Eight young Caymanians have been cutting their teeth on the world of offshore law before returning to their studies.

The students all recently completed internships with leading law firm Mourant Ozannes, gaining valuable insight into several legal practice areas including Funds, Finance and Commercial Litigation. As well as gaining an understanding of the legal work carried out by Mourant Ozannes in Cayman, the interns had an opportunity to work with the firm’s corporate services, compliance and accounts departments to see how the business operates.

Mourant Ozannes is committed to supporting bright young talent in the Cayman Islands and offers internships to students who meet the firm’s criteria.

Mourant Ozannes Cayman Managing Partner, Neal Lomax, commented: “Mourant Ozannes is committed to the development and progression of Caymanians.  Our intern programme helps us to identify promising individuals who may be offered the opportunity to progress to our scholarship and articled clerk training programmes.  We are pleased to be able to provide this experience to several students each year.”

The interns were all A Level students about to begin their university studies or are already undertaking their degree studies. Each of the interns completed several weeks at Mourant Ozannes offices.  Alicia Thompson is now at the Truman Bodden Law School, Asha Wilson is now at UCCI, Rashana Singh is at the University of Sterling in the Business and Social Studies honours degree programme, Taylor Clarke-Wint is studying Marketing at Southampton Solent University, Aaron DaCosta is at the University of Kent in an honours LLB programme, while Haymond Rankine has graduated from the University of Tampa with a Bachelors of Science with honours, in Business Management. Currently completing A-levels are Elizabeth Wauchope, who is at The Kings School Canterbury and Clare-Louise McGrath, at Cayman Prep & High School.

Mourant Ozannes’ vision is to be consistently recognised as the leading law firm offshore.

Mourant Ozannes:

advises on the laws of the BVI, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey;

has over 50 partners and 440 staff in five offices, spanning Asian, American and European time zones;

has more top tier directory rankings across its locations than any other offshore law firm (Chambers & Partners, IFLR1000, Legal 500 and PLC Which Lawyer, 2012);

advises more FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies than any other offshore law firm (Hemscott, 2012);

advises 19 of the world’s top 20 banks (Bankers Almanac, 2012);

Best Offshore Law Firm – Client Service: HFMWeek US Hedge Fund Services Awards 2012;

M&A Deal of the Year: International Financial Law Review 2012; and

Equity Deal of the Year: International Financial Law Review 2012.