
Matt Guthrie
Partner
Guernsey

Matt Guthrie
Partner
Guernsey
Services
We have the knowledge and expertise to handle the most demanding and complex transactions and provide expert, efficient and cost effective services to all our clients. Our commercial understanding and experience of working with leading financial institutions, professional advisers and regulatory bodies enable us to add real value to our clients’ businesses.
Sectors
Our sector approach relies on smart collaboration between our business divisions, our service lines and our jurisdictions. These sector-based teams have a deep understanding of related businesses and industry dynamics. The specific combination of our highly informed experts helps our clients see around corners.
We have the knowledge and expertise to handle the most demanding and complex transactions and provide expert, efficient and cost effective services to all our clients. Our commercial understanding and experience of working with leading financial institutions, professional advisers and regulatory bodies enable us to add real value to our clients’ businesses.
Legal
Corporate and Fiduciary
Consulting
Ogier provides practical advice on a unique combination of six laws: BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Irish, Jersey and Luxembourg. Our global network covers Asian, European and US time zones.
Banking and Finance
Corporate
Dispute Resolution
Employment law
Intellectual Property
Investment Funds
Listing services
Local Legal Services
Private Wealth
Regulatory
Restructuring and Corporate Recovery
Tax
Banking and Finance overview
Asset Finance
CAYLUX Fund Finance
Debt Capital Markets
Derivatives
Fund Finance
Islamic Finance
Leveraged Finance
Listing services
Real Estate Finance
Regulatory
Restructuring and Corporate Recovery
Structured Finance
Sustainable Finance
Corporate overview
Economic Substance
Equity Capital Markets
Listing services
Mergers and Acquisitions
Private Equity
Real Estate Structuring, Acquisitions and Disposals
Regulatory
Technology and Web3
Dispute Resolution overview
Banking Disputes
Corporate and Financial Services Disputes
Crypto Disputes
Enforcement of Judgments and Awards
Fraud and Asset Tracing
Funds Disputes
Insurance Disputes
International Arbitration
Regulatory
Restructuring and Corporate Recovery
Section 238 Shareholder Appraisal Rights
Shareholder and Valuation Disputes
Trusts Disputes and Applications
Investment Funds overview
Hedge Funds
Managers and Sponsors
Private Equity
Real Estate, Infrastructure and Energy Funds
Regulatory
Sustainable Investing and Impact Funds
Technology and Web3
Local Legal Services overview
Cayman Local Legal Services
Channel Islands Local Legal Services
Ireland Local Legal Services
Employment law
Estate Planning, Wills and Probate
Expat services
Family Office
Intellectual Property
Make your Guernsey will online
Make your Jersey lasting power of attorney online
Make your Jersey will online
Notary public services
Relocating your business
Relocating your family
Property law
Providing exceptional and efficient service, our Corporate, Funds, Private Wealth and Capital Markets teams offer clients integrated legal and corporate administration services with a strong reputation in governance and regulatory compliance.
Accounting and Financial Reporting Services - Ogier Global
Cayman Islands AML/CFT training - Ogier Global
Corporate Services - Ogier Global
Debt Capital Markets - Ogier Global
Fund Services - Ogier Global
Governance Services - Ogier Global
Investor Services - Ogier Global
Ogier Connect - Ogier Global
Private Wealth Services - Ogier Global
Real Estate Services - Ogier Global
Regulatory and Compliance Services - Ogier Global
Our experts provide independent guidance spanning advice and training to implementation and evaluation across sustainable investing, regulatory compliance and tech. Our tailored advice meets clients' specific needs, delivering flexible solutions and support.
Ogier Regulatory Consulting
Sustainable Investment Consulting
Our sector approach relies on smart collaboration between our business divisions, our service lines and our jurisdictions. These sector-based teams have a deep understanding of related businesses and industry dynamics. The specific combination of our highly informed experts helps our clients 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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Fresh thinking, sharper opinion.
We get straight to the point, managing complexity to get to the essentials. Our global network of offices covers every time zone.
