Rory Forrest

Rory Forrest

Business Services

Head of Legal

Overview

I am Head of Legal for Mourant.

I have responsibility for legal and governance issues affecting our business and also act as company secretary for a number of our in-house companies. My main areas of interest are company and contract law and all aspects of corporate governance.

I previously worked for our Finance and Corporate practice in Jersey advising public and private companies, funds, lenders and borrowers on a range of corporate and finance matters including M&A, joint ventures, corporate restructurings and high-value finance transactions and, most recently, I have been working as Deputy General Counsel for Mourant Governance Services advising on a range of legal and governance matters.

I joined Mourant Ozannes in November 2015.

Professional qualifications

  • Certified Information Privacy Professional (Europe), IAPP, 2022

  • Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland: Chartered Governance Qualifying Programme

  • International Compliance Association: Advanced Certificate in Managing Sanctions Risk
  • Advocate of the Royal Court of Jersey
  • LLM in Legal Practice and LPC, University of Law
  • LLB (First Class Honours), University of the West of England

 Memberships

  • Law Society of Jersey

  • Associate Member of the International Compliance Association
  • Associate Member of the Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland

 

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