
Matt Guthrie
Partner | Legal
Guernsey

Matt Guthrie
Partner
Guernsey
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We have the expertise to handle the most demanding transactions. Our commercial understanding and experience of working with leading financial institutions, professional advisers and regulatory bodies means we add real value to clients’ businesses.
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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.
We have the expertise to handle the most demanding transactions. Our commercial understanding and experience of working with leading financial institutions, professional advisers and regulatory bodies means we add real value to clients’ businesses.
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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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Partner | Legal
Guernsey
Matt Guthrie
Partner
Guernsey
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Anthony Partridge
Partner
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Jersey
Nick Williams
Partner
Jersey
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Richard Laignel
Jersey
Deal
24 April 2024 | 1 min read
Ogier succeeds in obtaining a decision that trust funds were not the proceeds of crime
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Team: Chloe Gill, Natália Jopling Tanser
Guernsey
Case
22 August 2022 | 0 min read
Ogier acts for members of the API Airline Pilots Medical Scheme
Alex Horsbrugh-Porter
Guernsey
Case
10 August 2022 | 1 min read
Ogier acts for Equiom in complex cross-border trust case
Mathew Newman
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
James Angus
Team: Nick Williams, Matthew Davies
Jersey
Case
28 March 2022 | 1 min read
Ogier in Guernsey advises Downing on £388 million disposal
Bryon Rees
Team: Diana Collas, Catherine Moore
Guernsey
Deal
2 February 2022 | 1 min read
Ogier advises multi-family office on the structuring of a number of Jersey investment vehicles
Niamh Lalor
Team: Emily Haithwaite
Jersey
Deal
1 February 2022 | 1 min read
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 | 1 min read
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 | 1 min read
Ogier advises UK-based family office on discretionary investment platform
Raulin Amy
Team: James Campbell, Emily Haithwaite
Jersey
Deal
Trusts Advisory Group
"Extremely client focused, very practical, creative thinkers"
Legal 500, 2023
25 July 2025 | 2 min read
"Uniformly excellent" Ogier retains tier one status in Chambers High Net Worth Guide for Cayman, Guernsey and Jersey
Matt Guthrie
Team: Rachael Reynolds KC, Anthony Partridge, Gregory Haddow, Catherine Moore, Chris Hards, James Campbell, and 2 more
Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Jersey
News
22 July 2025 | 1 min read
Ogier leads IFC firms with 36 2025 Citywealth Leaders List rankings
Matt Guthrie
Global
News
16 July 2025 | 3 min read
The evolution of gross negligence in Guernsey trust litigation
Mathew Newman
Team: Heidi Sandy, Samuel Clarke
Guernsey
Insight
11 July 2025 | 1 min read
Ogier wins Offshore Law Firm of the Year at prestigious Chambers High Net Worth Awards 2025
News
9 July 2025 | 2 min read
60 seconds with Private Wealth partner Richard Laignel
Insight
8 July 2025 | 4 min read
Exploring the role of arbitration in Guernsey trust disputes
Sandie Lyne
Team: Chloe Gill
Guernsey
Insight
18 June 2025 | 1 min read
Rising stars at Ogier named in eprivateclient's 2025 Crown Dependencies NextGen Leaders list
News
11 June 2025 | 2 min read
Guernsey: a global centre of excellence for pensions
Insight
4 June 2025 | 2 min read
Adapting to Cayman Islands perpetuities changes
Anthony Partridge
Team: Gregory Haddow
Cayman Islands
Insight
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