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Peter Cockhill By Beverly Chandler, Opalesque London:
Award winning specialist offshore legal firm Ogier owes its global dimensions to a 2003 merger of two firms, which, combined with organic growth, has led to its current size of 835 employees based in the BVI, the Cayman Islands, the Channel islands of Jersey and Guernsey plus London, Dublin, Hong Kong, Tokyo and Bahrain.
The firm specialises in the full range of alternative funds from private equity, mezzanine, real estate and infrastructure to hedge funds, offering fund formation, specialist companies, unit trust, closed end listed or hybrid vehicles to a wide range of investment management firms.
Peter Cockhill, managing partner in the Caymans, says: “Of the Alpha 100 list of largest alternative investment managers by assets under management, Ogier acts for 42. We can deal with funds from the cradle to the grave.”
Recent economic turmoil has led to some changes in the type of business that has come through the door, particularly an increase in restructuring insolvency and litigation work. Anecdotally, Cockhill can clearly remember the moment when the recent credit crisis became a reality when he and his colleagues went to collect an award in New York.
“In October 2008, just after the collapse of Bear Sterns, we won an award and there was a palpable sense of nervousness in the room with everyone changing their brokers. Previously prime brokers had been worried about their clients’ solvency and suddenly it was the o...................... To view our full article Click here
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