Please ensure Javascript is enabled for purposes of website accessibility

People

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.

Expertise

Services

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.

View all Services

Employment law

Intellectual Property

Listing services

Restructuring and Insolvency

Business Services Team

Executive Team

German Desk

Accounting and Financial Reporting Services

Cayman Islands AML/CFT training

Corporate Services

Debt Capital Markets

Governance Services

Investor Services

Ogier Connect

Private Wealth Services

Real Estate Services

Regulatory and Compliance Services

Ogier Global

Consulting

View all Consulting

Sustainable Investment Consulting

LexTech - Technology Consultants

Business Services Team

View all Business Services Team

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.

View all Sectors

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.

News and insights

Keep up to date with industry insights, analysis and reviews. Find out about the work of our expert teams and subscribe to receive our newsletters straight to your inbox.

Fresh thinking, sharper opinion.

About us

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

No Content Set
Exception:
Website.Models.ViewModels.Components.General.Banners.BannerComponentVm

Photo Cayman Beach

Cayman Islands

89 Nexus Way, Camana Bay, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands KY1-9009

ON THIS PAGE
Contact us

Ogier in Cayman focuses principally on investment funds - both hedge funds and private equity funds - as well as commercial dispute resolution, corporate and commercial, banking and finance transactions, high value corporate matters, restructuring and insolvency, and all aspects of contentious and non-contentious trust and private wealth matters. 

We act for leading global financial institutions, investment managers and corporate entities and are routinely chosen as Cayman offshore counsel of choice by leading international law firms, boutique advisors and other intermediaries.

Our Corporate and Fiduciary Services business, Ogier Global, works closely with Ogier's partner-led legal teams in BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Jersey and Luxembourg to incorporate and administer a wide variety of vehicles. 

Ogier provides Cayman legal advice in Europe from our Jersey office and in Asia from our Hong Kong office. 

Active in the Cayman Islands for more than 30 years, our Cayman office was established in 1991 and officially became Ogier following the first ever transatlantic merger in the offshore world in 2004.

Ogier in the Cayman Islands

Our track record 

We regularly advise on the most significant and high-value cases and deals in the Cayman Islands. Our work includes: 

  • Establishment of a listed $500 million sukuk trust certificate programme for a prominent global investment bank 

  • Establishment of the first Bitcoin fund registered with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority 

  • The first Cayman case to consider the effect of the Trusts Law Foreign Element Provisions in relation to an attempt to enforce foreign matrimonial orders purporting to vary a Cayman trust 

  • The first in the series of decisions which prompted a change in legislation to give the Cayman Court jurisdiction to grant free standing injunctive relief in support of foreign proceedings 

  • The first appointment of a Court appointed receiver over a portfolio of a Cayman SPC 

  • Advised on the restructuring of Ocean Rig – Cayman's largest ever successful restructuring 

  • Acted as Cayman legal counsel on corporate and debt finance matters to an investor consortium comprising DCP Capital Partners, Ocean Link Partners Limited and Rick Yan, in the proposed US$5.7 billion take-private of the company of US listed company 51job Inc. 

Our leading Latin American practice 

Our well-established Latin American practice is led from our Cayman office with Ogier being independently recognised as the clear leader for private wealth, fund formation and banking and finance work in the region, particularly Brazil. 

Why the Cayman Islands? 

Cayman has established itself as a mature, sophisticated international financial services centre. 

The Cayman Islands’ competitive strength lies in its ability to provide an effective and cost-efficient tax-neutral platform for international capital flows. Cayman offers a one-stop-shop for clients, supported by an excellent professional infrastructure in an environment of economic and political stability. 

This stability is also underpinned by the Cayman Islands’ diligence in ensuring adherence to recognised and relevant international standards in regulation, tax information exchange and prevention of financial crime under the leadership of the country’s principal financial regulator, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority.  

Renowned as the leading jurisdiction for the formation of investment funds and structured finance issuers, Cayman companies are listed on stock exchanges worldwide. We are a registered listing agent for the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange (CSX) and frequently advise Cayman companies listing on other exchanges whether offshore or onshore. Our client base is blue-chip, spanning all significant industry sectors. 

Cayman has an established and highly regarded judiciary, with a dedicated Financial Services Division to handle complex commercial disputes. 

Cayman has regularly demonstrated its proactive adoption of international initiatives including its early negotiation and extension of Model 1 Intergovernmental Agreements with the US and UK to implement FATCA in Cayman. 

Useful links  

Working at Ogier in the Cayman Islands 
Cayman Local Legal Services  
Relocating to the Cayman Islands  
Cayman Islands Monetary Authority – the islands' financial services regulator 
Cayman Finance – the promotional agency for the islands' financial services sector 

"This team is incredibly astute, detail-oriented, and understand the market very well. They are the most responsive Cayman counsel we have used."

Legal 500, 2023

No Content Set
Exception:
Website.Models.ViewModels.Blocks.PageBlocks.CardBlocks.DealAndCaseFeaturedCardBlockVm

Careers

Interested in a career with Ogier in the Cayman Islands?

Take a look at the current available roles on our careers page.

Careers at Ogier in Cayman
Careers Learning Image

No Content Set
Exception:
Website.Models.ViewModels.Blocks.SiteBlocks.CookiePolicySiteBlockVm