Michael Williams, who is relocating to the BVI from the Channel Islands, is being joined in the BVI by two new Mourant Ozannes partners, Rachael McDonald and Shaun Folpp, the law firm said in a statement today.

McDonald, who specialises in corporate and finance work, joins Mourant Ozannes from Ogier in the BVI. She has practised in the BVI for the last six years and is a BVI notary public. She has worked previously for Clifford Chance in London and Chapman Tripp in New Zealand. McDonald leads the global BVI corporate and banking and finance teams.

Folpp also joins from Ogier in the Cayman Islands. He worked previously as the head of commercial and chancery appeals at the Court of Appeal in London. Shaun leads Mourant Ozannes’  BVI litigation and insolvency practice.

Mourant Ozannes advises on the laws in the BVI, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey, from these locations and from offices in both Hong Kong and London.