Lawyers in Guernsey
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169 lawyers listed
Kim Paiva
Kim Paiva is a Group Partner in Walker's top-tier Guernsey Banking & Finance team – she has 15 years' experience in private practice in onshore and offshore roles, and leads the Guernsey acquisition finance and general secured lending team. Kim has a broad range of expertise encompassing Banking & Finance and Corporate law matters, and specialises in acquisition and asset financing deals, advising borrowers and lenders predominantly in London and within the Channel Islands on matters of Guernsey law. She is part of the market-leading Walkers Global Aviation Group, and advises both owners and financiers in relation to transactions involving aircraft registered or to be registered on 2-REG (Guernsey's Aircraft Registry). Kim has ten years' experience advising on Guernsey law, and also advises on leveraged finance, and in acquisitions of regulated trust and company services providers. Having spent five years practising in South Africa's largest law firm, Kim also works with clients from South Africa on funds and private capital matters, advising clients in respect of asset protection and succession planning structures.
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Koketso Mathebula
Koketso is an Associate in the Dispute Resolution team in Guernsey. Koketso hosts an array of practice experience in litigation, alternative dispute resolution (arbitration & mediation), fraud investigation and regulatory advisory with a keen focus on complex commercial law issues, varied contractual disputes, recovery of debts, contentious insolvency proceedings, trust disputes including debatement of trust account, and perfection of securities. His experience further covers regulatory compliance within the cyber-crime and data protection sector, the procurement of urgent relief, corporate litigation, particularly, directors’ liability and shareholder disputes, and investigations within the financial services sector. He has acted for clients in the consumer goods and retail sectors, financial services, hospitality, telecommunications, insurance and real estate.
Appleby
Konrad Friedlaender
Konrad is a consultant in the trusts and private wealth department and specialises in contentious and non-contentious trust matters, pensions, employee benefit schemes and share option schemes. He advises on the establishment and administration of complex private and corporate trust structures as well as all regulatory matters relevant to the trust and company administration sector. He has advised on the establishment and continues to be adviser to some of the largest endowments and philanthropies established on the island. Konrad also advises on the structuring and establishment of corporate vehicles and has a particular interest in non-contentious insurance matters and insurance regulation. He represents trustees, protectors and beneficiaries in various high value contentious trust matters aided by his extensive experience gained over 40 years of involvement in contentious matters. Konrad is listed as a Thought Leader by Who's Who Legal for Private Client.
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Laila Arstall
Laila has extensive experience in the formation and administration of trusts, companies and partnerships, and with dealing with issues of data protection and confidentiality. Since moving to Guernsey from Singapore, Laila has developed considerable experience in matters of taxation under Guernsey law and practice and has advised on tax issues relating to the structuring of offshore pension arrangements, employee incentive schemes, as well the use of structures for commercial purposes, including private equity and collective investment arrangements. Laila's experience includes providing advice in relation to the EU Savings Directive and its implications for trustees, financial institutions and beneficiaries; dealing with requests for information pursuant to Tax Information Exchange Agreements and advising both private client and industry representative bodies on changes to Guernsey's tax law and practice in 2012 in response to developments in the UK's treatment of QROPs. Laila has contributed on matters of tax and substance to a number of Working Parties established by industry to assist on consultation with the States of Guernsey on matters of taxation, tax compliance and substance requirements. Laila is also a member of the Statement of Practice Working Group, the CARF & CRS Working Group, the FATCA Working Group, the CRS Expert Group and the DTA Working Group established by the States of Guernsey's Revenue Service to assist with the development of guidance on matters of tax, tax compliance and substance requirements. Laila has written numerous commentaries and is a regular contributor of articles and chapters on Guernsey's tax regime for a number of publications, including for Sweet & Maxwell's European Cross-Border Estate Planning; Thomson Reuter's The European Lawyer Reference Series - Private Client Tax, Bloomberg's Global Tax Guide and the LexisNexis Guide to FATCA Compliance.
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Laura Bougourd
As a Senior Associate in the Mourant Guernsey property practice, Laura advises on all aspects of non-contentious commercial property work. She regularly deals with a wide variety of landlord and tenant matters and has extensive experience advising on property development, sales and acquisitions and lending and borrowing, including assisting in the property aspects of corporate transactions. In 2024, Laura became certified as Carbon Literate through completing accredited training with The Carbon Literacy Project.
Mourant
Laura Smith
Laura is an Associate in Guernsey, having first joined the firm as a trainee solicitor in September 2021. She qualified as a Solicitor of England and Wales in 2023.
Collas Crill
Lauren James
Associate
Walkers
Laurent Thibeault
Laurent is a Guernsey Advocate and Partner in Walker's Guernsey Insolvency & Dispute Resolution Group. He specialises in trust, finance and insolvency, and corporate disputes and advises leading global law firms, fiduciaries and high net-worth clients across these areas. Laurent has significant experience acting for trustees, beneficiaries and protectors in contentious matters as well as in respect of non-contentious court applications and wider negotiations. Having worked in the London and Paris offices of a Magic Circle firm's structured finance team and, previously, in financial restructuring and distressed debt, Laurent has a wealth of transactional experience and is uniquely placed to act on complex, cross-border contentious matters.
Walkers
Leona Maharaj
Leona is a Senior Associate in Appleby’s Corporate department in Guernsey. Leona’s expertise is predominantly in the areas of general banking and debt finance, syndicated lending, commercial property finance, acquisition finance, fund finance, leveraged finance and related security structures acting on behalf of both borrowers and lenders.
