IFLR 1000
The Guide to the World's Leading Financial Law Firms

	Conyers Dill & Pearman Harney Westwood & Riegels Walkers
	Maples and Calder Ogier
	Appleby Forbes Hare
	Farara Kerins O'Neal Webster

With offices in the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jersey, London and Tokyo, Ogier's global network allows it to cover all time zones and key financial markets including those of Russia, Asia and China. The firm continues to build on its steady momentum of large, high-profile transactions.... [more]

With offices in the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jersey, London and Tokyo, Ogier's global network allows it to cover all time zones and key financial markets including those of Russia, Asia and China. The firm continues to build on its steady momentum of large, high-profile transactions. One peer notes that Ogier's attorneys "are considered a good team". Partner Ray Wearmouth, formerly of Harneys, heads up the corporate and finance practice. One client who has worked with Wearmouth on technical cross-border issues says he shows, "a real substantive knowledge; quite sophisticated". He was also impressed by the work done by partner Zac Lucas.

In a high-profile deal that closed in January 2011, Ogier advised Novoport on the $2.5 million sale of the BVI company that holds the controlling interest in the major Russian commercial seaport, Novorossiysk Commercial Sea Port (NCSP). NCSP, located in the Black Sea, is the largest Russian port operator based on cargo turnover. Its shares are listed on Russia's RTS and MICEX exchanges as well as on the LSE. The transaction included the acquisition of another large Russian seaport, the Port of Primosrk in the Baltic Sea, which is Russia's largest oil port.

The firm also received instructions from Deutsche Bank on the restructuring of approximately $800 million of Carl Zeiss Vision Group's corporate finance debt. The complex transaction involved over 80 companies in more than 30 different jurisdictions in Zeiss's global network. As a result, the group's capital structure was significantly de-leveraged.

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	Maples and Calder Walkers
	Ogier
	Appleby Conyers Dill & Pearman Mourant Ozannes Solomon Harris
	Harneys Higgs & Johnson

	Maples and Calder Walkers
	Ogier
	Appleby Campbells Mourant Ozannes

In April 2011, Ogier opened an office in Shanghai, further expanding a worldwide network that includes Bahrain, BVI, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jersey, London and Tokyo. The firm now employs over 140 people in its Cayman office, which focuses on banking and finance, corporate and commercial and investment funds.... [more]

In April 2011, Ogier opened an office in Shanghai, further expanding a worldwide network that includes Bahrain, BVI, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jersey, London and Tokyo. The firm now employs over 140 people in its Cayman office, which focuses on banking and finance, corporate and commercial and investment funds. The firm's client base includes 42 of the top 100 hedge funds.

Peter Cockhill was named Cayman managing partner in November 2011 and Andrew Morehouse was made partner in February 2011. The firm made two new corporate partners in 2010 - Nick Rogers and Angus Davison.

The market had mixed opinions about the firm's current standing. One competitor notes, "Ogier has definitely earned its place in tier two" though another has a different take, claiming that over the last year "they've run out of steam".

Last year, the team acted for a Cayman investment fund in relation to the sale of a majority interest in its investment manager, Gavea Gestao de Patrimonio, by JPMorgan Investimentos e Financas, a subsidiary of JPMorgan Chase. The acquisition of the majority interest is valued at $800 million.

Over the course of the year, Ogier also acted on behalf of The Bank of Nova Scotia in connection with the acquisition of the business of BNP Paribas wealth management Cayman Islands branch, advising on all aspects of the acquisition, including drafting transaction documents and advising on all related Cayman regulatory issues.

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