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Matthew Davies

Senior Associate

Jersey

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Matthew is a senior associate in the dispute resolution team. He has a broad range of experience, including contentious trust matters, regulatory matters, insolvencies, and commercial and financial disputes.

Background and experience

Matthew qualified as an English solicitor in March 2019 and in 2021 qualified as a Jersey Advocate, having trained with Ogier. He currently offers advice in relation to a broad range of areas including commercial and financial disputes, regulatory matters, shareholder disputes, and contentious trust matters.

During his training contract with Ogier, Matthew sat in the investment funds, corporate and private client and trusts teams.

Prior to joining Ogier, Matthew worked as a paralegal in the litigation department of another leading Jersey law firm, where he assisted on a wide range of contentious and non-contentious matters.

Matthew graduated from the University of Kent in 2014 with First Class Honours in Law, and went on to complete the Bar Professional Training Course at Nottingham Law School in 2015, attaining an overall mark of ‘Very Competent’. Matthew achieved a distinction on the LPC at BPP University in 2017 while working at Ogier.

Matthew won IFC Lawyer of the Year - Associate (Bronze) at the Citywealth Future Leaders Awards 2020.

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2021 - Jersey
2019 - England and Wales

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"Associate to watch"

Chambers UK, 2025

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"Key Lawyer"

Legal 500 UK, 2025

"Clear understanding of how to deal with technical matters and ability to find solutions to complex situations is admirable, and I could not have asked for a better team to work with on this client matter."

Legal 500 UK, 2024

"Showed strong commitment to the case and had an excellent knowledge of the facts and documentation, as well as the legal issues. Was very attentive to me as a client and was always prepared to step up and deal with issues when the partner was unavailable"

Legal 500 UK, 2023

"Hard working"

Legal 500 UK, 2023

"Top 35 Under 35"

ePrivateClient, 2022

"Matthew is an excellent practitioner. Considered and calm and insightful in his advice. He inspires confidence in clients and works well with co-counsel. A safe and quality pair of hands!"

Client feedback, Citywealth Leaders List, 2021

"IFC Lawyer of the Year - Associate (Bronze)"

Citywealth's Future Leaders Awards 2020

"Top 35 Under 35"

ePrivateClient, 2021

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