Matt Guthrie
Partner | Legal
Guernsey
Partner
Guernsey
Big things are happening at Ogier. Change is embedded in everything we do. It is redefining our talent, our ways of working, our platforms of delivery, our culture.
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Our sector approach relies on smart collaboration between teams who have a deep understanding of related businesses and industry dynamics. The specific combination of our highly informed experts helps our clients to see around corners.
Ogier provides practical advice on BVI, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Irish, Jersey and Luxembourg law through our global network of offices across the Asian, Caribbean and European timezones. Ogier is the only firm to advise on this unique combination of laws.
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Private clients need trusted advisers. The strength of our team is in the quality and breadth of experience of our lawyers, who work together to deliver a discreet and professional service.
Ogier's Trusts Advisory Group draws together experts from different disciplines and locations to provide a seamless contentious and non-contentious advisory service which also includes relevant corporate support.
Our Private Wealth team advises trustees, private banks and ultra-high net worth clients on the lifecycle of trusts from establishment, restructuring and administration to succession planning. We have in-depth knowledge of trusts and foundations, enabling us to provide flexible and practical guidance on choosing the most effective jurisdiction. The team combines with our corporate specialists to provide commercially focused corporate advice regarding companies that underlie trust structures or on new investments structures as they arise.
The Trusts Advisory Group draws together contentious and non-contentious trust practitioners. Our Dispute Resolution specialists have a particularly strong track record, having acted successfully in many of the headline international trust and private client matters in recent years in BVI, Cayman, Guernsey and Jersey.
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24 April 2024 | 1 min read
Ogier succeeds in obtaining a decision that trust funds were not the proceeds of crime
Team: Nick Taitz, Chloe Gill, Natália Jopling Tanser
Guernsey
Case
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Ogier acts for members of the API Airline Pilots Medical Scheme
Guernsey
Case
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Team: Bryan De Verneuil-Smith, Michael Rogers
Guernsey
Case
11 May 2022 | 1 min read
Ogier succeeds in securing a multi-million fraud judgment for BDO and Creditforce Limited
Team: Nick Williams, Matthew Davies
Jersey
Case
28 March 2022
Ogier in Guernsey advises Downing on £388 million disposal
Team: Diana Collas, James Hewlett, Catherine Moore
Guernsey
Deal
2 February 2022
Ogier advises multi-family office on the structuring of a number of Jersey investment vehicles
Team: Emily Haithwaite, Brooke Lewis
Jersey
Deal
1 February 2022
Ogier advises Canadian family office on establishing investment vehicle to hold private equity asset
Team: Emily Haithwaite, Richard Laignel
Jersey
Deal
10 June 2021
Ogier advises family office on the establishment of a Jersey investment management company
Team: Emily Haithwaite, Jonathan Hughes
Jersey
Deal
3 June 2021
Ogier advises UK-based family office on discretionary investment platform
Team: James Campbell, Emily Haithwaite
Jersey
Deal
9 March 2021 | 1 min read
Ogier successfully seeks stay in the matter of the Stingray Trust
Team: Deborah Barker Roye
Cayman Islands
Case
Trusts Advisory Group
"Extremely client focused, very practical, creative thinkers"
Legal 500, 2023
27 March 2024 | 1 min read
Executor removal in Jersey: Insights from Lakeman case
Team: Rebecca McNulty
Jersey
Insight
18 March 2024 | 3 min read
Is it time for the flee clause to come in from the cold?
Team: Gregory Haddow
Cayman Islands
Insight
28 February 2024 | 4 min read
No contest clauses: a Cayman perspective
Team: Gregory Haddow
Cayman Islands
Insight
28 February 2024 | 4 min read
Variations to trusts: what does the Court need to know before it will give its approval?
Team: Rebecca McNulty, Matthew Davies, Lara Morand
Jersey
Insight
29 January 2024 | 1 min read
Spotlight on 17 experts by Private Client Global Elite illustrates Ogier's breadth of expertise
News
25 January 2024 | 1 min read
Matt Guthrie named Channel Islands Lawyer of the Year at Citywealth IFC Awards 2024
News
24 January 2024 | 7 min read
Conversations with the next gen: the big picture in private wealth – balancing trustee duties in an ESG-driven environment
Insight
19 January 2024 | 8 min read
Private Trust Companies, Single Family Offices and Governance Entities – Registering for AML supervision under Jersey's proceeds of crime legislation
Team: Emily Haithwaite, Josephine Howe, Matthew Shaxson, George Yates
Jersey
Insight
20 December 2023 | 5 min read
Conversations with the next gen: a mosaic of attitudes towards next gen wealth
Insight
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