Carey Olsen is the largest law firm in Guernsey and celebrated its 125th anniversary in 2023, having been established in the Island in 1898. It has one of the largest Trusts and Private Wealth teams in the island. The firm is ranked as a Tier One firm for trusts and private wealth in both the Legal 500 UK and the Chambers HNW Guide 2024, the leading independent legal research publishers and was named as "Offshore Law Firm of the Year" at the 2024 and 2023 Chambers HNW Awards.
Carey Olsen is a full service law firm working across banking and finance, corporate and M&A, insurance, investment funds and private equity, trusts and private wealth, dispute resolution, employment, restructuring and insolvency and property law. It is the only law firm to be ranked as a top tier law firm across all practice areas in Guernsey by the leading independent legal directories, The Legal 500 and Chambers UK. The firm is also recognised as the leading legal adviser to funds across the Channel Islands and represents more companies and funds listed on the London Stock Exchange than any other offshore law firm. The firm regularly advises on listings on the NYSE and HKEx, Euronext, CSX and TISE. According to the latest Monterey Insight Guernsey Fund Report the firm increased its market share of Guernsey-domiciled investment funds to 81%.
The firm has offices in the key financial centres of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey as well as an established presence in Cape Town, Hong Kong, London and Singapore. 650+ people, 83 partners and 300+ lawyers operate out of Carey Olsen's nine locations.
