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Appleby (previously named Appleby Spurling Hunter) is an offshore legal service provider. It has offices in the key offshore locations of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Mauritius and Seychelles as well as the financial centres of Hong Kong, and Shanghai.
Appleby in its present form was created by the merger of Bermuda based law firm Appleby Spurling Kemp and Cayman Islands' law firm Hunter & Hunter in April, 2004 and the subsequent mergers with Jersey based firm, Bailhache Labesse in September 2006.
Appleby announced on the 15 June 2008 that it was to merge with Isle of Man based Dickinson Cruickshank & Co, enabling it to become the largest offshore law firm in the world with 73 partners and 200 lawyers. It is included in the assemblage of firms referred to as the offshore magic circle.
At the 2008 ALB China Law Awards, Appleby was crowned:
On 11 January 2010, Appleby announced that it would be opening an office in Guernsey in Spring 2010.
At the 2010 British Legal Awards, Appleby was crowned:
At the 2010 The Lawyer Awards, Appleby was crowned:
On 20 February 2012, Appleby announced that it would be opening an office in Shanghai in April 2010.
On 20 February 2012 Appleby was listed as the largest offshore law firm by 'The Lawyer' in its annual Offshore Survey.
Appleby is ranked in Band 1 global-wide offshore by the 2015 edition of the [2] - a client's guide to the legal profession. Appleby’s ratings include: