The former head of Ogier’s Uruguay office has launched his own boutique offshore firm, providing British Virgin Island and Cayman Island advice from Montevideo, according to The Lawyer.

Martin Litwak launched Litwak & Partners earlier this month after splitting away from the Uruguayan firm Ferrere, where he was director of the firm’s investment funds and private wealth division, the publication said.

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Before joining Ferrere in August 2009, Litwak worked for BVI-based WSmiths and launched the firm’s Montevideo office in 2006. WSmiths merged with Ogier in February 2007 and Litwak left the enlarged firm when it pulled out of Uruguay two years later.