16 September 2024 | 1 min read
Ogier's pan-Channel Islands team advises Brooks Macdonald International on sale to Canaccord Genuity Wealth
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"Bryon's an excellent lawyer and highly responsive"
Chambers UK, 2025
Bryon advises on a broad range of private and listed asset management, corporate, regulatory and finance matters.
Areas of expertise
Asset Finance
Banking and Finance
Corporate
Debt Capital Markets
Derivatives
Energy and Natural Resources
Equity Capital Markets
Fund Finance
Funds Hub
Hedge Funds
Investment Funds
Islamic Finance
Legal
Leveraged Finance
Listing services
Managers and Sponsors
Mergers and Acquisitions
Private Equity
Real Estate Finance
Real Estate, Infrastructure and Energy Funds
Regulatory
Structured Finance
Sustainable Investing and Impact Funds
Background and experience
Bryon advises on a broad range of private and listed asset management, corporate, regulatory and finance matters (including listing on The International Stock Exchange).
As part of his practice he is a member of Ogier's multi-disciplinary private equity team, including advising on fund formation and capital raising, downstream corporate advisory work and related finance matters.
Bryon originally joined Ogier in 2005 and has previously worked at South African law firms, Edward Nathan Sonnenbergs and Deneys Reitz (now Norton Rose Fulbright). He is a Guernsey advocate, a South African attorney and an English solicitor. He holds Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Laws degrees from the University of Natal, South Africa, a Master of Laws degree from University College London and a Certificat d’Etudes Juridiques Francaises et Normandes from Université de Caen Basse-Normandie.
Admitted in:
2015 – Guernsey
2010 - England and Wales
2002 - South Africa
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Examples of work
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20 August 2024 | 1 min read
Ogier in Guernsey advises Blackstone on US$1.572bn Hipgnosis acquisition
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13 March 2024 | 1 min read
Ogier in Guernsey advises Downing on £370 million sale of student accommodation schemes to Blackstone
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20 February 2024 | 1 min read
Ogier advises Burford Capital on US$275 million private offering
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5 October 2023 | 1 min read
Ogier in Guernsey advises Air Street Capital on establishment of second AI fund
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11 August 2023 | 1 min read
Ogier in Guernsey advises Searchlight Capital Partners on its recommended final cash offer for Gresham House plc
Bryon Rees
Team: Diana Collas, James Walsh, Tobi Oluborode, Andrew Tautscher
Guernsey
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28 July 2023 | 1 min read
Ogier in Guernsey advises on Global InterConnection Group's business combination and Euronext Amsterdam listing
Bryon Rees
Team: Michelle Watson Bunn, Diana Collas, James Walsh, Tobi Oluborode, Andrew Tautscher
Guernsey
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17 July 2023 | 1 min read
Long Term Assets Limited acquires Gottschalg Analytics with advice from Ogier
Bryon Rees
Team: James Walsh
Guernsey
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6 July 2023 | 2 min read
Burford Capital completes US$400 million private offering with advice from Ogier
Bryon Rees
Team: Richard Sharp, Michelle Watson Bunn, Belinda Hartzenberg
Guernsey
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4 May 2023
Ogier in Guernsey advises on MidEuropa's acquisition of Optegra Eye Health Care
Bryon Rees
Team: Michelle Watson Bunn, James Hewlett
Guernsey
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News and insights
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18 October 2024 | 2 min read
"Forward thinking" Ogier's rankings in Guernsey enhanced in Chambers UK 2025 guide
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2 October 2024 | 3 min read
Ogier services in Guernsey going from strength to strength in latest Legal 500 rankings
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18 September 2024 | 1 min read
Ogier's exceptional client service gets stand-out praise in IFLR1000
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4 July 2024 | 1 min read
Ogier grows Guernsey corporate and funds team with three new professionals
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8 May 2024 | 2 min read
Guernsey company tax residence and rates
Bryon Rees
Team: Richard Sharp, Tim Clipstone
Guernsey
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4 December 2023 | 5 min read
Why do you need to protect the name of your fund as a trade mark?
