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21/04/2008 - Mourant du Feu & Jeune involved in “deal of the year” at IFLR awards

Mourant du Feu & Jeune, part of Mourant, was involved in one of the "deals of the year" at the recent International Financial Law Review awards, which celebrate legal innovation and the ingenuity of lawyers in Europe.

21/04/2008 - International law firm of the year nomination for Mourant du Feu & Jeune

Mourant du Feu & Jeune, part of Mourant, has been nominated for International Law Firm of the Year in the Citywealth Magic Circle Awards 2008.

14/04/2008 - Mourant exhibiting at the ACT Annual Conference 2008

10/04/2008 - Unregulated funds first for Mourant

Mourant du Feu & Jeune, part of Mourant, recently became the first law firm to establish an unregulated fund in Jersey.

07/03/2008 - Mourant hits 50 in Cayman -Two more senior hires for Disputes practice

Mourant du Feu & Jeune, part of Mourant, announced two more senior hires for its Cayman practice, Partner, Ziva Robertson and Senior Associate, Peter Hayden.

25/02/2008 - Magic Circle Partner heads offshore: Mourant charge on Cayman front continues

29/01/2008 - Mourant in Cannes for MIPIM 2008

Mourant will be in Cannes for MIPIM 2008

14/01/2008 - Appointments Strengthen Mourant’s Wealth Management and Investment Services

Barry Hardisty has been appointed as Head of Investment Services and Grace Pickering as Investment Services Officer at Mourant Private Wealth.

14/01/2008 - Triple Channel Island Success for Mourant in Private Banking Awards

Mourant has been named the best specialist provider in the Channel Islands in three categories of the Euromoney Private Banking and Wealth Management Survey 2008.

11/01/2008 - Mourant expands its International Finance Administration services into Ireland with the opening of a new office in Dublin

The new office will focus on providing the structured finance community in Ireland with Mourant’s high quality SPV administration services.

30/11/2007 - Mourant du Feu & Jeune maintains number one funds ranking

Mourant du Feu & Jeune is the number one legal adviser to funds in Jersey for the eighth consecutive year, according to the Jersey Funds Encyclopaedia, an industry ’bible’ published by Lipper Fitzrovia.

30/11/2007 - Guernsey funds bible ranks Mourant du Feu & Jeune in top five

Mourant du Feu & Jeune is ranked as one of the top five legal advisers to funds in Guernsey, in its second year of operations in the island.

23/11/2007 - Mourant awarded Fund Administrator of the Year as total funds under administration hit the US$150 Billion mark

Mourant, the multi-disciplinary, international specialist services group, was named ’Fund Administrator of the Year’ at the Private Equity News, European Private Equity Awards in London this month.

13/11/2007 - Mourant du Feu & Jeune named ‘Offshore Law Firm of the Year’ by Chambers Global

Mourant du Feu & Jeune has been named ’Offshore Law Firm of the Year’ at the prestigious Chambers Global 2007 annual awards.

13/11/2007 - Mourant continues 60th anniversary celebrations with key appointments

In this, Mourant’s 60^th anniversary year, employees at the law firm have extra reason to celebrate, following four promotions.

13/11/2007 - Mourant Deploys SunGard to Help Manage US$80 Billion Private Equity Fund Administration Business

Mourant International Finance Administration announced today that it has partnered with SunGard, a leading provider of software and processing solutions, to deploy SunGard’s Investran solution to support its core capabilities for administration of private equity and other alternative asset funds

16/10/2007 - Mourant exhibiting at The Asian Private Equity & Venture Forum

02/10/2007 - Mourant exhibiting at Super Investor 2007

28/09/2007 - Mourant expands into Asia

Mourant has expanded its International Finance Administration division into Asia with the opening of new offices in Hong Kong and Singapore.

19/07/2007 - Mourant completes merger with Quin & Hampson and looks ahead to further international growth

The merger between specialist professional services group, Mourant and leading Cayman law firm, Quin & Hampson is now complete. The deal marks a significant milestone for Mourant - its first merger with a law firm

02/07/2007 - Mourant appoints new Partner to bolster growing Guernsey practice

Mourant announces the appointment of Guernsey Advocate, John Lewis as an equity partner of Mourant du Feu & Jeune

19/02/2007 - Mourant to merge with Cayman Islands firm Quin & Hampson

In a move to increase its presence in the Cayman Islands, Mourant announces its intention to merge with Cayman firm Quin & Hampson.

