Ogier (law firm)

Ogier is a law firm with offices in the BVI, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Ireland, Jersey and Luxembourg. It is a member of the offshore magic circle.^{[citation needed]}

Ogier

Headquarters	St Helier, Jersey
No. of offices	12
Date founded	1867[citation needed]
Company type	Partnership
Website	http://www.ogier.com/

History

John Francis Giffard^[1] began practicing law in St Helier, Jersey in 1867.^{[citation needed]} His practice was joined by William Smyth Le Masurier in 1905.^{[citation needed]} A partnership between Advocate Leonce L’Hermite Ogier and John Gleury Le Cornu is formed in 1922.^{[citation needed]} Philip Antonio Poch was made partner alongside Le Masurier and Gifford to form Le Masurier Giffard & Poch in 1932.^{[citation needed]}

The two law firms of Le Masurier Giffard & Poch and Ogier & Le Cornu merged to create the Ogier Group in 1995.^{[citation needed]} Ogier created the first trans-Atlantic offshore law firm when it merged with Boxalls in Cayman in 2004.^{[citation needed]} Ogier & Le Masurier became Ogier in 2005.^{[citation needed]} Ogier merged with WSmith based in BVI and Hong Kong in 2007.^{[citation needed]} Ogier opened an office in Shanghai in 2011, making it the first offshore law firm to operate out of mainland China.^[2] In 2012 Ogier became the first offshore law firm to open an office in Luxembourg.^[3] Ogier Fiduciary Services opened an office in Luxembourg in 2013.^[4]

Management Buy-out of Ogier Fiduciary Services occurred in 2014.^[5] Ogier launched Dispute Resolution into Hong Kong in 2014.^[6]

In 2015 Ogier launched new brand identity focused on law.^[7] Ogier launched Ogier Global to create an integrated corporate administration team in 2017.^{[citation needed]} Ogier launched Singapore office in 2021.^[8] Ogier launched its Beijing office in 2022.^[9]

In 2022 Ogier merged with Irish law firm, Leman Solicitors, to form Ogier Leman.^[10]

Offices

Ogier has offices based in Beijing, British Virgin Islands, Cayman, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jersey, London, Luxembourg, Shanghai, Singapore and Tokyo.^{[citation needed]}