Ogier BVI is delighted to have been named in the top tier of BVI Commercial Firms in the latest Legal 500 directory rankings. The result reflects the continuing growth and development of the Ogier BVI office, with Ogier being described by clients as “the most progressive of the BVI law firms”.

Michael Fay, Managing Partner of Ogier BVI, commented “This is a tremendous achievement. The result reflects the strength, depth and quality of everyone in the BVI office and how we work as a team. It is also pleasing to see clients recognising our objective of being the leading, most progressive firm in the BVI as we continue to provide innovative and professional legal and fiduciary advice on high value and complex matters across all our service lines.“

Legal 500 cited the influence of recent key hires, such as “ex-Harney Westwood & Riegels finance and corporate head Ray Wearmouth”'... ” and recommended ex-Harney Westwood & Riegels's trusts head Zac Lucas”.  Managing Partner, Michael Fay, was recognised for advising on corporate law, dispute resolution and trusts while Investment Funds practice leader, Simon Schilder, was recognised as “a pleasure to deal with and an excellent lawyer”.

Ogier also provides BVI services in London and Hong Kong.  Ogier's London Managing Partner, Simon Dinning, is the only London based BVI lawyer recognised as a Leading Individual in the 2011 edition of Chambers & Partners UK.  He is acknowledged by clients as being "technically excellent with a high level of commercial awareness; he will pull out all the stops to get things done as quickly as possible".

Selected work highlights for Ogier BVI over the past year, as noted by Legal 500, included, the US$3bn listed securities swap for Cemex and “advising London-listed ENRC on its public takeover of AIM-listed CAMEC, a mining and commodities company with numerous BVI subsidiaries, in a $950m cash takeover“.  “The team also acted on the BVI's largest transaction, namely the RUSAL $18bn debt restructure”.