Senior Associate / Counsel - Guernsey

We are seeking an experienced Litigation Lawyer to join our established Guernsey Litigation practice.

This is an excellent opportunity for a high‑calibre Commonwealth‑qualified lawyer with a minimum of 5 years’ post‑qualification experience to work on complex, high‑quality contentious matters within a leading offshore practice.

You will advise on a broad range of litigation and contentious regulatory matters, advising financial services clients, including banks, corporates, investment managers, fund administrators and trust companies as well as their investors and private clients.

You will:

• Be Commonwealth qualified with at least 5 years’ PQE
• Bring experience in contentious regulatory matters along with knowledge of financial crime, sanctions, and AML‑related issues
• Demonstrate excellent technical ability, sound judgement and strong drafting skills
• Be a collaborative team player with the confidence to manage matters effectively and contribute to business development

If you are looking to take the next step in your Litigation career within a high‑performing and supportive team, we would welcome your application.

Associate - Guernsey

We are looking to recruit an ambitious and personable associate into our prestigious Corporate team in Guernsey.

Our corporate practice - one of the largest in the offshore legal market - is a cornerstone of our legal services offering. The award-winning corporate team is renowned for its excellence and commitment to delivering high-quality and expert service to our clients.  Becoming part of the team would offer you the opportunity to advise on some of the most cutting-edge work taking place in the offshore world from within a flexible and supportive team environment.

Applicants should have an excellent academic background, qualified in a Commonwealth jurisdiction with post qualification experience in corporate banking, finance and/or funds . 

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Associate - Guernsey

We are looking to recruit an ambitious and personable associate into our prestigious Corporate team in Guernsey.

Our corporate practice - one of the largest in the offshore legal market - is a cornerstone of our legal services offering. The award-winning corporate team is renowned for its excellence and commitment to delivering high-quality and expert service to our clients.  Becoming part of the team would offer you the opportunity to advise on some of the most cutting-edge work taking place in the offshore world from within a flexible and supportive team environment.

Applicants should have an excellent academic background, qualified in a Commonwealth jurisdiction with post qualification experience in corporate banking, finance and/or funds . 

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Ready for a new challenge? We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and forward-thinking individual to join our ambitious Business Development & Marketing team, until the end of 2026!

You'll demonstrate effective organisation and communication skills, coupled with commercial awareness and a willingness to embrace change. In return, we can offer you the opportunity to broaden your business development & events skills through hands-on experience in a dynamic environment.

About the role

• Assist in the implementation of business development and marketing plans
• Assist in the delivery of legal directory submissions
• Assist in the delivery of external events that support our Guernsey BD and marketing initiatives
• Organise operational and logistical aspects of these events, working closely with the BD and marketing team.
• Support lawyers on preparation for business development trips and execution of post-trip follow-up activities
• Use our CRM system to capture, process and report on client, intermediary and BD data
• Support with the delivery of business development initiatives including pitching
• Collaborate with colleagues in the wider local and global Marketing department to coordinate BD activities and communications in support of campaigns and objectives
• Endeavour towards developing an excellent working understanding of the practices, local jurisdiction and markets, key messages and trends, including attending lawyer product training where appropriate

About you

• Working knowledge of business development / marketing activities and events
• Enthusiasm and proactivity
• Project management skills: ability to manage and prioritise tasks, time, budgets and people in order to meet deadlines
• Proficient in the main Microsoft applications
• Proven ability to develop excellent working relationships with a range of colleagues and key stakeholders across the business
• Effective written and verbal communication and presentation skills

Finance Manager - Cayman

Working as part of the central Finance team, the successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the effective, accurate and timely financial operations of the firm’s Cayman office. This includes oversight of all core finance processes, ensuring strong financial control, operational efficiency and high-quality service delivery.

The role acts as the key finance lead on the ground in Cayman, supporting Partners and their teams while maintaining alignment with the central Finance function.

A key aspect of the role is working collaboratively with the Real Estate team to deliver the finance elements of Cayman Real Estate completion processes. This includes ensuring completion monies are received, reconciled and disbursed accurately and within tight deadlines, and that associated activities such as client money handling, bookkeeping and billing are completed in a timely and controlled manner.

The role requires a strong balance of operational management, control and responsiveness, supporting both internal stakeholders and client service delivery.

