Ray Wearmouth Joins Ogier

ROAD TOWN, British Virgin Islands - With Photo

Ogier is delighted to announce the appointment of Ray Wearmouth as an Ogier Group Partner in the firm’s BVI office.

Ray re-joined Ogier on March 31 after 7 years at Harney Westwood & Riegels in the BVI and Hong Kong where he was an equity partner, Head of their Corporate Department in the BVI and a member of their Executive Committee. Ray had also previously been the Head of Harneys’ Banking Department in the BVI and had established their Hong Kong office.

Prior to Harneys, Ray worked for Ogier in Jersey and DLA Piper in the England.

Michael Fay, Managing Partner of Ogier BVI added:

“Ray’s appointment is further demonstration of Ogier’s commitment to its clients and the evolution of the BVI business. Ray brings exceptional experience in both offshore transactional work and leadership in running an offshore legal practice. His appointment significantly boosts our BVI legal practice which continues to go from strength to strength.”

Ray joins a well established team of BVI lawyers and a senior management team with long standing and deep rooted connections in the BVI. Ray brings over 7 years of BVI legal expertise and will be responsible for the continued development of Ogier BVI’s Corporate and Commercial and Banking practices.

Ogier has won 8 industry awards over the past 18 months and continues to receive substantial industry and client accolades for outstanding client service. Most recently Ogier was nominated for three categories in the forthcoming City Wealth Magic Circle Awards; Trust Company of the Year, International Law Firm of the Year and Trustee of the year, the only offshore law firm and fiduciary services business to be nominated in all three categories. Ogier is also ranked top in a number of offshore transactional league tables.

Ogier remains unique as the only offshore firm that has a substantive presence in each of the four leading offshore centres - BVI, Cayman, Guernsey and Jersey.

About Ogier

Ogier is one of the world’s leading providers of offshore legal and fiduciary services. The group employs 850 professional and support staff.

The group has a presence in eleven jurisdictions around the world, namely Bahrain, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Ireland, Jersey, London, Montevideo, New Zealand and Tokyo.

Ogier provides advice on all aspects of BVI, Cayman, Guernsey and Jersey law and associated fiduciary services through a global network of offices that cover all time zones and key financial markets.

Corporate and finance law and associated fiduciary services form the core of our business, principally in the areas of banking, corporate and commercial, investment funds, private client, real estate, and structured finance. At the same time Ogier is a full-service firm, with strong practices in the areas of employee benefits, employment law, litigation and property.

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