Sophie Peat
Team: James Bergstrom, Emily Haithwaite, Tim Clipstone, Niamh Lalor, Sophie Reguengo, Bryon Rees
Jersey, London, British Virgin Islands, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Ireland, and 2 more
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20 October 2023 | 2 min read
Ogier's "go-to" team in Guernsey sees increased rankings in Chambers UK 2024
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5 October 2023 | 2 min read
Ogier in Guernsey recognised as market leaders in Legal 500 UK 2024 guide
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13 February 2023
Advocate Richard Sharp re-joins Ogier's corporate and funds team in Guernsey
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Recognition
"Bryon Rees is a good technical operator."
Chambers UK, 2025
View more"I like working with Bryon, and he instils confidence"
Chambers UK, 2025
"Bryon Rees is an absolute pleasure to work with. He is also pragmatic, commercial and full of common sense. You don't get any legal jargon from Bryon, just the bottom line, a sensible approach and a very safe pair of hands. He is also incredibly responsive."
Legal 500 UK, 2025
"Bryon Rees is our go-to in Guernsey - measured, calm, very responsive, great team."
Legal 500 UK, 2025
"Leading Partner"
Legal 500 UK, 2025
"Bryon Rees gets to grips with urgent and complex matters quickly and delivers complex advice in a practical, executable manner."
Legal 500 UK, 2025
"We have worked with Bryon Rees for many years and would not hesitate to go to him on any corporate matter in Guernsey. He is responsive, measured and a pleasure to work with."
Legal 500 UK, 2025
"Bryon Rees is my go-to lawyer in Guernsey for anything corporate."
Legal 500 UK, 2025
"Bryon Rees and Michelle Watson Bunn are very hands-on and receptive, and have an in-depth understanding of the client firm that they service."
Legal 500 UK, 2025
"Bryon Rees and Gabrielle Payne are terrific, always available and providing concise, useful feedback on requested timelines"
"Bryon Rees is always very helpful and solution-orientated"
Legal 500 UK, 2025
"Leading Partner"
Legal 500 UK, 2025
"Bryon is fantastic - he is really responsive, really knowledgeable, really commercial and really client-focused. He's an all-round great lawyer"
Chambers UK, 2024
"My go-to person for funds work in Guernsey. He's to the point and practical"
Chambers UK, 2024
"Highly regarded"
IFLR1000, 2024
"Bryon is an excellent lawyer and a pleasure to deal with"
Chambers UK, 2024
"Bryon is an absolute pleasure to work with. He is quick to respond, understands the commercial challenges and adapts his legal advice accordingly"
Chambers UK, 2024
"Is a pleasure to work with. He and his team are always ready and willing to help and deliver top quality advice in a timely and efficient way."
Legal 500 UK, 2024
"Staffed the matter leanly but remained responsive and available throughout (including a very late closing). They are a pleasure to work with and fitted seamlessly into a large cross-border team of multiple advisers."
Legal 500 UK, 2024
"He's very plugged into the regulators in Guernsey and has the ability to move things along at a good speed"
Chambers UK, 2023
"Bryon stands out for his ability to identify the key elements of the most complex situations to present practical solutions"
Chambers, 2023
"He is a reassuring presence on any transaction"
Chambers UK, 2023
"Very responsive. Provides solutions with minimal fuss cutting to the chase on the important issues. Always provides value-add"
Legal 500 UK, 2023
"Excellent. Thoughtful and very service oriented"
Legal 500 UK, 2023
"Leading Individual"
Legal 500 UK, 2023
"An excellent lawyer who thinks carefully and has great client service"
Legal 500 UK, 2022
"Has great personal skills and is always reactive to immediate requirements"
Chambers UK, 2022
"Very client-oriented, commercial and responsive"
Legal 500 UK, 2022
"Provides the expert support we require and importantly can move quickly to help us meet our timetables and objectives"
Legal 500 UK, 2022
"He led the team well. I have recommended him to another client"
Legal 500 UK, 2022
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