Key Responsibilities

Financial Management & Reporting

• Responsibility for the effective operation of the Cayman finance function, ensuring all core finance processes (including billing, credit control, cashiering, bank reconciliations, accounts payable, client payments and expenses) are executed accurately, efficiently and on a timely basis.
• Ensure appropriate prioritisation of all financial activities, balancing day-to-day operational requirements with time-critical client transactions, including Real Estate completions.
• Work collaboratively with the Real Estate team to ensure the smooth execution of the financial elements of completion processes, including the accurate and timely receipt, reconciliation and disbursement of completion monies.
• Monitor financial performance, working collaboratively with the central Finance team to provide analysis and insights to support decision-making.
• Lead regular reviews of Aged WIP, Aged Debt and other matter balances, including client monies, working with Partners and their teams to drive timely action, reduce lock-up and optimise cash flow.
• Encourage and promote positive financial behaviours, ensuring financial best practices are embedded across the office.
• Provide training and support to staff to improve financial awareness and responsibility.
• Contribute to the annual business planning and budgeting process, including providing updates for financial forecasting.
• Line management of a Finance Administrator (based in Cayman), providing guidance, training, and support.

Operational Finance Support

• Ensure the effective delivery of all operational finance activities in Cayman, including billing, credit control, cashiering, bank reconciliations, accounts payable, client payments, staff expenses and financial investigations, maintaining high standards of accuracy, control and timeliness.
• Act as the key finance contact for the Cayman office, providing support and guidance to fee earners and business support teams.
• Monitor workloads and workflows across finance processes, proactively identifying and resolving issues to maintain service levels and operational efficiency.
• Provide hands-on oversight of completion-related cash flows, ensuring clear visibility of incoming and outgoing funds, proactive issue resolution, and seamless coordination with fee earners and stakeholders to meet transaction timelines.
• Ensure finance activities associated with Real Estate completions (including client money handling, reconciliation, bookkeeping and billing) are completed accurately and within required timeframes.
• Manage the local Cayman banking relationships, including maintenance of bank mandates, online platforms and the opening of new accounts.

Process Improvement & Compliance

• Proactively identify and implement improvements to financial processes to enhance efficiency, control and service delivery.
• Establish and maintain robust, scalable processes across all areas of finance operations, ensuring consistency, efficiency and strong internal controls.
• Strengthen and maintain control frameworks around client money and completion processes, ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements while enabling efficient turnaround of high-volume, time-sensitive transactions.
• Collaborate with the central Finance team to align and standardise financial processes and reporting.
• Support the development and enforcement of finance policies.
• Ensure compliance with local regulations and professional rules, including AML and client accounting requirements.
• Assist in financial investigations and the successful delivery of audits for the Cayman Bedell Cristin in house entities, ensuring timely and accurate reporting of findings.

Qualifications • Professional accounting qualification (e.g., ACCA, CIMA, CPA) or equivalent experience.

Knowledge/skills/experience

• Proven experience in a finance management role, ideally within a law firm or professional services environment.
• Strong understanding of financial operations, reporting, and compliance requirements in the Cayman Islands.
• Experience in improving financial processes and driving positive financial behaviours across teams.
• Strong business partnering skills, with the ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders.
• Experience with legal finance systems and practice management software (preferably Aderant).

Competencies

We would like you to have:

• High level of accuracy, attention to detail, and problem-solving ability.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to provide effective financial guidance to non-finance staff.
•  Strong IT skills in Microsoft applications, particularly Excel, with an eye for detail and diligence to ensure accuracy of system, process and output

In this role you will be expected to:

• Adhere to all policies, procedures and regulations including those around anti-money laundering and terrorist financing
• Have a willingness to continually develop your skills and knowledge
• Act in accordance with our values and core behaviours
• Flexibility, as occasionally you may be asked to work beyond your contracted hours to support urgent transactional work

About Us

We are a well-established law firm with a strong reputation for delivering high-quality legal services. We pride ourselves on maintaining a professional yet supportive working environment, where attention to detail and excellent client care are central to everything we do.

