Ogier (law firm)
Offshore magic circle law firm
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Ogier is a law firm with offices in the BVI, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Ireland, Jersey and Luxembourg. It is a member of the offshore magic circle.[citation needed]
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| Headquarters | St Helier, Jersey |
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| No. of offices | 12 |
| Date founded | 1867[citation needed] |
| Company type | Partnership |
| Website | http://www.ogier.com/ |
History
John Francis Giffard[1] began practicing law in St Helier, Jersey in 1867.[citation needed] His practice was joined by William Smyth Le Masurier in 1905.[citation needed] A partnership between Advocate Leonce L’Hermite Ogier and John Gleury Le Cornu is formed in 1922.[citation needed] Philip Antonio Poch was made partner alongside Le Masurier and Gifford to form Le Masurier Giffard & Poch in 1932.[citation needed]
The two law firms of Le Masurier Giffard & Poch and Ogier & Le Cornu merged to create the Ogier Group in 1995.[citation needed] Ogier created the first trans-Atlantic offshore law firm when it merged with Boxalls in Cayman in 2004.[citation needed] Ogier & Le Masurier became Ogier in 2005.[citation needed] Ogier merged with WSmith based in BVI and Hong Kong in 2007.[citation needed] Ogier opened an office in Shanghai in 2011, making it the first offshore law firm to operate out of mainland China.[2] In 2012 Ogier became the first offshore law firm to open an office in Luxembourg.[3] Ogier Fiduciary Services opened an office in Luxembourg in 2013.[4]
Management Buy-out of Ogier Fiduciary Services occurred in 2014.[5] Ogier launched Dispute Resolution into Hong Kong in 2014.[6]
In 2015 Ogier launched new brand identity focused on law.[7] Ogier launched Ogier Global to create an integrated corporate administration team in 2017.[citation needed] Ogier launched Singapore office in 2021.[8] Ogier launched its Beijing office in 2022.[9]
In 2022 Ogier merged with Irish law firm, Leman Solicitors, to form Ogier Leman.[10]
Offices
Ogier has offices based in Beijing, British Virgin Islands, Cayman, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jersey, London, Luxembourg, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo.[citation needed]