01/02/2007 - Mourant grows its London “offshore shop”

Mourant du Feu & Jeune has boosted the size of its London office team which offers multi-jurisdictional offshore services to the financial markets.

12/01/2007 - Cows are top dogs in Mourant's Guernsey art competition

Peter Hawkins is the winner of the inaugural Mourant ‘Stepping Up’ Art Competition in Guernsey.

27/11/2006 - Mourant opens for business in San Francisco

Mourant has expanded its North American business with a new office in San Francisco to provide fund administration services in the US Pacific time zone.

24/11/2006 - Mourant shares growing equity with new partners and associates

Mourant du Feu & Jeune has appointed two new equity partners and six new associates.

24/11/2006 - Mourant celebrates Guernsey move with art competition

Mourant is celebrating its move to new, larger premises in Guernsey with a prize art competition and exhibition for up-and-coming local Guernsey artists of all ages. The company is offering entrants the chance to win £1000 and have their work on long-term display in its new offices at Dorey Court.

23/11/2006 - Mourant teams up with transatlantic yachtsman Phil Sharp

Mourant has teamed up with Route du Rhum class-winning yachtsman Phil Sharp to create a “money can’t buy” lot for Jersey's 2006 charity auction in aid of the Joint Charities Christmas Appeal.

01/09/2006 - Mourant-administered charitable trust funds Prince’s Trust Jersey programme

The trustees of The Amazon Trust, a charitable trust administered by Mourant, have agreed to provide £750,000 in funding to The Prince’s Trust for its proposed programme of development for disadvantaged young people in Jersey.

11/08/2006 - Mourant-administered trust supports major Durrell conservation project

The Amazon Trust, a charitable trust administered by Mourant, is funding an innovative training programme being run by Durrell’s International Training Centre for professional conservationists in the Islands of the Pacific.

04/08/2006 - Mourant Equity Compensation Solutions sold to HBOS

Mourant announces that it has completed the sale of Mourant Equity Compensation Solutions to Halifax Employee Share Services, a division of HBOS plc.

05/06/2006 - Mourant announces high profile appointment as law firm CEO

Mourant announces that it has appointed Stephen Ball to the post of Chief Executive Officer of its law firm division, Mourant du Feu & Jeune.

10/05/2006 - Mourant admitted as listing agent by Cayman Islands Stock Exchange

Mourant is pleased to announce that it has been admitted as a listing agent by the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange (CSX).

26/04/2006 - Mourant du Feu & Jeune named Law Firm of the Year, 2006 for Jersey, Channel Islands

Mourant du Feu & Jeune has been named the Law Firm of the Year, 2006 for Jersey, Channel Islands by Who's Who Legal.

27/03/2006 - Mourant appoints Group Chief Operating Officer

Mourant announces the appointment of Peter Pichler as Group Chief Operating Officer with effect from 15 March 2006.

16/03/2006 - Mourant named Channel Islands Fund Administrator of the Year

Mourant has been named ‘Channel Islands Fund Administrator of the Year’ at the International Custody and Fund Administration awards in London.

24/01/2006 - Mourant du Feu & Jeune opens legal practice in Guernsey

Mourant du Feu & Jeune opens the doors of its new Guernsey legal practice on 26th January 2006.

24/01/2006 - Mourant is Jersey’s ‘best specialist provider’ in private banking survey again

Euromoney has named Mourant best specialist provider in two categories of its Annual Global Private Banking Survey, a poll in which over 20,000 award nominations were made by peers in the industry.

05/01/2006 - Mourant on the move in New York

Mourant has announced the signing of a lease in New York for a new and larger office.

07/11/2005 - Collaborative link between Mourant and Hautlieu offers students new opportunities

Mourant has teamed up with Hautlieu School to offer sixth form students an extended placement work scheme aimed at providing new breadth to the opportunities on offer to Jersey students.

17/10/2005 - Mourant retains funds market leader position

Mourant has again been recognised as a dominant force in fund administration and legal services by Fitzrovia, Reuters’ independent fund research company.

