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Carey Olsen
Main Contacts

James Noble
Partner
Sam Stevens
PartnerOffices
Overview
Carey Olsen is a leading offshore law firm. We advise on Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey law across a global network of nine international offices. We are a full-service law firm working across banking and finance, corporate and M&A, investment funds and private equity, trusts and private wealth, dispute resolution, insolvency and property law. Our clients include global financial institutions, investment funds, private equity houses, multi-national corporations, public organizations, sovereign wealth funds, ultra-high net worth individuals, family offices, directors, trustees and private clients. We work alongside all of the major onshore law firms, accountancy firms and insolvency practitioners on corporate transactions and matters involving our jurisdictions.
Our advice is delivered by an approachable and experienced team of globally-minded lawyers who work in partnership with our clients to help them achieve their objectives. We have the expertise and resources to handle the most complex international transactions combined with a personal approach to business. In the face of opportunities or challenges, our clients know that the advice and guidance they receive from us will be based on a complete understanding of their goals and objectives combined with outstanding client service, technical excellence and commercial insight. Whether playing a lead or a supporting role, we always look at the bigger picture.
Year this Office was Established: 1898
Lawyers Worldwide: 250
Areas of Practice
Professionals
Partners

Matthew Grigg
Partner
Michael Hanson JP
Partner
Jeremy Lightfoot
Partner
Kyle Masters
Partner
Michael Padarin
Partner
Steven Rees Davies
Partner
Keith Robinson
Partner
Sam Stevens
Partner
Henry Tucker
Partner
James Webb
Partner
Jay Webster
Partner
Gavin Woods
PartnerOf Counsel

Charissa Ball
Counsel
Stephanie Bernard
Counsel
Alexander Collis
Counsel
Michelle Falcucci
Counsel
Ashley Fife
Counsel
Michael Frith
Chairman - Senior Counsel
Eason Huang
Counsel
Xia Li
Counsel
Kent Smith
Counsel
Claire van Overdijk KC
Counsel
Dhanshuklal Vekaria
Counsel
Tiffy Wan
CounselAssociates

Mahogany Bean
Associate
Adam Collieson
Senior Associate
Eleanor Davies
Senior Associate
Charlotte Donnelly
Associate
Emma Duffy
Senior Associate
Stewart Forrest
Associate
Alexandra Fox
Associate
Monique Hansen
Senior Associate
Bradley Houlston
Senior Associate
Laura Kearns
Senior Associate
Steven Khong
Associate
Nicholas Lee
Associate
Oliver MacKay
Senior Associate
Jonathan Marion
Associate
George McCallum
Associate
Michelle Meyer
Associate
Cheri Minors
Senior Associate
Marcus Symonds
Associate
Heather Taylor
Associate
Yi Yang
AssociateOther

Celine Chan
Business Development Manager - Asia
Honor Desmond-Tetlow
Senior Consultant
Dilys Hung
Legal Manager
Winnie Lo
Legal Manager
Gregory Stachura
Professional Support LawyerArticles
Island Development Plan Review
The IDP is valid for 10 years (unless extended) and the States are required by law to keep it under review. The DPA was about to embark on a review in 2020 but this was put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Last year, the States approved an action to carry out a targeted review of the IDP between 2023 and 2025. The review The review commenced on 25 January 2023, and it focuses on amending certain policies to meet government priorities. The review focuses on the parts of the IDP concerning housing land supply, housing delivery and employment land supply and will look at any required amendments to the text of the IDP and the proposals map (including boundaries)...
Press
Carey Olsen named Offshore Law Firm of the Year by Chambers Europe
The annual awards recognise and celebrate the achievements of law firms over the past year, in particular outstanding work, impressive strategic growth and excellence in client service. The results were announced at a ceremony at Hotel Principe di Savoia in Milan yesterday evening. Winners across the 26 categories were selected based on extensive research and client interviews conducted by a team of more than 200 research analysts.In the 2023 edition of the Chambers Europe guide, Carey Olsen achieved a clean sweep of Band 1 rankings for the seven practice areas in which it featured, plus 38 individual lawyer rankings...
Carey Olsen advises Carey Commercial on its sale to Suntera Global
Suntera is a Jersey headquartered provider of fund, corporate and private wealth services including administration, accounting and governance. The firm has operations in the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Hong Kong, the Isle of Man, Jersey, Luxembourg, Malta and the US. Guernsey based Carey is a locally owned boutique provider of private wealth, corporate and fund services with more than £75 billion assets under administration. Following its acquisition of Carey, Suntera's Guernsey service offering will be bolstered with addition of 80 new staff members and clients in more than 50 countries...