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Profile:
Appleby is one of the largest and most respected providers of sophisticated, specialised offshore legal, fiduciary and administration services. The group strives to provide commercially sound, objective jurisdictional guidance based on in-depth knowledge of the legal and regulatory environments of our key offshore jurisdictions. With over 800 lawyers and professional specialists, the organisation is uniquely positioned in the key offshore jurisdictions of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Mauritius and the Seychelles as well as the financial centres of London, Hong Kong, Zurich and Bahrain.
All of the offshore jurisdictions in which we operate are well- respected financial centres and are on the OECD “white list”. We adhere to the highest standards of anti-money laundering, anti-terrorism and transparency.
The group’s Corporate and Commercial practice focuses on international finance, including structured and asset finance, capital markets, funds and private equity. The group also has a very extensive insurance practice. The highly regarded Litigation and Insolvency practice represents both international and local companies. The Private Client & Trusts practice, complemented by our trust companies, offers in depth services to corporate clients and high-net-worth individuals. The Property group represents financial institutions, corporations and individuals in their rapidly growing offshore markets.
Appleby has received many recognitions as an organisation, for areas of practice, and for many of our outstanding individual lawyers. These include:
* Appleby has more total listings of lawyers in Chambers Global rankings, 2010 than any of its competitors with 40 listings across its jurisdictions.
* Appleby was named Best Law firm in the FundDomiciles.com Service Provider Awards, 2010.
* Appleby was ranked first by number of partners in The Lawyer Offshore Survey, 2010 .
* Appleby has more actual listings of lawyers (with no duplications) in Chambers Global rankings, 2010 than any of its competitors with 36 separate listings across its jurisdictions.
* Appleby is the inaugural winner of the PLC Which Lawyer Super League, 2009 , Offshore Law Firm
* Appleby won ALB HK Debt Market's Deal of the Year Award, 2009, Champion REIT.
* Appleby is the only offshore law firm to be recognised in the five key offshore jurisdictions of Bermuda, BVI, Cayman, Isle of Man and Jersey by Legal 500
* Appleby is the only offshore law firm to appear in Legal 500's Tier 1 in four jurisdictions: Bermuda, Cayman, Isle of Man and Jersey
* Distinguished by IFLR, 2009 in the top tier of recommended Bermuda firms for Corporate and Commercial practice and the only firm recommended in four jurisdictions: Bermuda, BVI, Cayman and Jersey
Various publications have recognised our firm:
* “Globally, Appleby's strong network and experience in working in multi-jurisdictional matters ensure its reputation as one of the leading international offshore firms.” Chambers Global, 2010
* “A very sound firm. It's now one of the very best groups for this work.” Chambers Global, 2010
* “Appleby's [size] is a first in the offshore world and makes it similar in size to top 50 firms in the UK .” The Lawyer Offshore Survey, 2010
* “The team uses its strong global network to offer clients a fully integrated approach across jurisdictions, and the quality of the current team leaves peers with great hope about this firm's future.” Chambers Global, 2010
* A year of aggressive growth…has seen [Appleby] go from eight offices in 2008 to eleven offices today” ALB Legal News, 2010
* “The lawyers are always on top of what needs to be done. They execute strategy well and don't waste clients' money,” sources say... Chambers UK , 2009
Areas of expertise
The organisation's principal areas of expertise are Corporate and Commercial, Litigation, Property and Private Client and Trusts. Our primary areas of practice are:
Corporate & Commercial
* Banking & Asset Finance
* Capital Markets
* Corporate Finance
* Funds & Investment Services
* Insurance
* Intellectual Property
* Islamic & Structured Finance
* Latin America
* Segregated Accounts/Portfolio Companies
* Telecommunications & Technology
Litigation & Insolvency
* Commercial Dispute Resolution
* Employment & Immigration
* Fund Disputes
* Insolvency & Restructuring
* Insurance & ReInsurance Disputes
* Personal Law
* Property & Construction Litigation
* Trust & Estate Litigation |
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Overview:
Appleby is the world's largest provider of offshore legal, fiduciary and administration services.
We have around 800 people, including 80 partners, operating from 11 offices around the globe. This includes the key offshore jurisdictions of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Isle of Man, Jersey, Mauritius and the Seychelles, as well as the international financial centres of London, Hong Kong and Zurich. Together, our teams service clients based all over the world.
As an offshore legal services provider, Appleby lawyers advise on the principal areas of corporate and commercial, litigation and insolvency, property, and private client and trusts.
