8 January 2025 | 1 min read
Ogier's BVI in Europe team advises New Century on its Nasdaq IPO
Marie-Claire Fudge
Team: Simon Schilder, Paul Heath
British Virgin Islands, Jersey
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"Marie Claire Fudge - Meticulous timely and proactive - especially with Regulatory issues"
Legal 500 Caribbean, 2025
Marie-Claire is Partner in Ogier's BVI law in Europe team, based in Jersey. She specialises in BVI corporate, investment funds and regulatory matters.
Areas of expertise
BVI Law in Europe and Asia
Corporate
Economic Substance
Energy and Natural Resources
Equity Capital Markets
Financial crime
Financial services and regulation
Funds Hub
GDPR
Hedge Funds
Investment Funds
Legal
Managers and Sponsors
Mergers and Acquisitions
Private Equity
Real Estate, Infrastructure and Energy Funds
Regulatory
Regulatory, Investigations and Enforcement
Restructuring and Insolvency
Sustainable Investing and Impact Funds
Background and experience
Marie-Claire is Partner in Ogier's BVI law in Europe team, based in Jersey. She specialises in BVI corporate, investment funds and regulatory matters. Prior to moving to Jersey in 2017, Marie-Claire spent 10 years based in the BVI.
Marie-Claire is one of the leading BVI funds and regulatory lawyers and frequently advises investment managers, funds, HNWs, trust companies and financial services providers on BVI legal and regulatory matters. In particular, she advises on change of control and other regulatory applications to the BVI Financial Services Commission, BVI AML laws and matters relating to developments in the BVI's regulatory regime. Marie-Claire also advises on economic substance.
Her funds practice covers all aspects of BVI funds formation including hedge funds, real estate investments, private equity funds, co-investment structures and single investment structures. She regularly helps start-up managers with the establishment of incubator and approved fund structures and BVI approved managers. Marie-Claire also has significant experience advising BVI funds and other regulated entities on their ongoing legal and regulatory compliance, including helping regulated entities to rectify breaches of compliance and regularise their status with the BVI Financial Services Commission, and advising on the liquidation and dissolution of funds and other investment structures.
This complements a specialism in BVI corporate transactions, with a particular focus on cross border mergers and acquisitions, corporate advisory, IPOs, voluntary liquidations, continuations in and out of the BVI and corporate restructuring, having advised on many complex, high profile transactions since first joining the Ogier team in 2008.
Marie-Claire is a key part of Ogier's multi-disciplinary Private Equity team. She specialises in BVI downstream corporate advisory, advising on both the acquisition and exit phases of downstream PE advisory.
Admitted in:
2008 - British Virgin Islands
2003 - England & Wales (not practising)
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Examples of work
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24 June 2020 | 1 min read
Ogier advises Urban Logistics on seven-site Crown Portfolio purchase
Richard Daggett
Team: Marie-Claire Fudge, Chloe Watson-Hill, Molly Ryan
Jersey
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21 January 2020 | 1 min read
Ogier advises on £40 million sale of Northern Ireland retail park
Raulin Amy
Team: Marie-Claire Fudge, Chloe Watson-Hill
Jersey
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7 May 2019 | 1 min read
Ogier advises ATIF Holdings Limited on its IPO on NASDAQ
Simon Schilder
Team: Marie-Claire Fudge
British Virgin Islands, Jersey
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4 September 2018 | 1 min read
Ogier advises on US$650 million marine geophysical company acquisition
Simon Schilder
Team: Marie-Claire Fudge, Tiffany Tolliss
Jersey
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13 July 2018 | 1 min read
Ogier acts on purchase of Mark Lane offices
Raulin Amy
Team: Marie-Claire Fudge, Tiffany Tolliss
Jersey
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29 March 2018 | 1 min read
Ogier advises Tullow on $800 million notes offering
Marie-Claire Fudge
Team: Tiffany Tolliss
Jersey
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13 December 2017 | 1 min read
Ogier Jersey and BVI teams advise on £95.5 million Bristol real estate deal
Simon Schilder
Team: Raulin Amy, Alexander Curry, Marie-Claire Fudge
Jersey, British Virgin Islands
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2 October 2017 | 1 min read
Ogier BVI acts for Suez on US$3.4 billion GE Water Acquisition
Michael Killourhy
Team: Marie-Claire Fudge
British Virgin Islands, Jersey
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19 April 2011 | 1 min read
Ogier BVI has advised on the IPO of Global Cornerstone Holdings Limited
Simon Schilder
Team: Marie-Claire Fudge
British Virgin Islands
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News and insights
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15 July 2025 | 2 min read
Changes to accessing beneficial ownership information in the BVI
Michael Killourhy
Team: Simon Schilder, Marie-Claire Fudge, Robin Burkill
British Virgin Islands
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11 April 2025
Compliance calendar for BVI Business Companies – 2025
Tiffany Tolliss
Team: Michael Killourhy, Christian Burns-Di Lauro, Marie-Claire Fudge
British Virgin Islands
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9 April 2025 | 4 min read
Update on BVI compliance inspections 2025 / 2026
Simon Schilder
Team: Marie-Claire Fudge, Michael Killourhy
British Virgin Islands
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9 April 2025
Guide to ongoing obligations for BVI private investment funds
Marie-Claire Fudge
Team: Simon Schilder, Michael Killourhy, Alexandra Jones
British Virgin Islands
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8 April 2025 | 1 min read
What you need to know about a BVI MLRO
Marie-Claire Fudge
Team: Simon Schilder, Michael Killourhy, Robin Burkill, Alexandra Jones
British Virgin Islands
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26 February 2025 | 1 min read
Changes to BVI CRS reporting requirements – June 2025
Marie-Claire Fudge
Team: Simon Schilder, Alexandra Jones, Jill Mojica, April General
British Virgin Islands
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14 February 2025 | 1 min read
'Best law firm in the BVI' Ogier ranks top tier in Chambers Global 2025 Guide
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10 January 2025 | 5 min read
Beneficial ownership information developments in the BVI
Simon Schilder
Team: Marie-Claire Fudge, Michael Killourhy
British Virgin Islands
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16 December 2024 | 1 min read
Guide to ongoing obligations for BVI professional and private funds
Marie-Claire Fudge
Team: Michael Killourhy, Simon Schilder
British Virgin Islands
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Recognition
"She had control of what was going on and of the various elements she was dealing with, she just made it happen"
Client feedback, 2018
View more"Corporate partner based in Jersey, one of several in this team who is noted by clients."
Latin Lawyer 250, 2024
"Rising star partner"
IFLR1000, 2024
"Rising Star"
Legal 500 UK, 2022
"fantastic.... very prompt"
Client feedback, 2018
"Rising Star"
Legal 500 UK, 2021
"Terrific lawyer"
Client feedback, 2017
"Recommended"
Who's Who Private Funds 2017
"A key contact... her expertise extends to many specialised matters"
IFLR 1000 2014
"Very easy to deal with, very user friendly, very approachable"
IFLR 1000 2014
"highly rated"
Legal 500 Caribbean 2014
"a key practitioner"
Legal 500 2013, 2012
"outstanding"
Client feedback
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