The Role

We are seeking a reliable and organised Junior Legal Secretary to join our team. This is an excellent opportunity for someone at the beginning of their legal support career who is keen to develop their skills within a busy and professional office.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing administrative and secretarial support for fee earners
• Preparing legal documents and correspondence using audio dictation and templates
• Managing and maintaining client files (electronic and paper-based)
• Handling telephone calls and assisting clients in a professional manner
• Diary management, scheduling meetings, and arranging appointments
• Filing, scanning, and general administrative duties including the collection of post, deliveries, and assisting with reception duties during lunchtime, as and when required during holidays
• Assisting with client onboarding and compliance documentation
• Archiving and destruction of files

Skills & Experience

• Strong organisation skills and excellent attention to detail
• Good written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Outlook, Excel)
• Ability to work both independently and as part of a team
• Professional and client-focused approach
• Previous legal experience is desirable but not essential
• Previous administrative or office experience would be advantageous

What We Offer

• A supportive and professional working environment
• Opportunities for training and career development
• Exposure to a broad range of legal work
• Competitive salary and benefits package

Legal Administrator - Guernsey

To work side by side with fee earners to carry out and assist with a full range of non-fee earning administrative tasks and junior fee earning tasks, supporting others to efficiently deliver on their fee earning targets.  We need someone who is highly organised with solid administrative skills and a willingness to adapt and be flexible.  As an integral member of the central support team, the individual will also contribute towards the smooth operation of the office.

Key Responsibilities

• Providing a full administration and support service to fee earners – to include relaying messages, managing email inboxes, diaries and appointments as required.
•  Taking responsibility for a range of tasks and projects focused on streamlining the efficiency of the team across all aspects of data management.
•  Undertaking administrative tasks relating to local Probate work and proactively seeking opportunities to charge fees on probate and more general matters across the team. 
•  Assisting with arranging local business development events and off-island trips, which may include arranging travel, accommodation and setting up meetings.
•  Working with the wider Guernsey support team to contribute to the smooth operation of the office, which may include answering phones, opening and distributing post, attending to reception and providing cover during lunch and busy periods.
•  Arranging all practical aspects around client meetings/conference calls and so forth including preparing meeting rooms and welcoming clients.
•  Working closely with those responsible for client take-on to ensure all new matter opening documentation is completed and accurately set up in the systems, and pro-actively ensuring the file continues to be managed correctly. 
•  Assisting with the preparation of documents and reports, checking for accuracy and assisting with proof-reading.
•  Printing, scanning and collating legal documents.
•  Assisting with Court bundling (both hard and "e" copies).
•  Liaising with the Court and Court Offices on behalf of fee earners.
•  Assisting with monthly billing, WIP lists and processing expense claims and fee earner time entries.
•  Carrying out searches in a prompt and efficient manner.
•  Working flexibly as a team member with the department to ensure there is support cover throughout the working week to meet the client needs. 
•  Assisting with legal research and analysis.
•  Carrying out any legal administrative work, projects/tasks as required by the Partners, Office Manager or other fee earners. 

Qualifications

•  Ideally a graduate, or at least educated to A level or equivalent with strong grades
•  An administration or secretarial qualification would be advantageous

Knowledge/skills/experience

• Prior experience in a professional services firm, ideally within a legal environment but this is not essential
•  Confident and competent IT user with a sound working knowledge of MS Office to include Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook
•  Experience of document management systems would be advantageous
•  Excellent typing and formatting skills
•  Highly organised with the ability to multi-task and prioritise tasks
•  Willingness and ability to learn 

Competencies

We would like you to have:

•  Team spirit and flexibility to share workload and support the administration team  
•  Good initiative to support fee earners, resolve issues and to work independently with appropriate supervision
•  Enthusiasm, drive, flexibility, initiative and the ability to be pro-active 
•  A calm and proactive approach even when under pressure and managing deadlines
•  Accuracy and a good eye for detail
•  A confident communicator in all forms

In this role you will be expected to:

• Behave in a manner in keeping with our core culture and values.
• Adhere to all policies, procedures and regulations including those around anti-money laundering and terrorist financing.
• Commit to fulfilling any personal CPD requirements and continually developing your skills and knowledge.

Counsel, International Trusts and Private Clients - Guernsey

We're looking for a senior lawyer with extensive experience in non-contentious trust matters to join our ambitious International Trusts and Private Client (ITPC) practice in Guernsey.

Our unique ITPC practice operates as a cohesive team across multiple offices, combining exceptional non-contentious and advisory skills with specialist expertise, including Private Wealth advisory, structuring and dispute resolution.  As a senior lawyer in the team, you'll be focused on providing expert legal advice to clients on Guernsey matters, guiding and supporting the development of ITPC colleagues, and enhancing our business building activities.