29/09/2005 - Mourant du Feu & Jeune to open legal practice in Guernsey

Mourant du Feu & Jeune announces that it will open a legal practice in Guernsey early in 2006.

01/07/2005 - Mourant du Feu & Jeune is Offshore Law Firm of the Year again

Mourant du Feu & Jeune has been named ‘Offshore Law Firm of the Year 2005’ at The Lawyer Awards.

07/06/2005 - Mourant appoints new partner in Cayman

Mourant du Feu & Jeune has strengthened its Cayman legal practice with the recruitment of a new partner to head its Cayman-based funds team.

22/05/2005 - Mourant mourns former managing partner

Mourant reports with deep regret the death of former managing partner Richard Jeune.

19/05/2005 - Mourant Private Wealth appoints new CEO

Mourant announces the appointment of Anthony Cooke-Yarborough as Chief Executive Officer of Mourant Private Wealth, its high net worth services division.

05/04/2005 - Mourant opens new Dubai office

Mourant's first office in the Gulf region opened on 5 April 2005.

31/03/2005 - Mourant leads Jersey Expert Funds progress one year on

Mourant du Feu & Jeune comments on the first year of Jersey’s Expert Fund regulatory regime, after advising on nearly half of the 49 new funds established in the first twelve months.

18/03/2005 - Mourant launches fund administration in the US market

Mourant has opened a US fund administration office in New York to extend its existing fund administration capabilities by providing services to the US fund sponsor community.

08/02/2005 - Mourant's 2005 Swaziland Challenge team named

In 2003 Mourant teamed up with charity Hands Around The World to send a Mourant team to Swaziland to build a school room. Mourant’s second Swaziland Challenge project has been chosen and the new team formed.

19/01/2005 - Mourant is Jersey’s ‘best specialist provider’ in private banking survey

Euromoney has named Mourant best specialist provider in two categories of its Annual Global Private Banking Survey, a poll of more than 16,000 senior managers in the industry.

18/01/2005 - Mourant Chairman Ian James named in The Lawyer’s Hot 100

Mourant Chairman Ian James has been listed in The Lawyer's Hot 100 for 2005.

15/11/2004 - New Director of Business Development at Mourant Private Wealth

Mourant Private Wealth has appointed Graham Marsh as Director of Business Development.

01/11/2004 - Mourant is market leader in funds

Mourant International Finance Administration and Mourant du Feu & Jeune are clear market leaders as administrators and advisers of funds domiciled and serviced in Jersey, according to market analysts Fitzrovia.

11/10/2004 - Incorporation assists Mourant with further expansion

Mourant has reorganised its ownership structure from a partnership to a company called Mourant Limited, facilitating future expansion plans.

26/08/2004 - New director brings strategic HR focus to Mourant

John Renz has been appointed Mourant's new Director of Human Resources. Mr Renz joins Mourant from CMS Cameron McKenna, the international law firm.

03/08/2004 - Mourant SPV in important High Court victory

Emphatic judgement in the High Court by Justice Cooke in relation to a case brought against West LB by Mahonia Limited, a special purpose vehicle administered by Mourant.

30/07/2004 - Mourant opens US office with high profile hire

Mourant has established its first US office in Seattle, forming part of Mourant Equity Compensation Solutions, the firm's fast-growing employee share plan administration business.

19/07/2004 - Mourant extends reach to Cayman Islands

Mourant du Feu & Jeune announces that it will open a new offshore legal practice in the Cayman Islands in autumn 2004.

25/06/2004 - The Powerhouse Offshore: Mourant du Feu & Jeune wins Offshore Law Firm of the Year 2004

Mourant du Feu & Jeune, the leading offshore law firm, has been named “Offshore Law Firm of the Year 2004” at The Lawyer Awards 2004.

23/04/2004 - Mourant completes sale and lease back of Jersey HQ

Mourant has completed the sale and lease back of its headquarters building announced in September last year.

14/04/2004 - Mourant in employment law joint venture with Maclay Murray & Spens

Mourant du Feu & Jeune has launched Law at Work in the Channel Islands, a service offered through a joint venture with Scotland’s leading employment legal practice, Maclay Murray & Spens.

