Ogier Announces Senior Jersey Appointments

by Jason Gorringe, for LawAndTax-News.com, London

27 July 2007

Offshore law firm, Ogier on Wednesday announced a number of senior appointments at its Jersey offices.

Effective 1 September, Raulin Amy and Dan Richards will become partners of Ogier Group L.P. and the Ogier legal partnership in Jersey.

The two men are part of Ogier’s Business and Trust Law Group in Jersey, and were each promoted to Managing Associate in 2006.

Mr Amy joined Ogier in 2000 as an English Solicitor and qualified as an Advocate of the Royal Court of Jersey in 2003. He advises on a wide range of local and international corporate transactions, restructurings and related banking matters as well as investment funds.

Mr Richards, meanwhile, joined Ogier in 2005 from Mourant du Feu & Jeune, prior to which he was at Lovells in London. He qualified as an Advocate of the Royal Court of Jersey in 2005. His practice encompasses investment funds as well as corporate and banking finance.

The firm additionally announced that on 1 August 2007, Nathan Powell will be promoted to Managing Associate in Ogier’s Jersey legal practice. Mr Powell joined Ogier in 2006 from Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London. He specialises in corporate advisory work (including private equity structures, mergers and acquisitions and IPOs) and investment funds.

Also on 1 August, Jane Pearce will be promoted to Associate Director in Ogier Fiduciary Services. Ms Pearce is part of the Investment Funds Administration team and joined Ogier in 2006 from Kleinwort Benson in Jersey. She is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Commenting on the promotions, Ogier Chairman, Jonathan White stated that:

“It gives me great pleasure to announce these promotions as part of the continued growth of Ogier. Our people are our greatest asset and we are committed to recruiting and retaining the very best - providing them with excellent career development opportunities. Recruiting and retaining the best staff is and will remain critical to Ogier remaining at the forefront of the offshore professional services market.”

The Ogier group has a presence in nine jurisdictions around the world, namely the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jersey, London, Montevideo and New Zealand.

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