You will be responsible for advising high net worth families, trust companies and family offices on the establishment, management and restructuring of offshore asset holding structures, as well as wider estate and succession planning.  The position involves working across multiple jurisdictions to support private wealth objectives, provide guidance on trusts, foundations and related structures, and ensure effective governance for families and trustees over successive generations.

In addition, you'll work closely with our colleagues in dispute resolution on trust matters, and with our corporate team, on private funds and corporate structures for private clients.

You can expect high levels of responsibility and access to high value and complex work, in a friendly and supportive team, an attractive remuneration package, progression opportunities and benefits which can be adapted to suit your lifestyle. 

About the role

• • Obtain clear instructions from clients, analyse points of law, provide expert legal advice and prepare relevant documentation or advice, where appropriate, for Partner review
  • Review and provide comments on documentation provided by third parties using thorough working knowledge of relevant legal principles, laws and regulations
  • Effectively manage own matters and provide assistance to Associates and other junior fee earners involved in such matters, regularly reviewing their progress and addressing issues.
  • Develop the team by building strong relationships, engaging in high quality supervision and embedding a positive team ethos by leading by example.
  • Share expertise to develop the competence of individuals within the team and to build the overall technical and professional capability of the firm globally
  • Proactively promote and build the practice by utilising existing network connections, taking a lead role in presenting proposals to clients and/or intermediaries, looking for creative opportunities to build business, and engaging in internal and external networking opportunities.
  • Assist the relevant Partner with the management of department Associates, Paralegals and secretarial staff, including the effective delegation of work and resources.
  • Demonstrate effective leadership skills, working with the practice leader to communicate a clear vision and manage change initiatives, where appropriate.
  • Ensure administrative tasks are completed on each matter in accordance with required internal procedures (e.g. conflict searching, issue of terms and conditions and engagement letters, due diligence, matter opening, time recording, billing etc.).

About you

• • Hold a Solicitor or Barrister qualification, preferably gained within a common law jurisdiction
  • Ideally a minimum of eight years' post qualification experience within a relevant practice including some offshore experience
  • STEP qualified
  • Effective organisation, business building, communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to work under pressure, often within tight deadlines
  • Excellent grasp of the importance of commercially focussed matter management and financial performance
  • A proactive approach to the working environment and the willingness to develop existing skills and update legal knowledge by way of additional training
  • Ability to work flexibly and collaboratively with the direct and wider teams

Corporate Associate – Guernsey

We are looking to recruit ambitious and personable associates into our prestigious corporate team in Guernsey.

Our corporate practice - one of the largest in the offshore legal market - is a cornerstone of our legal services offering. The award-winning corporate team is renowned for its excellence and commitment to delivering high-quality and expert service to our clients.  Becoming part of the team would offer you the opportunity to advise on some of the most cutting-edge work taking place in the offshore world from within a flexible and supportive team environment.

Applicants should have an excellent academic background, qualified in a commonwealth jurisdiction with at least 3 years' PQE and the right blend of experience and ambition to get involved with a variety of M&A and banking matters. 

Senior Client Accountant

Key Responsibilities

As a Senior Client Accountant, you will serve as the primary contact for external auditors and work to strengthen relationships with clients and internal teams.

You will review the work of bookkeepers and produce annual financial statements and management accounts for your allocated portfolio.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Managing daily accounting activities for a range of Ogier Global clients
• Supporting audit preparation and assisting with the management of audits
• Monitoring and tracking the progress of financial information preparation
• Preparing accurate routine month end and quarter end management accounts
• Identifying opportunities for improvements in processes and service delivery
• Ensuring compliance with internal policies, procedures, and controls
• Supporting, mentoring, and guiding junior members of the team
• Taking on additional responsibilities as required

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

We are seeking a qualified or part qualified accountant (ACA, ACCA, or equivalent) with strong numerical and analytical ability and a proactive approach.  Candidates should have proven experience in client accounting or accounts preparation, with a diligent and organised working style.

Client-facing experience is required, and knowledge of Real Estate, Private Wealth, or Corporate accounting environments is advantageous. Experience with Caseware or Viewpoint is beneficial but not essential.

Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other MS Office applications is essential. Strong communication, time management, and prioritisation skills are key to success in this role.

If you are committed to achieving excellence for yourself, your clients, and your team, we would be delighted to hear from you.