Corporate & Finance including Investment Funds
Europe Guide 2024 : Guernsey
Band 2
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Provided by Ogier
Ogier’s Corporate and Finance, including Investment Funds, practice in Guernsey is comprised of three separate teams.
Ogier's Corporate team advises on all areas of corporate and commercial law (including regulatory matters). This includes advising on structuring, transactional matters, regulation, and ongoing corporate actions.
Key contact: Bryon Rees.
Ogier's Banking and Finance team advises all stakeholders across the full financial product lifecycle, from debt and other security instrument listings, to restructuring and insolvency, drawing on the complementary disciplines of Ogier's banking, structured finance, investment funds, corporate and commercial and dispute resolution teams to provide a fast and efficient service.
Key contact: Christopher Jones.
Ogier's Investment Funds and Asset Management team provides advice on the full fund lifecycle ranging from formation, structuring, establishment, operation, corporate governance, financing, investor disputes through to management of liquidity, strategic investor arrangements and wind down and termination situations. The team also advises asset managers themselves and service providers to funds, such as administrators, custodians, depositories and directors.
Key contact: Bryon Rees.
Clients of the team range from large listed multi-nationals to individuals.
Chambers Review
Ogier stands out for its investment fund, corporate and financing work, demonstrating key skills in establishing and maintaining investment funds. The firm is regularly called upon by leading UK and US-based onshore firms, financial institutions and multinational companies. The team also provides complementary expertise in regulatory matters arising from Guernsey transactional activity, and offers skilled handling of restructuring, refinancing and insolvency matters.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"The team are very responsive and knowledgeable of Guernsey law matters."
"The Ogier team are responsive and easy to work worth. They work to deadlines and offer practical and pragmatic feedback and comments."
"The team are very responsive and knowledgeable of Guernsey law matters."
"The Ogier team are responsive and easy to work worth. They work to deadlines and offer practical and pragmatic feedback and comments."
Notable Practitioners
Bryon Rees serves as the head of Ogier's Guernsey corporate and investment group. He advises asset managers on an array of matters including acquisitions and regulatory issues.
"Bryon is fantastic - he is really responsive, really knowledgeable, really commercial and really client-focused. He's an all-round great lawyer."
"My go-to person for funds work in Guernsey. He's to the point and practical."
"Bryon is an excellent lawyer and a pleasure to deal with."
"Bryon is an absolute pleasure to work with. He is quick to respond, understands the commercial challenges and adapts his legal advice accordingly."
Christopher Jones is a finance specialist who has experience working with large banks on the full range of their needs and is notable for his expertise in relation to asset finance. He also serves as Ogier's head of banking and finance for the Guernsey practice.
Richard Sharp has built up a reputation in the market for his sound work on considerable M&A transactions and insurance finance matters. His skills in private equity transactions are also esteemed.
"Richard is very efficient, competentand knowledgeable."
Paul Chanter is a banking and finance-focused partner who advises banks, alternative lenders and borrowers. He works with these clients on a range of financing transactions.
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