06/04/2004 - Mourant-advised structured finance deals win awards for second year

Mourant du Feu & Jeune acted as legal adviser to three of this year’s award-winning structured finance deals, recognised by two of the UK’s leading structured finance industry publications, International Securitisation Report and Structured Finance International.

06/02/2004 - Jersey reviews regulation to attract "expert funds" business

With effect from Wednesday 3 February 2004 Jersey has introduced a new regime of regulation aimed at easing the establishment and operation of private equity, property, hedge and other alternative investment strategy funds.

03/02/2004 - Jersey sets shorter timescales for regulatory approvals

The Jersey Financial Services Commission has announced shorter approval timescales for new structures issuing securities.

31/12/2003 - Mourant Private Wealth appointed to manage trust company for National Bank of Abu Dhabi

Mourant Private Wealth has announced that it has been appointed by the National Bank of Abu Dhabi (NBAD) to run a managed trust company in Jersey.

29/12/2003 - Mourant du Feu & Jeune sweeps the board in Global Counsel 3000 review of Jersey law firms

Mourant du Feu & Jeune is ranked as the Leading Firm in each of the four categories examined in Global Counsel 3000's 2003 review of Jersey law firms. In compiling its review Global Counsel 3000 has sought the opinions of in-house lawyers in the world's largest companies.

20/10/2003 - Mourant is new Jersey fund administration market leader

Mourant International Finance Administration is the new market leader in administration of funds domiciled in Jersey with 20.55% of market share by assets, the Fitzrovia Jersey Funds Encyclopaedia 2003-2004 has revealed.

30/09/2003 - Mourant to undertake sale and lease back property transaction

Mourant announces that it proposes to undertake a sale and lease back transaction on the firm's headquarters building at Grenville Street in St Helier.

22/09/2003 - Mourant wins global share plan contract from Nortel

Mourant Equity Compensation Solutions has been appointed employee share plan administrator by Nortel Networks, the global communications giant.

05/08/2003 - Mourant du Feu & Jeune advises in first significant merger using new Jersey companies legislation

Mourant du Feu & Jeune has acted as legal advisor to Standard Bank Offshore Group in the first significant use of the new merger provisions of the Companies (Amendment No.6) Jersey Law 2002 which simplifies the process by which corporate structures can merge.

07/05/2003 - FSA licence enables Mourant to operate collective investment schemes

Mourant has been granted an extension to its FSA licence to cover the operation of unregulated collective investment schemes.

10/04/2003 - Mourant appoints new Head in London

Jonathan Rigby, who has recently been elected a Partner of the firm (effective 1 October 2003), takes up his post at Mourant du Feu & Jeune's Royal Mint court offices immediately.

27/03/2003 - Mourant to lend a helping hand in Swaziland

Mourant teams up with charity Hands Around The World to help people in an impoverished African country.

21/03/2003 - Mourant invites applications for £150,000 in charitable funds

Mourant International Finance Administration is inviting applications for £150,000 in charitable funds from Jersey charities.

18/03/2003 - Mourant charitable trust donates £5,000 to Jersey child contact centre

A trust administered by Mourant has donated £5,000 to Milli's Contact Centre, a Jersey facility for children caught in difficult divorces.

17/03/2003 - Mourant advises in two award-winning securitisation deals

The UK's two leading securitisation industry journals, International Securitisation Report (ISR) and Structured Finance International (SFI), have both recently held their award ceremonies for 2002, including the naming of their "deals of the year". Mourant du Feu & Jeune acted as Jersey legal adviser in relation to both ISR's European Deal of the Year and the joint winner of SFI's Consumer Finance Deal of the Year.

10/03/2003 - Allen & Overy and Essex Court Chambers win Mourant-sponsored Litigation award

Allen & Overy and Essex Court Chambers received the Mourant du Feu & Jeune-sponsored Litigation Team of the Year award at the recent Legal Business ceremony.

21/02/2003 - Mourant Private Wealth Management team motors through 24-hour Dubai race

Mourant Private Wealth Management entered a team in the FedEx/Red Bull 24 kart race in Dubai for the first time in February.

18/02/2003 - Mourant wins General Electric global share plan

Mourant has been appointed employee share plan administrator by one of the world's largest corporations.

