Events & Seminars

Now in its 10th year, this event is the market leader and attracts over 200 senior mezzanine/leveraged finance professionals & investors from all over Europe.  Mourant Ozannes partner Joel Hernandez will be amongst the panel of speakers, for further information and details of the conference programme click here

Mourant Ozannes and Kinetic Partners present a joint seminar providing topical insight on the current pressures faced by the trust sector and current trends in offshore M&A.

The seminar is free of charge and will be held at the Hotel de France on Wednesday 2 May from 4pm - 6.30pm.

For more information please email emma.pallot@mourantozannes.com

Private equity backed companies have done much to justify the industry's approach to continuing market turbulence. By demonstrating a level of flexibility and responsiveness not shown by listed corporates these companies and their private equity sponsors should feel cautiously confident when looking to their futures. Deal flow seems to be increasing with many transactions deploying novel structuring and increased levels of equity. Raising debt for new deals, however, remains stubbornly difficult. Mourant Ozannes Funds partners Ben Robins and Gavin Farrell will both be speaking at this years Legal Week Private Equity Forum at the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel on Wednesday 25 April. For further details including the conference programme click here.

The future of Guernsey as a strong offshore centre looks bright with the recent news that the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) signed a statement of cooperation with the China Banking Regulatory Commission. Mourant Ozannes Managing Partner Robert Shepherd and partners St John Robilliard and Christopher Edwards will be among leading minds in and out of Guernsey to bring you the state of play in the industry. Click here for more information and to register

The Mourant Ozannes employment law team, in association with CIPD, are delighted to present another popular interactive 'mock proceedings'. Following on from the success of our 'sliding doors' session last year, we will once again be exploring the ups and downs and dos and don'ts of internal procedures and tribunal proceedings.

Litigation involving investment funds has developed exponentially across the globe since 2008. Whether as a result of the fraud perpetrated by Madoff, the failings of fund (such as Weavering) directors or the overall economic meltdown, investors have found themselves holding shares that may variously be gated, suspended or sometimes worthless. Whilst much of this litigation has taken place onshore (primarily in the US), the offshore world has been at the forefront. The Funds Litigation Forum will examine the issues presently being thrashed out by the Courts, how regulators have responded to the crisis and what the industry thinks lies ahead. Event enquiries: legalweekconference@incisivemedia.com

Jersey is the world's top offshore financial centre, according to the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI). However, practitioners should not rest easy as there has been an increase in trust disputes and a greater emphasis on anti avoidance from government.  Mourant Ozannes partners Jonathan Speck, Morven McMillan, Bruce Lincoln and Giles Corbin will all be among the list of guest speakers for the largest Trusts event in Jersey at The Grand Hotel on 22 March.  Click here for details of the programme and to register.

As well as co-sponsors, Mourant Ozannes Guernsey partner Jeremy Wessels is amongst the list of expert speakers at the sixth annual Trust & Estates Litigation Forum in Provence. Click here for more information on the conference programme and to register.

Mourant Ozannes, in association with Shearman & Sterling present a seminar on Regulations/SEC Enforcement from 2-5pm at The Western, Grand Cayman. For further information email:nancy.kirkaldybarnard@mourantozannes.com

Russian issuers have led the way in 2011 in London IPOs, raising almost $2 billion USD through the first four months of the year and surpassing the total of $1.73 billion for all of 2010. Significantly, three of the recent IPOs (Nomos, Rosagro and Etalon) were from companies operating in sectors which were hit hard by the global financial crisis – banking, agribusiness and real estate development.

At this year’s conference, participants will look at how IPOs have priced in 2011 and hear about what criteria investors are focused on this year and learn about what other companies have done to secure the best valuation and IPO price performance in today’s markets.

Mourant Ozannes Partner James Hill will be speaking on day 2 of the conference, which is being held at the London Stock Exchange.  For further information click here.

The New York State Bar Association and The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners USA (STEP) present the 7th Annual International Estate Planning Institute on 24 & 25 March 2011 at the Mariott Marquis in New York City. Mourant Ozannes partner and trust litigation specialist Jonathan Speck will be speaking on day one on International Trust and Asset Protection Litigation. For further information click here.

This seminar will discuss how the proposals will work in practical terms, what their goals are, the potential impact and whether there are wider elements to be included in the debate, notably the control of ownership. Peter Ferbrache, Senior Partner, will chair this event and give his forthright views, St John Robilliard, Partner, will then consider the possible implications on the various sections of the community covered by the current housing control legislation and finally Wendy Lambert, head of property in Jersey, will offer a different perspective, analysing the strengths and weaknesses of solutions in place in Jersey, and the effects on prosperous immigrants and employees.