘It is a very deep team with good resources and experience.’
‘Great depth, great practicality, and great people to deal with generally. They also have very good knowledge of the crypto industry.’
‘Stuart Fee and Michael Killhourhy have been fantastic.'
Key clients
- Three Arrows Capital, Ltd
- Joint Liquidators of 3AC
- Van Eck Associates Corporation
- Bluefin Labs Inc
- Shaga Labs, Inc
- Pi Community Company
- Liquidity Technology Limited
- Moon Laboratories Inc
- Switchboard Protocol Foundation
- Matrixport
- Cyber Frontier International Ltd
- Centrium Advisory Services Limited
Work highlights
Advised VanEck Associates Corporation on the creation of a fully tokenised stable investment fund. The first of its kind in the BVI.
Acted for Three Arrows Capital, Ltd (in Liquidation) and its joint liquidators in respect of the sale of Deribit, the large cryptocurrency options exchange, to Coinbase.
Acted as BVI counsel for LTP in its successful applications as a virtual asset service provider (VASP) under the Virtual Assets Service Providers Act.
Lawyers
Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Practice head
Michael Killourhy; Simon Schilder
Other key lawyers
Marie-Claire Fudge; Stuart Fee