Carey Olsen
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Carey Olsen is a law firm in the Channel Islands
with offices in Jersey
and Guernsey
with approximately 125 lawyers. It was created in 2003 by the merger of Jersey firm Olsens and Guernsey firm Carey Langlois.
It is rated as tier 1 in some categories by both Legal 500http://www33.legal500.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1136&l5country_code=je&l5directory=l500&Itemid=367#legal500_html/l500/edit/je4.htmhttp://www33.legal500.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1136&l5country_code=gu&l5directory=l500&Itemid=355#legal500_html/l500/edit/gu2.htm and Chambershttp://www.chambersandpartners.com/Global/Editorial/36335#org_80776http://www.chambersandpartners.com/Global/Editorial/36324#org_80776 legal directories in both Jersey and Guernsey.
based firm, Maples and Calder
,http://www.legalweek.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=1087953http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=13218 which in the press was presented as a response to a potential merger between Walkers
and local competitors Mourant du Feu & Jeune. As a result of the relationship, Maples agreed to cease to practice Jersey law, and all of the firm's Jersey clients would be referred to Carey Olsen. In its press release Carey Olsen confirmed that it strategy was opposed to the practice of opening small offices in offshore jurisdictions that had previously been prevalent amongst multi-jurisdictional offshore law firms
, representing the first significant move away from continuous expansion by multi-jurisdictional offshore law firms.
Carey Olsen has three office bases which are Jersey, Guernsey and London. Its Jersey base consists of eight different partners, and among them eight is Edward Quinn who has been voted Best Lawyer of the year on several occasions.
Channel Islands
The Channel Islands are an archipelago of British Crown Dependencies in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey...
with offices in Jersey
Jersey
Jersey, officially the Bailiwick of Jersey is a British Crown Dependency off the coast of Normandy, France. As well as the island of Jersey itself, the bailiwick includes two groups of small islands that are no longer permanently inhabited, the Minquiers and Écréhous, and the Pierres de Lecq and...
and Guernsey
Guernsey
Guernsey, officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.The Bailiwick, as a governing entity, embraces not only all 10 parishes on the Island of Guernsey, but also the islands of Herm, Jethou, Burhou, and Lihou and their islet...
with approximately 125 lawyers. It was created in 2003 by the merger of Jersey firm Olsens and Guernsey firm Carey Langlois.
It is rated as tier 1 in some categories by both Legal 500http://www33.legal500.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1136&l5country_code=je&l5directory=l500&Itemid=367#legal500_html/l500/edit/je4.htmhttp://www33.legal500.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1136&l5country_code=gu&l5directory=l500&Itemid=355#legal500_html/l500/edit/gu2.htm and Chambershttp://www.chambersandpartners.com/Global/Editorial/36335#org_80776http://www.chambersandpartners.com/Global/Editorial/36324#org_80776 legal directories in both Jersey and Guernsey.
Strategic alliances
In January 2008 Carey Olsen announced a formal "best friends" relationship with Cayman IslandsCayman Islands
The Cayman Islands is a British Overseas Territory and overseas territory of the European Union located in the western Caribbean Sea. The territory comprises the three islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman, located south of Cuba and northwest of Jamaica...
based firm, Maples and Calder
Maples and Calder
Maples and Calder is the largest law firm in the Cayman Islands. As at January 2008, it is also the largest offshore law firm in the world....
,http://www.legalweek.com/Articles/Article.aspx?liArticleID=1087953http://www.eubankers.net/eu_article.php?articleid=13218 which in the press was presented as a response to a potential merger between Walkers
Walkers (law firm)
Walkers is a Cayman Islands based offshore law firm. Although the firm now has offices in a number of jurisdictions, over half its staff remain based in the Cayman Islands.- History :The firm was originally founded by Bill Walker Walkers is a Cayman Islands based offshore law firm. Although the...
and local competitors Mourant du Feu & Jeune. As a result of the relationship, Maples agreed to cease to practice Jersey law, and all of the firm's Jersey clients would be referred to Carey Olsen. In its press release Carey Olsen confirmed that it strategy was opposed to the practice of opening small offices in offshore jurisdictions that had previously been prevalent amongst multi-jurisdictional offshore law firms
Offshore magic circle
The offshore magic circle refers to a number of law firms practicing in offshore jurisdictions which are considered to be amongst the leaders in the field. The term was adopted as an imitation of the more well-recognised London Magic Circle law firms...
, representing the first significant move away from continuous expansion by multi-jurisdictional offshore law firms.
Carey Olsen has three office bases which are Jersey, Guernsey and London. Its Jersey base consists of eight different partners, and among them eight is Edward Quinn who has been voted Best Lawyer of the year on several occasions.