Dispute Resolution
Global Guide 2024 : Guernsey
Band 2
Email address
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+44 1481 721672About
Provided by Ogier
Ogier's Dispute Resolution team in Guernsey is led by partners Simon Davies and Mathew Newman. The team represents a wide range of clients, from banks and trust companies to corporate and commercial entities and high net worth individuals from across the globe.
The expertise that Ogier's Dispute Resolution team in Guernsey has is reflected in the matters that it has worked on, many of which are reported, particularly in the trust and insolvency fields.
Notably, the Carlyle Group, Carlyle Investment Management and TCGH, represented by partner Simon Davies, won a civil case thought to be the largest in Guernsey's history, successfully defending claims including that its management of a Guernsey fund was in breach of duties alleged to be owed to it that led to total investment losses in the 2008 financial crash. The case – valued at well over £1 billion - is thought to be the largest in Guernsey's history by financial value, duration, and number of documents filed.
Ogier's Dispute Resolution team is also a key contributor to local practice, assisting in a variety of specific areas covered by other submissions in the fields of property, construction and planning and employment and immigration work.
Key contacts: Simon Davies and Mathew Newman
Chambers Review
Ogier houses a comprehensive litigation offering that includes regular work on trust litigation, fraud and contentious employment matters. The firm is particularly noted for expertise in insolvency matters, with experience handling a range of liquidation, administration-related and winding-up disputes. It is able to handle both court litigation and alternative dispute resolution methods. Its clients include household names from the banking and professional services industries.
Work Highlights
- Ogier represented Barratt Hodgson in a large breach of fiduciary duty and asset tracing claim. The claim concerns the transfer of shares in a Pakistani pharmaceutical company to a Pakistani charitable foundation.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Ogier are always responsive and dedicate suitable personnel to the matter. The team remain level-headed when dealing with complex matters."
"Ogier have a high level of responsiveness and availability."
"The quality of support we received and levels of insight were top quality."
"The team quickly get to grips with complicated factual matters and advise with ease."
"Ogier are always responsive and dedicate suitable personnel to the matter. The team remain level-headed when dealing with complex matters."
"Ogier have a high level of responsiveness and availability."
"The quality of support we received and levels of insight were top quality."
"The team quickly get to grips with complicated factual matters and advise with ease."
Notable Practitioners
Simon Davies is a leading Guernsey advocate who is highly respected for his work advising clients on insolvency, contentious trust and investment fund-related disputes.
"Simon's very calm, experienced and bright."
Mathew Newman is head of Ogier's Guernsey dispute resolution team and is sought after by clients for his expertise in matters relating to insolvency, professional negligence and trusts.
"The lead insolvency lawyer in Guernsey, he's the first person I go to."
"He's a top-quality operator."
"Matthew leads the team very well; he's a strong litigator with a sharp commercial mind."
"Matthew is technically very good and very knowledgeable on Guernsey law and procedure."
"He's very hard-working, very measured and very reasoned in his advice."