Offshore firm Mourant Ozannes has bulked up its London and Jersey offices with the hire of two partners from Walkers and Maples and Calder.

The firm has doubled the partner count in its London office with the hire of Robert Duggan for its investment funds practice. Duggan has joined from the London arm of Walkers where he was a partner for the past three years, having also spent time in the firm’s Cayman Islands office.