Irish law firm Ogier Leman has rebranded as Ogier 18 months after merging with Jersey-based legal and professional services firm Ogier.

Established in 2007 as Leman Solicitors, the firm has grown rapidly since joining force with Ogier, increasing its headcount by 40% and adding five new partners.

The firm now has a Dublin-based leadership team of 14 and was named a Great Place to Work in the Best Small Workplace category for the sixth consecutive year in 2023.

Ogier in Ireland has extended its legal services to the Irish market to include banking, debt capital markets and funds services, and it has established teams providing corporate, real estate, dispute resolution, restructuring and employment advice. The firm now has a diversification plan to extend its services to meet international and domestic demand.

John Hogan, co-founder and practice partner of Ogier Ireland, said: “We are pleased to become Ogier in name after a fantastic year of growth, opportunity and development following our merger in March 2022.

“Ogier Leman was a great interim stepping-stone in the merger journey, that allowed us to retain our characteristics and identity as we aligned with Ogier’s principles, already so similar to our own.

“As Ogier in Ireland, we retain our strong, progressive culture. We set ambitious standards for ourselves and excellence is our cornerstone. We are a people-led firm – this is a relationships business; and we are so pleased to have partnered with Ogier, also a firm that puts people first,” he continued.

“Our ambition 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.”

Edward Mackereth, Ogier’s global managing partner, said: “We’re excited to be working closely with such a forward-looking team in Ireland and exploring where we can take the combined group.

“There’s an obvious strategic and cultural fit – our team has amazing talent and development potential, with ambitious plans and the mindset to make this both successful and fun along the way.”

Ogier has locations in Beijing, Hong Kong, London, Singapore, Shanghai and Tokyo, and its reach across Asia, the Caribbean and Europe extends to the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Jersey and Luxembourg. The company employs 1,100 people internationally.

“Ireland combines a thriving domestic market and a significant and growing centre for financial services excellence,” added Mackereth.

“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.”

Debt capital market and corporates services specialists from Ogier’s corporate and fiduciary division, Ogier Global, operate from Ireland.

Photo: (l-r) John Hogan and Ed Mackereth.