30/01/2012 Author: David Beattie

Law firm Mourant Ozannes opens Hong Kong office

Offshore law firm Mourant Ozannes has opened a Hong Kong office to provide clients and intermediaries with access to the firm's offshore legal services in an Asian time zone, it said in a statement Monday.

Established with three partners, the office will initially focus on investment funds, corporate and finance work.

Paul Christopher, who specialises in corporate, investment funds and finance work, has relocated to Hong Kong to oversee the establishment of the office as managing partner. He is joined by new Mourant Ozannes partners, Alex Last and Simon Lawrenson. 

Last heads the Cayman practice in Asia. He specialises in investment funds and previously worked for Freshfields in London and Maples and Calder in Hong Kong and Dubai, while Lawrenson leads the BVI practice in Asia. He specialises in corporate and finance and worked previously for Linklaters in London and Maples and Calder in the BVI.

Senior lawyers Danielle Roman and Bronwyn King have also joined the Hong Kong team. Danielle, a corporate and finance specialist, practises Cayman Islands and BVI law. 

“Many of our clients, as well as the international law firms with whom we work so closely, are based in Asia or now have significant operations in the region,” said of Mourant Ozannes managing partner Jonathan Rigby.