31/01/2003 - Mourant pioneers national management qualification

Mourant has pioneered the first ever national IoD Certificate in Company Direction, a new board accreditation programme.

02/01/2003 - Outstanding effort and achievement are recognised in 3rd annual Mourant client service awards

Mourant has rewarded three staff members for their hard work and professionalism.

06/12/2002 - Mourant launches Luxembourg office

Mourant's expansion overseas has continued with the opening of new offices in Luxembourg, from which the Mourant International Finance Administration team will offer a range of bespoke administration services to corporate structures and non-retail funds.

02/12/2002 - Mourant acquisition in Guernsey creates major force in private equity administration

Mourant has acquired Guernsey fund administrator Redbridge Offshore Limited.

11/07/2002 - Mourant property team makes history

A recent Jersey Royal Court property session made history with the largest number of contracts ever to go through at once. Mourant du Feu & Jeune´s property team was legal adviser to the vendor in all 57 transactions.

10/07/2002 - Clifford Chance wins Mourant sponsored Lawyer award

Clifford Chance won the Mourant International Finance Administration-sponsored award for Finance Team of the Year, at the recent awards presented by industry journal The Lawyer.

03/05/2002 - Mourant sponsors the sixth annual Summit on Global Asset Securitisation

Mourant, a leading provider of services to securitisation structures, is again a proud silver sponsor of the forthcoming Summit on Global Asset Securitisation to be held on 17 - 19 June 2002 in Barcelona.

24/04/2002 - Mourant International Finance Administration and absreports.com at ABSummit 2002

absreports.com's data on more than 500 European ABS and MBS issuers and new online credit card subscription service were a hit with delegates at ABSummit 2002, the 4th Annual Geneva Forum on European securitisation.

10/04/2002 - Freshfields wins Mourant-sponsored Litigation Team of the Year award

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer walked away with the prestigious Legal Business Litigation Team of the Year award at the ceremony in March.

11/03/2002 - Briefing: Jersey's agreement with the OECD in relation to its harmful tax practices initiative

On 27 February 2002 the States of Jersey announced that it had reached an agreement with the OECD with regard to the OECD's initiative on harmful tax practices. Jersey has agreed to the principles of exchange of information and transparency both in a general political commitment and in tax information exchange agreements to be negotiated with individual jurisdictions.

05/03/2002 - Mourant wins inaugural Award for Enterprise

Mourant won the first ever Award for Enterprise, the main award at the inaugural Jersey Enterprise Awards announced on 28th February 2002.

30/01/2002 - Mourant rewards staff dedication to client service

Mourant's annual client service award has been won by a staff member from a team that supports the specialist professional services group's core business.

10/12/2001 - New identity for Mourant enables clarity and focus

Mourant has launched a new corporate identity underpinned by a strategic focus on the firm's mission and values, which are the core of the Mourant brand.

07/11/2001 - Mourant is directory league leader

Mourant's legal and financial administration divisions retained their leading positions in the Jersey funds and securitisation industries, according to latest statistics.

01/10/2001 - Mourant partner appointed Jersey Financial Services Commissioner

Mourant du Feu & Jeune partner Jacqueline Richomme has been appointed a commissioner for the Jersey Financial Services Commission.

24/09/2001 - Mourant helps revolutionise College communication

Mourant du Feu & Jeune has teamed up with Victoria College to provide an electronic messaging system for all pupils.

01/06/2001 - Foundation Fund attracts £26million worth of property

The first dedicated Channel Island property fund, advised by Mourant du Feu & Jeune, has attracted considerable interest from investors and has purchased £26 million pounds worth of property.

08/03/2001 - "Jersey must maintain a level regulatory playing field" warns Mourant lawyer

Proposed revisions to Jersey's Know Your Customer (KYC) procedures could lead to a loss of business for the finance industry if made more rigorous than other jurisdictions, a senior Jersey lawyer warned last week.

14/02/2001 - Mourant to acquire Mercer's UK share plan administration business

Mourant Equity Compensation Solutions, the employee share plan administrator, has agreed to acquire William M. Mercer's share plan administration business in the UK.

02/02/2001 - Jersey leads with tough new trust regulations

From Friday, February 2nd 2001, Jersey's trust and company service providers have to be regulated in order to conduct business in the jurisdiction.