Appleby’s Fiduciary and Administration group of companies provide offshore management and administration services to high net worth individuals, private companies, funds and global corporations.
legal services
Corporate & Commercial
Banking & Asset Finance
Corporate Finance
Funds & Investment Services
Insurance
Intellectual Property
Islamic & Structured Finance
Latin America
Telecommunications & Technology
Litigation & Insolvency
Commercial Dispute Resolution
Employment & Immigration
Fund Disputes
Insolvency & Restructuring
Insurance & Reinsurance Disputes
Personal Law
Property & Construction Litigation
Trust & Estate Litigation
Property
Private Client & Trusts
fiduciary and administration services
Fiduciary & Administration
Corporate Administration
Employee Benefit Trusts
Fund Administration
Insurance Management
Listing Services
Management & Accounting
Private Client & Trust
Special Purpose Vehicles
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History:
The firm of Appleby has its origins in a number of jurisdictions. The original Appleby practised in Bermuda and was established by Major Reginald Appleby, who commenced practice in the late 1890s.
In the same decade the law firm Bailhache & Bailhache was formed by brothers; Bois & Bois was formed by father and son in Jersey; and Dickinson Cruickshank was formed by William Dickinson and James Cruickshank in the Isle of Man. Each of these four practices was entirely local and focused on the local community and its need for legal services.
In Bermuda, Major Appleby was joined in 1938 by Dudley Spurling to form Appleby & Spurling which, in 1949, became Appleby Spurling & Kempe when William Kempe joined the practice following his service in the Second World War.
After the War, following the death of Major Appleby, the then Dudley Spurling (later Sir Dudley) and William Kempe joined lawyers from the only other large Bermuda firm and representatives of Bermuda’s major banks and undertook a sustained programme to market and develop Bermuda as an international business centre.
Jointly they forged a complete transformation in Bermuda’s business environment and created an international business community from the business they brought to the jurisdiction.
In 1945, Clifton Hunter began practising law in Bodden Town and in 1965 formed the firm of Hunter & Hunter with his son Arthur Hunter. That firm (the first law firm in the jurisdiction) grew steadily and was instrumental, alongside other Cayman firms, in the development and marketing of the financial services industry in the Cayman Islands and the creation of the Cayman Islands as a leading international financial centre.
In 1950, Perrier Labesse was formed in Jersey by Jacque Perrier and Jacque Labesse and, under the leadership of Jacque Labesse, working with other Jersey firms, began to promote Jersey as an international business centre. In 1994, Perrier Labesse merged with Bois & Bois to become Bois Labesse. They, in 1984, merged with Bailhache & Bailhache to become Bailhache Labesse, which continued its local and international practice.
In the Isle of Man, Dickinson Cruickshank began, in the 1970s under the leadership of Martin Moore, a sustained drive to develop the island as a significant offshore financial centre, developing a strong international practice alongside its local practice. In 1999, the firm merged with Morris Maddrell and continued its leading role, promoting the island and developing its reputation as a significant offshore centre.
In 1983, Appleby Spurling & Kempe established its first external office, a fiduciary company in Guernsey. In 1990, it established a Hong Kong office which was followed, in 2000, by a London office. At this point, but for a London office for the Cayman firm, the other constituent parts of Appleby were otherwise located only in their home jurisdictions.
In 2004, Appleby Spurling & Kempe, in pursuit of the goal of creating a leading global offshore firm, combined with Hunter & Hunter in the Cayman Islands to become Appleby Spurling Hunter. After establishing an office in the British Virgin Islands in 2005, it combined in 2006 with Bailhache Labesse to become Appleby Hunter Bailhache and then just Appleby.
After establishing offices in Mauritius (2007), Zurich (2008) and Seychelles (2009) Appleby combined with Dickinson Cruickshank to enter the Isle of Man in 2009, before opening an office to provide full legal services in Guernsey in 2010. This formed a combined enterprise at that point of c200 lawyers and over 500 employees, including accountants, trust and corporate administrators as well as business services and support staff.
Appleby today is a fully integrated organisation, based in eight significant offshore financial centres and with offices in three major international financial centres. It has a profile, in terms of the range of jurisdictions and the services that it is able to supply, unequalled by any other offshore law firm. Appleby is engaged with governments, regulatory bodies and industry representative bodies, as well as professional bodies and associations, in all our offshore financial centres. In particular Appleby participates in discussions on law and regulatory reform, the development of new products and responding to the challenges faced by each of those financial centres in an ever-changing international business environment.
Appleby Partners have been members of the elected legislatures, and ministers in governments in a number of our offshore financial centres. Members of the firm have gone on not only to political office but also in a number of centres (Bermuda, Jersey, the Isle of Man and Cayman) to senior judicial office.
Appleby represents combined ingenuity and talent taken from all of the most significant international offshore financial centres, and is focused on the development of new products and the provision of effective service to its many international clients. |
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