Appleby
Lisa Upham
Lisa Upham is a Guernsey Advocate and a Notary Public. She was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2000 and qualified as a local advocate in 2003. Lisa is a senior professional support lawyer, although she is based in Guernsey, she supports both of Appleby’s Channel Island offices. Before joining Appleby in 2018, Lisa established a knowledge management team at another offshore legal firm. She is an experienced commercial lawyer, she was previously a senior associate advising on a wide range of commercial and corporate matters with an emphasis on corporate reorganisations, business acquisitions, financing and banking transactions. She is also a full TEP member of STEP and has extensive private client experience.
Appleby
Lydia Essa
Lydia is counsel in the trusts and private wealth team in Guernsey and acts for trustees, beneficiaries, protectors and family offices on all aspects of fiduciary law, both contentious and non-contentious.
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Marcus Leese
Partner
Ogier
Marcél Treurnicht
Marcél Treurnicht is a Senior Counsel in the Walkers' Private Capital & Trusts practice group and specialises in advising clients on the establishment and use of Guernsey companies, trusts and foundations for both traditional private wealth and digital assets purposes (crypto and blockchain). Marcél's practice spans a range of areas, including traditional private wealth structures, employee benefit trusts, unit trusts and innovative trust structure tailored for the digital economy (crypto and blockchain). With a strong international background, Marcél brings valuable experience gained during his years in Hong Kong, where he advised on private wealth structures to assist wealthy families with tax mitigation, asset protection and succession planning. His corporate trust experience includes advising listed companies on the formation and implementation of employee benefit schemes in preparation for initial public offerings and/or secondary listings. In the digital economy, Marcél has worked with several of the largest decentralised autonomous organisations (DAOs) to develop trust structures that bridge the gap between traditional and digital economies while preserving decentralised principles. He has extensive experience in designing new trusts specifically for holding cryptoassets and monetising intellectual property assets connected to the blockchain space, as well as amending existing trusts, where feasible, to accommodate crypto and other blockchain assets. His expertise includes the use of purpose trusts and mixed trusts (which serve both purposes and beneficiaries). Additionally, he provides advice on holding cryptoassets through various entities such as foundations, foundation companies and standalone companies. He offers guidance on structures and entities across multiple jurisdictions, including the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands and Guernsey. These structures invest in a wide range of cryptoassets, including cryptoasset funds, high-profile NFTs and even cryptoasset infrastructure, such as crypto exchanges.
Walkers
Mark Dunster
Mark is a partner specialising in litigation, compliance and financial regulatory matters. He undertakes a wide variety of commercial and civil litigation including insolvency work. He also advises institutions on regulatory matters including anti-money laundering, data protection, employment law, eGaming and renewable energy. He is an author of books on anti-money laundering and data protection. Mark holds the International Association of Privacy Professionals "Certified Information Privacy Professional/Europe" qualification as part of his data protection practice. He is the former Chairman of the Guernsey Association of Compliance Officers and of the Guernsey Bar Association, known as Bâtonnier. Mark is a current member of the States of Guernsey legislative review committee advising on the implementation and drafting of new laws and ordinances. Mark is also a tribunal member (that is judge) on various appeal tribunals including those on planning and social security legislation. He was also appointed as Adjunct Professor of Civil Litigation by the Guernsey Bar.
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Martha Male
Martha is a senior associate in Walkers' Insolvency and Dispute Resolution Practice Group in Guernsey. She advises on a range of commercial, trust, insolvency, and regulatory disputes, and her clients include governments, banks, companies, trustees, families, and individuals. She has practised law in England, the British Virgin Islands, and most recently in Guernsey, and is dual qualified as a solicitor-advocate in England & Wales and the British Virgin Islands.
Walkers
Martyn Baudains
Partner
Ogier
Martín Casas
Consultant
Ogier
Mathew Newman
Partner
Ogier
Matt Guthrie
Partner
Ogier
Matt Sanders
Matt is the Managing Partner of Walkers' Guernsey office, where he specialises in investment funds and corporate matters. He is a Group Partner* with more than a decade's experience offshore, and works as part of Walkers' Guernsey Investment Funds and corporate teams on a wide variety of matters relating to the structuring and restructuring of investment funds and high value transactions involving Guernsey company law. He has particular expertise in respect of Guernsey Private Fund structures, and M&A deals involving regulated corporate service providers and trust companies. Matt's work includes advising on complex issues relating to funds, including having acted on the first conversion and migration of the cells of a Guernsey protected cell company to Malta. *Admitted in England & Wales and New Zealand – not admitted in Guernsey
Walkers
Matthew Macfarlane
Managing Associate
Ogier
Melissa Dinis
Melissa is a Paralegal in the Dispute Resolution team in Guernsey. She supports the department in a wide range of matters relating to commercial and civil disputes.
Appleby
Michael Adkins
Michael is a litigation lawyer, specialising in insolvency, regulatory/ public law, trust and other financial services disputes. He is a qualified Guernsey Advocate and BVI Attorney and maintains an active litigation practice in both jurisdictions, having previously acted as head of litigation and managing partner of the firm's BVI office. Since joining Collas Crill in 2009, Michael has taken a leading role in a number of significant and high profile matters, including advising the liquidators of Landsbanki Guernsey Limited in relation to all aspects of the liquidation of the £120 million Guernsey subsidiary of the failed Icelandic Bank, and Sark Electricity Limited in its challenge to the implementation of pricing regulation. Michael is frequently instructed for individuals and companies in disputes with regulatory bodies and state agencies. In 2019, Michael was appointed to a four year term as Chairman of the Complaints Panel of the Administrative Decision Review Board.
Collas Crill
Michaela Jesson
Consultant
Ogier