Ogier to merge with Dublin-based firm

Thursday 14 April 2022

Ogier has announced it is merging with Dublin-based commercial law firm Leman Solicitors.

The transaction closed on 22 March, and the firm will become known in Ireland as Ogier Leman LLP from June 2022.

Ogier Leman will have a team of 52, led by eight partners. All posts at the firm will be retained.

Leman was established in 2007 by partners John Hogan and Larry Fenelon, and specialises in corporate, real estate, employment, financial services, dispute resolution and restructuring for Ireland-based clients. For the fifth year running, the firm was recently named as a Great Place to Work Ireland in the Best Small Workplace category.

Ogier is a full service firm with particular expertise in legal services to the corporate and financial sectors and is also deeply embedded in its local communities. The firm practices the laws of BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Jersey and Luxembourg, with Ireland now added as a result of the merger. The combined group has 12 offices through Europe, the Caribbean and Asia, with approximately 900 employees and 100 partners worldwide.

John Hogan, founder and managing partner of Leman Solicitors, said: "The merger starts a new phase of investment and growth which will create new opportunities for our people to develop and thrive with the business. We are looking to strengthen each of our existing teams to compete in the new legal environment and to look towards the new markets that Ogier specialises in across the world's international finance centres.

"Our ambition now is to keep investing in our practices and our people, and to grow the business to anticipate client demand as it evolves both in Ireland and internationally."

Ogier's global managing partner, Edward Mackereth, added: "We want this merger to inspire our people in all our teams, to signal our ambition and to further empower our clients as we develop our service offering in Ireland and internationally.

"Ireland combines a thriving domestic market and a significant and growing centre for financial services excellence which we believe is a great fit for our next home jurisdiction."

Pictured top: John Hogan and Edward Mackereth.