Carey Olsen is launching in the Cayman Islands with a double partner hire from the local base of Maples and Calder, marking a move into both Cayman and British Virgin Islands (BVI) advice for the firm.

The two partners, Jason Allison and Jarrod Farley, will be joined at Carey Olsen by Maples associate Nick Bullmore, who is joining the new base as a partner.

Allison joined Maples in 2004 after almost six years as an associate at Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer in London, before making partner in 2007. Both Bullmore and Farley joined the firm from Slaughter and May, with Farley subsequently promoted to partner in 2009.

Carey Olsen will now also offer BVI advice through Guernsey-based partner Andrew Boyce, who has previously practised in the BVI and is qualified to advise on law in both jurisdictions. He has been at the firm since 2000 when he joined from KPMG.

Carey Olsen, which currently has around 130 lawyers across offices in London, Guernsey and Jersey, has until now solely offered Channel Islands advice, with the new Cayman Islands office – which will offer corporate and investment advice – set to open in September this year.

Managing partner Alex Ohlsson (pictured) commented: "We have encountered an increasing demand for the provision of Cayman Islands and BVI legal advice from our clients and intermediaries. This step has been taken to respond to that demand."

Separately, fellow offshore firm Walkers has made up 11 lawyers to partner in its 2012 promotions round, with the majority based in the investment funds and finance and corporate groups.

Seven of the new partners are based in the Cayman Islands, with Ben Benson, Caroline Heal, Tim Ludford-Thomas and Michael Padarin made up in investment funds and Ramesh Maharaj splitting his time between investment funds and finance and corporate. Richard Munden has also been promoted in the Cayman finance and corporate group, while Lindsay Luttermann has been made up in dispute resolution.

Dubai-based Daniel Wood splits his time between investment funds and finance and corporate, while new investment funds partner Marianne Rajic is based in the BVI and new finance and corporate partners Noeleen Ruddy and Kristen Kwok work out of Dublin and Hong Kong respectively.