Offshore law specialists from the heart of Switzerland
Ramsay & Reyes Law is a legal practice headquartered in Switzerland. We offer a genuinely partner-led service with the highest standards of professionalism and communication at the core of everything we do.
Legal Services
A trusted adviser to clients around the world, we offer the following legal services:
Corporate & Commercial
Banking & Finance
Legal Opinions
Private Wealth & Trusts
Wills & Probate
Dispute Resolution
Restorations & Voluntary Liquidations
Economic Substance
Corporate Services
The scale and pace of legislative and regulatory changes in the British Virgin Islands is increasingly complex and requires careful, reasoned, and timely advice. Applying our partner-led approach we are able to offer clients a highly personalised and round-the-clock service when it comes to the set-up and administration of their companies.
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Team
Our Founding Partners have worked together for many years and have forged a practice built on trust, excellence and integrity.
Rupert Ramsay
Founding Partner
Rupert has many years’ experience in private practice having spent time in London, Geneva and Zurich.
Rupert’s practice typically covers complex cross jurisdictional corporate structuring and trust related advice on private client structures administered from Switzerland. He also advises on economic substance and leads the banking and finance practice.
Rupert acts for a wide range of internationally based clients, including trust companies, high-net-worth individuals, family businesses, family offices, private banks and law firms.
Prior to founding Ramsay Reyes Law, Rupert was a Group Partner at a global offshore law firm and before that ran the BVI desk of a major international law firm, directly from Switzerland.
Rupert is admitted to practice law in England and Wales, and the British Virgin Islands.
Rupert is based in Switzerland and when not working enjoys spending time with his young family.
John Carrington KC
Consultant Partner
John Carrington is a lawyer by training and is one of His Majesty’s Counsel.
John is a commercial litigator and has appeared on behalf of banks, trust companies, high-net-worth individuals, multi-national corporations as well as domestic individuals and companies. John and the team have extensive experience in the Courts of Appeal of The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.
John also has a background in corporate law as well as regulatory matters as a former central banker in his native Trinidad and Tobago.
Will Ramsay
Head of Operations (Switzerland)
Will leads and co-ordinates the firm’s operations and marketing strategy in Switzerland. He is a Senior Leader with extensive experience in setting up and managing foundations, nonprofit organizations, and operational frameworks. He has proven expertise in structuring governance, financial oversight, and operational efficiency within international organizations.
He is currently President of the board at Lex International, and Head of Operations for AI for Education, and has a strong track record in building and scaling institutions, securing funding, and leading cross-functional teams. With over 20 years’ experience in foundations, international organizations and NGOs, he is skilled in process optimization, stakeholder engagement, and driving organizational growth.
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Headquarters
Switzerland
42 Stockerstrasse, 42, 8002 Zürich
36 Ringstrasse, 4422 Arisdorf BL