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Kieran Ogilvie

Kieran Ogilvie is a senior associate in our commercial property team in Guernsey. Kieran has extensive experience advising on a wide range of commercial property matters with a particular focus on commercial leasing (for both landlord and tenant), property development, property finance, property investment, and the property aspects of corporate transactions having acted on many high-profile acquisitions. Particular project experience includes: acting in the purchase of a portfolio of medical surgeries in 2022, that included some of the largest and longest standing medical centres in Guernsey. acting in the sale of a premium office building in Guernsey in 2019 for circa £60m, the largest office sale in the Island's history, and then in 2021 in the purchase of another premium office building on Island for circa £55m, the second largest office sale on record for the Island. acting in a number of high value property financing and securitisation mandates, that include taking security over one of the largest multi-let retail complexes in Guernsey. acting in the purchase of a portfolio of hotels in Guernsey, that included some of the largest and longest standing hotel operations on the Island. providing property support for a number of M&A transactions in Guernsey, as well as in the UK, and in particular acting on a US corporate acquisition involving a target company with an annual revenue of circa $3 billion. acting for a large public body in a UK wide lease renewal project for over 300 office buildings – the portfolio value exceeded £400 million. acting for one of the largest landowners in Scotland, advising on numerous renewable energy developments, ranging from micro hydro schemes to some of the largest on shore wind developments in the UK. · Carey Olsen

GuernseyReal Estate, Commercial Leasing

About

Senior associate in Carey Olsen's commercial property team in Guernsey, with extensive experience advising on commercial leasing, property development, property finance, property investment and the property aspects of corporate transactions. Has acted on a range of high‑profile acquisitions, large office and hotel portfolio transactions, securitisation and high-value lease renewal projects.

Practice areas

Real EstateCommercial LeasingProperty DevelopmentProperty FinanceProperty InvestmentCorporate / M&A

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Guernsey

Carey Olsen · Kieran Ogilvie is a senior associate in our commercial property team in Guernsey. Kieran has extensive experience advising on a wide range of commercial property matters with a particular focus on commercial leasing (for both landlord and tenant), property development, property finance, property investment, and the property aspects of corporate transactions having acted on many high-profile acquisitions. Particular project experience includes: acting in the purchase of a portfolio of medical surgeries in 2022, that included some of the largest and longest standing medical centres in Guernsey. acting in the sale of a premium office building in Guernsey in 2019 for circa £60m, the largest office sale in the Island's history, and then in 2021 in the purchase of another premium office building on Island for circa £55m, the second largest office sale on record for the Island. acting in a number of high value property financing and securitisation mandates, that include taking security over one of the largest multi-let retail complexes in Guernsey. acting in the purchase of a portfolio of hotels in Guernsey, that included some of the largest and longest standing hotel operations on the Island. providing property support for a number of M&A transactions in Guernsey, as well as in the UK, and in particular acting on a US corporate acquisition involving a target company with an annual revenue of circa $3 billion. acting for a large public body in a UK wide lease renewal project for over 300 office buildings – the portfolio value exceeded £400 million. acting for one of the largest landowners in Scotland, advising on numerous renewable energy developments, ranging from micro hydro schemes to some of the largest on shore wind developments in the UK.

Guernsey

Expertise

Commercial leasing (landlord and tenant)Property finance & securitisationLarge-scale office transactionsHotel and leisure portfoliosRenewable energy developments (onshore wind, micro hydro)M&A property support and cross‑jurisdictional transactions

Education

  • LL.B, University of Glasgow (First Class Honours), 2011
  • Diploma in Legal Practice, University of Edinburgh, 2012

Admissions

  • Qualified as a solicitor, 2014
  • Member, Law Society of Scotland