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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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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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Sectors

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.

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Aviation and Marine

BVI Law in Europe and Asia

Energy and Natural Resources

Family Office

Foreign direct investment (FDI)

Funds Hub

Private Equity

Real Estate

Restructuring and Insolvency

Sustainable Investing and ESG

Technology and Web3

Trusts Advisory Group

Locations

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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We get straight to the point, managing complexity to get to the essentials. Our global network of offices covers every time zone. 

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Substance

Economic Substance

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Our cross-service line teams advise on all aspects of compliance with economic substance regulations, including full structure reviews, ongoing compliance issues and implications for outsourcing arrangements.

International financial centres including BVI, Cayman, Guernsey and Jersey have all introduced economic substance requirements.

Our lawyers are able to advise clients in relation to their companies in each of our relevant jurisdictions and across service lines - as companies may carry out more than one relevant economic activity - offering expertise in relation to the implications for holding companies, investment funds and fund managers, banks, insurance businesses and companies carrying on financing and leasing business.

For clients that do need to establish and demonstrate economic substance in the islands, our economic substance specialists provide clear guidance to assist in determining the appropriate level of measures to be taken.

Our corporate and fiduciary business, Ogier Global, provides support services including local resident directors, board support, physical presence, and administrative support, including a packaged service for special case entities capable of carrying on CIGA at the board level and suited to a moderate presence on the islands.

For entities suited to more enhanced presence, we provide local support in obtaining trade licences, work permits, premises, service providers or dedicated human resources. 

We advise on:
  • full structural reviews in the context of economic substance requirements
  • application of relevant economic substance legislation
  • complying with economic substance legislation including:
    • advising directors in relation to the direction and management test
    • core income generating activities
    • outsourcing
    • adequate record-keeping
    • directors' obligations
    • end of year filing requirements and certifications
    • premises and persons requirements
    • transaction monitoring and reporting requirements
  • application of Guidance Notes
  • analysis of existing business models for compliance with economic substance legislation
  • ongoing compliance requirements
For clients that do need to establish and demonstrate economic substance, we can provide:
  • local resident directors
  • board support
  • physical presence
  • administrative support
For entities suited to more enhanced presence, we provide:
  • local support in obtaining trade licences
  • work permits
  • premises
  • service providers
  • dedicated human resources

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"Top quality professional service"

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