Carey Olsen expands with six new partners

Thursday 23 June 2016

Offshore law firm Carey Olsen has announced six new partners bringing the total number of partners across its seven offices to 49.

The new partners are Annette Alexander from the Guernsey corporate practice, Kate Andrews and James Willmott from the Jersey corporate practice, Keith Dixon and Alexa Saunders from the Jersey trusts and private wealth practice and Jeremy Garrood from the Jersey litigation practice.

Carey Olsen chairman, John Kelleher, said: “Our new partners have earned their place through their exceptional technical knowledge and dedication to client service. They join the partner group at a very exciting time for Carey Olsen and we look forward to their contribution in the years to come.

"We are expanding rapidly across our offices and our partners are consistently instructed on the most high profile cross-border matters reflecting Carey Olsen's position at the forefront of the offshore legal world."

The firm has expanded its headcount by 10% over the past 12 months and now has 200 lawyers. It has also appointed 11 further partners in the period including new partners in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands and Singapore.

Annette Alexander advises clients on a broad range of corporate matters, including investment funds, finance and general corporate, with a particular emphasis on listed funds and private equity. She has a wide range of experience across the corporate and commercial sector and acts for many large fund promoters and financial institutions both locally and internationally. 

Kate Andrews joined Carey Olsen in 2013 and became a Jersey advocate in February 2016.  She previously worked in London, first with Clifford Chance and then with White & Case before joining Norton Rose.  

James Willmott's practice covers a wide range of corporate activities with a focus on mergers and acquisitions, IPOs and private equity transactions. He also has significant experience advising on joint ventures, reorganisations, start-ups and technical and regulatory matters (in particular company law and competition, insurance, banking and other financial services regulation). 

Keith Dixon joined Carey Olsen in 2008 from another offshore law firm. After qualifying as an advocate in Jersey in 1997, he worked predominately as a litigator on significant civil and criminal cases before taking up a position as a private client lawyer in 2001.  

Alexa Saunders was a senior associate in the trusts group of another Jersey law firm and qualified as a Jersey advocate in 2009 before joining Carey Olsen in 2011. She has a broad trust practice advising on the establishment of new trust structures, drafting trust and ancillary instruments and advising trustees in connection with the on-going administration of trusts.  

Jeremy Garrood is an experienced offshore practitioner and Jersey advocate who has been with the firm since 2012. He has worked at the Bar in London, Bermuda, the Caribbean and the Channel Islands, handling cases across the core offshore disciplines of trust, insolvency and company litigation.