Mourant Ozannes

Mourant is a law firm-led, professional services business with over 60 years' experience in the financial services sector.

We advise on the laws of the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Jersey and Luxembourg and provide specialist entity management, governance, regulatory and consulting services.

We are an international and globally-integrated firm with offices in a number of the world's leading international finance centres, including London, Singapore and Hong Kong. Our business is intrinsically linked to the global economy and the capital flows that support it. We serve the needs of our clients in all major time zones, facilitating responsible cross-border finance and investment, the pooling and protection of capital and the resolution of disputes.

Our clients include many of the world's leading financial institutions, international corporations, asset managers and institutional investors. We are routinely instructed to work alongside the world's pre-eminent legal, accounting and financial services firms.

We have an outstanding reputation for integrity and professional ethics, underpinned by a strong risk management culture.

Our Jersey practice specialises in:

Banking and finance: The lawyers working in this area are experts in their field with practices that span the full range of offshore banking and finance work. The firm is well-known for its work on the most complex and demanding transactions. The team acts for a range of finance parties and advises 80% of the world’s top 50 banks (Bankers Almanac, 2016). The firm is regularly appointed as listing sponsor to debt securities listed on the International Stock Exchange.

Corporate: The firm’s corporate lawyers bring their expertise, versatility and problem-solving approach to bear on a full range of corporate transactions, whether small or large in scale. Known internationally for its work on the most complex and demanding transactions, the firm advises more FTSE 100 and 250 companies than any other offshore law firm (Corporate Adviser Rankings Guide, 2016).

Employment: The firm’s team provides specialist employment law advice in Jersey. The team of highly experienced lawyers, who are all members of the Employment Lawyers’ Association, predominantly advises large and medium sized employers and the offshore operations of many global financial institutions. The firm has the largest dedicated employment team in Jersey.

Financial services and regulatory: The firm’s Regulatory practice draws together expertise on the conduct of regulated financial services, insurance and banking business in Jersey. The firm provides highly commercial and focused legal advice in relation to a full range of offshore regulatory issues and problems that arise for financial service providers, regulators and governments.

Funds: In Jersey, Mourant dominates the funds sector in relation to offshore law. The firm’s investment funds team is known for the quality and quantity of complex work it delivers, across a range of fund asset classes and global markets.

Insolvency and restructuring: The Mourant Insolvency and Restructuring practice draws together banking, corporate, insolvency, investment funds, litigation, regulatory and restructuring expertise. The firm deploys carefully integrated, multi-disciplinary teams to work closely with leading professionals in the US, the UK and elsewhere. Mourant plays a leading role in the largest and most high-profile insolvency-related cases in Jersey, usually cross-border in practice requiring rapid and efficient co-ordinated advice.

Insurance: The firm’s Insurance team specialises in advising on the establishment, regulatory compliance and business operations of insurance and reinsurance companies, as well as insurance managers and brokers based in Jersey.

International trusts and private client: The International Trusts and Private Client team contains some of the most experienced and well regarded trust and private client advisers, litigators and draftsmen in the offshore world. Their overriding aim is to provide exceptional client service through a substantial, integrated team covering both contentious and non-contentious matters in each jurisdiction.

Litigation: The firm's litigation partners, who are highly experienced and industry renowned, play a leading role in the largest and most high-profile disputes in Jersey and in international cross-border cases requiring rapid and efficient coordinated advice.

Property: The Mourant Jersey Property team is focused on providing expert residential and commercial property advice, delivered by a team of experts.

Other offices: BVI, Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, Guernsey, London, Luxembourg, Singapore