History
- 2012 Ogier became the first offshore law firm to open an office in Luxembourg.
- 2011 Ogier opened an office in Shanghai, making it the first offshore law firm to operate out of mainland China.
- 2007 Ogier merged with WSmith based in BVI and Hong Kong.
- 2004 Ogier created the first trans-Atlantic offshore law firm when it merged with Boxalls in Cayman.
- 1995 The two law firms Le Masurier Giffard & Poch and Ogier & Le Cornu merged to create the Ogier Group.
- 1932 Philip Antonio Poch was made partner alongside Le Masurier and Gifford to form Le Masurier Giffard & Poch.
- 1922 A partnership between Advocate Leonce L’Hermite Ogier and John Gleury Le Cornu was formed.
- 1905 William Smyth Le Masurier joined John Gifford’s practice.
- 1867 John Francis Giffard began practicing law in St Helier, Jersey.
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