Carey Olsen

Founded in 1898, Carey Olsen is one of the most established offshore law firms, operating from Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, and Jersey, with additional offices in Cape Town, Hong Kong, London, and Singapore. The firm employs more than 750 people, including over 300 lawyers led by 87 partners, and is recognised as the largest law firm in both Guernsey and Jersey, holding more Tier 1 practice area rankings than any other firm in those jurisdictions.

Carey Olsen provides a comprehensive range of legal services across corporate and finance law, investment funds, trusts and private wealth, dispute resolution, and property law. Its primary transactional services include banking and finance, corporate and commercial, employment, pensions and incentives, commercial property, insolvency and restructuring, insurance, intellectual property, investment funds and private equity, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory and financial crime, and trusts and private wealth.

The dispute resolution and litigation team advises on contentious, semi-contentious, and advisory matters in domestic and international contexts. Areas of focus include banking and finance, corporate disputes, contentious trusts, restructuring and insolvency, regulatory issues, and financial crime.

The firm’s private client practice provides services in estate planning, wills and inheritance, and residential property. Carey Olsen works with a broad client base that includes leading banks, insurance companies, investment funds, private equity firms, real estate businesses, sovereign wealth funds, listed companies, ultra-high net worth individuals, and governments, and frequently collaborates with leading legal and professional advisers on complex international matters.