Updated: 30 October 2014.
A number of Channel Island law firms have featured highly in the International Financial Law Review (IFLR) 1000 – a guide to the world's leading financial law firms. IFLR1000 provides tiered rankings across markets, regions and practice areas from research based on case study evidence combined with peer and client feedback.
The guide also champions 'Leading Lawyers' – individuals who have proved themselves to be among the best in their respective markets and who have a track record of innovative work – and 'Rising Stars', who are the Leading Lawyers of the future.
The 2015 edition has ranked Ogier as a top tier firm for its 'Investment Funds' and 'Corporate and Finance' practices in Guernsey. Ogier Jersey was ranked as a tier one firm for its Corporate and Finance practice and as a tier two firm for Investment Funds.
Five lawyers from Ogier's Guernsey office were noted as being leaders in their fields of expertise - Partners Caroline Chan, Frances Watson, William Simpson and Consultant Nick Gamble, together with Managing Associate, James Cooke, who was reported as a 'rising star'.
Dan Richards, Mike Lombardi, Chris Byrne, Marc Yates and Matthew Swan were all noted as leading individuals for Jersey.
Offshore law firm Mourant Ozannes has retained its position in the prestigious top tier of Channel Islands' law firms and risen up the rankings in the Caribbean according to the latest issue of the IFLR1000.
In the Corporate and Finance and Investment Funds categories, the firm received tier one rankings in Guernsey and Jersey.
Carey Olsen's work in the financial and corporate and investment funds areas in Guernsey and Jersey has also been recognised. For the fifth consecutive year, the firm has retained its top tier position in Guernsey for both categories.
This year also saw the firm’s Jersey office maintain its position at the top of the ranking tables.
Leading Lawyers named at Carey Olsen in Guernsey were Partners Christopher Anderson, Andrew Boyce, and Graham Hall with Senior Associate Andrew Tually and Associate Alex Mauger named as Rising Stars. In the Jersey office the Leading Lawyers were Partners Nicholas Crocker, Mike Jeffrey, Rob Milner, Alex Ohlsson and Alan Stevens along with Senior Associate James Fox.