Ogier's global teams are leading offshore advisers on big-ticket, international M&A transactions. Strong deal flow continues in sectors as diverse as pharmaceuticals, events, hotels and leisure, natural resources and real estate with businesses often operating across international borders and timezones.

Ogier is a leader on high value complex deals and is able to combine experienced transactional and litigation teams to meet the challenges that significant transactions often present. With many of our lawyers having significant onshore experience to complement our offshore expertise, we regularly work side-by-side with leading onshore advisers. Ogier also has the strength in depth to deal with a number of complex, large scale transactions at one time.

We advise on:

  • Schemes of arrangement to facilitate international deals
  • Listings on the world's leading equity capital markets
  • Restructuring and reorganisations
  • Re-domiciliation and statutory mergers
  • Ongoing corporate and commercial advice

Recent deals

Jersey company trading on NYSE - Ogier advised NYSE-listed Clarivate Analytics on the Jersey law aspects of the merger and listing of the newly incorporated Jersey company

Leading B2B events - Ogier advised London headquartered UBM Plc on its £3.9 billion purchase by Informa

Complex offshore drilling merger - Ogier advised Transocean Ltd.(NYSE: RIG) on the Cayman law aspects of its successful acquisition of Ocean Rig UDW Inc. valued at approximately $2.7 billion

Pharma giant - Ogier advised Japan's Takeda Pharmaceutical on its £46 billion acquisition of Shire, creating one of the world's largest pharmaceutical firms

First public M&A in Cayman - Ogier advised Cayman National Corporation Ltd. on its response to the tender offer by Republic Bank Trinidad & Tobago (Barbados) Ltd, the first transaction of its kind in the Cayman Islands

World's biggest gold miner - Ogier advised on the $22.5 billion merger between Randgold Resources and Barrick Gold, creating the world's biggest gold mining company

Italian footballing giant - Ogier advised LionRock Capital on its acquisition of a 31.05% share in Italian football club Inter Milan

Amcor plc - Ogier represented Amcor plc in its role in an Australian scheme of arrangement, inversion and listing of securities on the New York Stock Exchange

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