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Provided by Carey Olsen
Carey Olsen is the largest law firm in Jersey with 20-plus partners and 90-plus associates. We offer our clients the full range of corporate and finance, investment funds, dispute resolution and litigation, trust and private wealth as well as property legal advice.
We act for a diverse range of international and local organisations and represent more LSE-listed clients than any other offshore law firm (Corporate Advisers Rankings Guide).
Our lawyers are skilled at creating new structures for commercial growth, advising on public and private mergers and acquisitions and completing exchange-based listings, as well as advising boards and shareholders.
The scale of our corporate practice enables us to structure the team according to our role, whether we are providing focused advice directly to our clients or acting in partnership with onshore advisers on complex international transactions. We match the level of resource to your requirements, expectations and deadlines, giving you the commercial agility to achieve your objectives.
Chambers Review
Carey Olsen maintains its leading reputation for significant corporate matters, with considerable expertise in M&A, restructuring and IPOs. The team also offers excellent capabilities in securitisation and structured financing transactions. The firm counts a number of former magic circle corporate lawyers among its highly regarded roster of practitioners and offers expertise in Jersey schemes of arrangement.
Work Highlights
- Carey Olsen advised Permira funds on the take-private of Mimecast. The all-cash transaction valued Mimecast at approximately USD5.8 billion.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Carey Olsen provides considered and detailed advice on the local law aspects of complex regulatory issues and structures."
"The Carey Olsen team are first-rate at handling complex, cross-border mandates in tight timeframes. Their commercial awareness is first-rate, which results in tailored and sophisticated advice which is both technically strong and commercially sound."
"They are always quick to acknowledge emails and provide further advice in line with the timescales they promise."
"The Carey Olsen corporate team have good understanding of complicated transactional matters and are able to provide clear and accurate advice relating to transactions and structures that are often very complex."
"Carey Olsen provides considered and detailed advice on the local law aspects of complex regulatory issues and structures."
"The Carey Olsen team are first-rate at handling complex, cross-border mandates in tight timeframes. Their commercial awareness is first-rate, which results in tailored and sophisticated advice which is both technically strong and commercially sound."
"They are always quick to acknowledge emails and provide further advice in line with the timescales they promise."
"The Carey Olsen corporate team have good understanding of complicated transactional matters and are able to provide clear and accurate advice relating to transactions and structures that are often very complex."
Notable Practitioners
Alex Ohlsson serves as managing partner of Carey Olsen and is well regarded for his wide-ranging corporate experience.
"Alex has acute commercial awareness and the ability to think of sophisticated structures."
Guy Coltman serves as head of Carey Olsen's Jersey corporate team. He is well regarded for his work on high-value corporate transactions, including M&A, IPOs and corporate finance.
"Guy is an excellent lawyer."
Kate Andrews operates a noteworthy finance-focused practice where she advises on a range of matters including acquisition financing and securitisation. She represents an array of clients including investment managers and companies.
"Kate absolutely understands what we are looking for and cuts out all of the noise to boil matters down to the main issues."
"Kate Andrews is an outstanding lawyer and a standout practitioner in the offshore market. She's incredibly responsive, committed to deal execution, and quick on her feet to provide pragmatic and complex solutions."
David Taylor regularly assists clients with the Jersey aspects of high-value M&A and capital markets transactions.
"David is a lovely lawyer to work with. He is very good on complex restructuring and understands the commercial issues very well. You know you're in safe hands when you're with him."
"David is extremely knowledgeable and responsive, and will work to find a practical solution to the problem presented."
Peter German sustains a noteworthy practice encompassing corporate and banking elements. He frequently advises banks, asset managers and other corporate entities on real estate and acquisition financing transactions.
"Peter is our go-to lawyer in Jersey. He's super-responsive, technically excellent and very commercially savvy."
"Peter acts for some really top-notch borrower clients."
Robin Smith acts for a range of clients including investment funds and lenders. He offers particular strengths with regard to real estate finance matters.
"Robin is very dependable, providing very well-considered commercial advice."
"He is approachable and experienced."
Simon Marks wins praise for his capital markets-focused practice. His expertise is wide-ranging and he is able to advise clients on everything from debt issuances to securitisation and structured products.
"Simon is very familiar with the market, responsive, and able to provide considered advice on a range of complex structural and regulatory queries."
Ashley Morrison has a growing reputation for her ability to advise clients on complex finance transactions, most notably those involving securitisation or structured finance.
"Ashley is an up-and-coming finance and capital markets specialist."
Ranked Lawyers at
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Members
Provided by Carey Olsen
Aldo Plater
Andrea Steel
Arindam Madhuryya
Ashley Morrison
Claire Le Quesne
Colin Masterton
David Patterson
David Taylor
Fiona Dalton
Head of Department
James Willmott
Katherine Tresca
Laura Healy
Lauren Gray
Lizzie Chamberlain
Mark Slater
Matthew Ecobichon
Nick Ghazi
Nienke Malan
Rebecca McQuillan
Rose Clements
Russell Layton
Simon Marks
Sophie Hancock
Thomas MacAdie