Monaco-based UHNW and family office specialist joins Ogier's award-winning private client team

UHNW and Family Office expert Andrew Faulkes has joined Ogier as a Private Client Director.

Ogier provides legal, corporate and fiduciary services, and regulatory consulting to clients internationally from its global jurisdictions. Ogier's award-winning Trusts Advisory Group is known globally in the offshore private client sector, with its teams ranked top tier by leading industry commentators and with several individuals known as leaders in their fields.

Operating from Monaco and well known as a strategic adviser to ultra high net worth individuals, family offices and their advisers, Andrew helps develop client relationships as part of the extended Ogier team. He works with Ogier's clients and intermediaries, which include family offices, regional and international onshore law firms and financial institutions.

A British Chartered Tax Adviser, Andrew has more than 30 years' experience supporting families in the region and extensive knowledge of the needs of private clients around the world.

Ogier's Executive Partner of Client Solutions Jonathan Hughes said: "Andrew knows the region and our key markets exceptionally well and has an excellent reputation. We are delighted to welcome him to Ogier.

"His role is to be an interface between clients, family offices and intermediaries in Monaco and beyond, helping both existing clients in the region and those relocating to Monaco structure wealth via Ogier's established office jurisdictions.

"He'll connect them with our Legal, Corporate and Fiduciary, and Regulatory teams to deliver both simple and more sophisticated structures established for succession purposes, private capital and luxury asset protection, tax efficiency, family governance or confidentiality."

Global head of Ogier Private Wealth Matt Guthrie said: "Andrew is an exciting and timely new addition to Ogier's leading global platform at a time when UHNWs and family office clients are looking to their trusted advisers more than ever for strategic guidance and support."