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.
Chambers High Net Worth Guide, 2022
James Campbell, Partner, Jersey
Legal 500 UK, 2023
Matt Guthrie, Partner, Guernsey
Chambers High Net Worth Guide, 2022
Catherine Moore, Partner, Guernsey
Chambers UK, 2023
Mathew Newman, Partner, Guernsey
Legal 500, 2023
Anthony Partridge, Partner, Cayman Islands
Legal 500 Caribbean, 2023
Rachael Reynolds KC, Global Senior Partner, Cayman Islands
Legal 500 UK, 2023
Nick Williams, Partner, Jersey
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22 August 2022
Ogier acts for members of the API Airline Pilots Medical Scheme
Alex Horsbrugh-Porter
Guernsey
Case
10 August 2022
Ogier acts for Equiom in complex cross-border trust case
Mathew Newman
Team: Bryan De Verneuil-Smith, Michael Rogers
Guernsey
Case
11 May 2022
Ogier succeeds in securing a multi-million fraud judgment for BDO and Creditforce Limited
James Angus
Team: Nick Williams, Matthew Davies
Jersey
Case
28 March 2022
Ogier in Guernsey advises Downing on £388 million disposal
Bryon Rees
Team: Richard Doyle, 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
Niamh Lalor
Team: Emily Haithwaite, Brooke Lewis
Jersey
Deal
1 February 2022
Ogier advises Canadian family office on establishing investment vehicle to hold private equity asset
James Campbell
Team: Emily Haithwaite, Richard Laignel
Jersey
Deal
10 June 2021
Ogier advises family office on the establishment of a Jersey investment management company
Raulin Amy
Team: Emily Haithwaite, Jonathan Hughes
Jersey
Deal
3 June 2021
Ogier advises UK-based family office on discretionary investment platform
Raulin Amy
Team: James Campbell, Emily Haithwaite
Jersey
Deal
9 March 2021
Ogier successfully seeks stay in the matter of the Stingray Trust
Rachael Reynolds
Team: Deborah Barker Roye
Cayman Islands
Case
3 April 2020
BVI Court of Appeal finds in favour of Ogier's client in recoverability of fees appeal
Nicholas Brookes
British Virgin Islands
Case
Trusts Advisory Group
"Extremely client focused, very practical, creative thinkers"
Legal 500, 2023
13 February 2023
Cayman Court confirms interim arbitration awards may be enforced as judgments
Jeremy Snead
Team: Marc Kish, Oliver Payne
Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, London
Insight
9 February 2023
A Guide to Foundation Companies in the Cayman Islands
Anthony Partridge
Team: Joanne Huckle, Bradley Kruger, Rachael Reynolds, Nick Rogers, Justin Savage, Giorgio Subiotto, and 2 more
Cayman Islands
Insight
6 February 2023
Jersey and Guernsey to delay public access to beneficial ownership records following ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union
Natalia Fortuna
Team: James Campbell, Matt Guthrie, Josephine Howe, Catherine Moore
Guernsey, Jersey
Insight
1 February 2023
Aircraft Registration
Mark Santangeli
Team: Tommy Tuohy
Cayman Islands
Insight
26 January 2023
Ogier remains the dominant law firm in its jurisdictions with four Citywealth IFC Awards
Rachael Reynolds
Team: Matt Guthrie
British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Jersey, Tokyo, and 4 more
News
20 December 2022
Strong showing for Ogier's top-tier Trusts Advisory Group in Private Client Global Elite
News
16 December 2022
Conversations with the Next Gen: areas of development and consideration advisers are talking about
Catherine Moore
Team: Anthony Partridge, Katherine Neal, Matt Guthrie, James Campbell, Gavin Ferguson, Josephine Howe, and 1 more
British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Jersey
Insight
15 December 2022
Cayman Privy Council provides important clarification of the rights of current and former trustees
Deborah Barker Roye
Team: Kelsey Sabine
Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Jersey
Insight
14 December 2022
Three Ogier team members sworn in as Advocates in Guernsey
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