Ogier has been ranked top offshore law firm by Factset Global Filings in their quarter 1 league tables, having advised on more deals (including all securities and programmes) than any other offshore law firm.
Commenting on Ogier's recent success, Chris Byrne, partner and head of Ogier's Global Structured Finance Team noted, "This reinforces our extensive expertise in providing integrated legal and administration services for structured finance. We are delighted with this achievement."
Ogier's Structured Finance Team works with major financial institutions and their professional advisers globally on structured finance deals and has significant expertise in all aspects of establishing and operating offshore SPVs. The Team is also experienced in listing debt on the CISX in the Channel Islands and the CSX in the Cayman Islands.
Working with Ogier Fiduciary Services, the Team is able to co-ordinate and arrange SPV administration services for vehicles established in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Ireland, Jersey, Luxembourg and the United Kingdom.
offshore law firms all deals from 01 Jan 2007 - 31 Mar 2007
rank lawyer to issuer number of deals
1 Ogier 255
2 Maples & Calder 182
3 Mourant 158
4 Walkers Group 106
5 Carey Olsen 3
6 Bedell Group 2
Table from FactSet Global May 2007