20/10/2009
Ogier, one of the leading providers of offshore legal, trust and administration services, has appointed a number of new partners in its global offices.
Jane Pearce,
Paul Perris,
Nicholas Plowman,
Sally Edwards and
Edward Mackereth will all join the Ogier Group partnership effective 1 February 2010.
The appointments are a result of the substantial growth of the Ogier Group, which has doubled in size over the past five years, and in anticipation of the continued success and growth of its fiduciary and legal service lines contrary to the sustained period of economic slowdown.
Commenting on the new partnership appointments, Nick Kershaw, Group Chief Executive Officer, said:
“I am delighted to welcome Nick, Paul, Jane, Sally and Ed to the partnership. Ogier’s success is based on a number of factors, including recruiting and retaining the very best people, providing the highest level of client service and having an efficient and effective management structure. These appointments reflect our commitment to establishing a solid foundation for the future, ensuring that we are structured and organised to support future business growth whether this be continued growth of our existing businesses and service lines or taking advantage of new market opportunities.”
Jane Pearce, Partner, Ogier Fiduciary Services, Jersey
Jane Pearce specialises in fund administration services, having joined Ogier in 2006. She was previously Head of Private Equity Administration for Kleinwort Benson, and has held positions with both Deutsche Bank and Gartmore Fund Managers. She also sits on the board of directors of a number of private equity and management companies.
Paul Perris, Partner, Ogier Fiduciary Services, Bahrain
Paul Perris joined Ogier Fiduciary Services, Jersey in 1999 having previously worked with Abacus Financial Services Limited and Standard Bank. In 2001, Paul established the Real Estate Administration team which now employs 40 people in Jersey and administers more than US$35bn of real estate assets for multinational private and corporate clients. In August 2008, Paul relocated to the Middle East to establish the Bahrain office. Paul was educated in Jersey and is a Chartered Secretary and a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
Nicholas Plowman, Partner, Hong Kong Legal
Nicholas Plowman joined Ogier in 2006 from Slaughter and May. He was admitted as a Solicitor in New Zealand in 1998 and in England and Wales and the BVI in 2006. Nick has extensive experience in large cross border and multi-jurisdictional transactions as well as private acquisitions, disposals and joint ventures. He also has a strong focus on investment funds based in Asia, particularly with regard to private equity, hedge funds and fund of funds. He is a Registered Foreign Lawyer regulated by the Hong Kong Law Society.
Sally Edwards, Partner, Jersey Legal
Sally Edwards joined Ogier in 2003 having previously worked with Eversheds in their London and Birmingham offices. She was admitted as a Solicitor in England and Wales in 1995 and as an Advocate in Jersey in 2009. She advises on a range of professional trustees, settlers and beneficiaries on all issues concerning trusts, with particular emphasis on drafting trust deeds and supplemental deeds, advising on and drafting the documentation to restructure trusts and advising on breaches of trust. Sally is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
Edward Mackereth, Partner, Jersey Legal
Edward Mackereth joined Ogier in 2004. He was admitted as a Solicitor of England and Wales in 1997 and as an Advocate in Jersey in 2008. Ed was previously a partner in a City of London commercial firm. His practice encompasses fraud and asset tracing, trusts, financial services regulation and disputes, restructuring and insolvency, banking and anti-money laundering law and regulation, contractual, shareholder and boardroom disputes. Ed has wide experience of international and domestic litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution.
Ogier has won nine of the 13 nominations received for fiduciary and legal industry awards over the past 18 months, and continues to receive substantial industry and client accolades for outstanding client service.
Ogier is unique in the offshore world in that it is still the only offshore firm that has a substantive presence in each of the four leading offshore centres - BVI, Cayman, Guernsey and Jersey.
