Endorsements
IFLR 1000
The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms
2005 Edition
Corporate / Commercial
Ozannes, described by its competitors as "an excellent firm" with "exceedingly good clients," continues to maintain its position as one of the two premier law firms in Guernsey. The firm offers advice on banking, debt and equity capital markets, structured finance, project finance, insolvency and restructuring, and mergers and acquisitions.
Recent deals have included: the corporate restructure of Lloyds TSB Group Offshore (run by deal partner Roger Perrot); acting as the sole external legal adviser on the issue and listing on the Channel Islands Stock Exchange of guaranteed floating rate notes issued by Hanson Finance Plc (run by deal partner Peter Harwood), worth £300 million ($549 million) and $100 million; advising on the formation, and issue and listing of £30 million-worth of shares on the London Stock Exchange of Japanese Accelerated Performance Fund Ltd, a closed-ended investment fund; and acting for the liquidators in various cases, including the liquidation of a number of Guernsey companies in the Flightlease Group (part of Swissair).
Ozannes also counts a number of city and Jersey firms among its clients, offering Guernsey legal advice in all practice areas, with recent instructions coming from the likes of Allen & Overy, Stephenson Harwood, Dickson Minto, and CMS Cameron McKenna.
Partner Peter Harwood, head of the Guernsey Bar Council, is highly respected in the market, which describes him as both "good to deal with" and "commercial". He and David Moore are "the two who stand out" at the firm, with Moore described as an able, hard-working lawyer with "many strings to his bow". New partner Gavin Farrell is also attracting a great deal of praise as a rising star in the commercial sphere.
Leading lawyers
Peter Harwood
David Moore
Extracts taken from IFLR 1000 2005 edition.
The IFLR 1000 is an independent publication produced annually as “The Guide to the World’s Leading Financial Law Firms”. The guide lists only financial law firms at the top of their profession in over 100 jurisdictions and the lawyers with the best track records for each practice area.
Recommendations were made on the basis of extensive research involving face to face and telephone interviews with leading private practice lawyers and in-house counsel.
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