John Hogan

The combined firm offers services to Irish clients across corporate, real estate, dispute resolution and employment law, with an international network also providing banking, corporate, funds and private wealth services.

John Hogan, managing partner of Ogier Leman, said: “This is an exciting milestone in our merger as we take our Ogier Leman brand into the market. This brand honours and brings together both the Ogier and Leman brands and reflects the partnership between the two firms.”

Ogier Leman has a 52-strong team led by nine partners including newly appointed corporate law specialist Edon Byrnes. All posts at the firm have been retained and the firm is planning to recruit more people in the near future.

Mr Hogan added: “We are very much a people-led firm and it’s great to see that the opportunities our merger provides have already started to benefit our people and our clients.

“We set ambitious standards for ourselves and our focus on excellence is our cornerstone. We are very proud that, for the fifth year running, we were recently named as a Great Place to Work Ireland in the Best Small Workplace category – the only law firm to be included.”

In March, the Dublin-based team joined Ogier, a full service firm with particular expertise on legal services to the corporate and financial sectors. 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.

Ogier Global is the firm’s corporate administration business, working alongside partner-led teams to incorporate and administer a wide variety of vehicles, offering clients integrated legal and corporate administration services.

Ogier’s global managing partner, Edward Mackereth, said: “We’re really excited by the merger of Ogier Leman in Ireland. There’s an obvious strategic and cultural fit between the two firms and 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.

“The merger with Leman complements our recent growth into Beijing and Singapore. No other firm offers the combination of laws, jurisdictions and services that we do, and the addition of a well-established and growing practice in Ireland alongside our offices in the Channel Islands, the Caribbean, Asia and Luxembourg extends Ogier’s ability to deliver stronger service line and sector-led advice across the range of domestic and international commercial law.”