Lawyers in Jersey
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Mark Crichton
Mark is head of Maples and Calder's Finance team in the Maples Group's Jersey office and partner of the Corporate team. He advises on a range of corporate, finance and investment funds transactions. Mark, a Jersey Advocate, has a particular focus on the use of Jersey structures in corporate real estate transactions, including advising in respect of sharia-compliant holding structures and trust structures.
Maples Group
Martin Le Boutillier
Martin is a Jersey Solicitor specialising in all aspects of commercial property and real estate finance in Jersey. He has a particular focus on real estate finance and corporate acquisitions and disposals. Martin has recently acted on a number of high profile developments in Jersey both for developers and funders, as well as in respect of a number of acquisitions and disposals of prestigious office buildings in the heart of St Helier's financial district.
Collas Crill
Martin Paul
Martin is head of the Funds and Investment Structures group. He has considerable offshore finance experience, particularly in relation to real estate and private equity funds and related investment structures, including a specialist Sharia finance practice. His practice area also encompasses regulatory advice, finance and general commercial work. Martin is noted for blending his considerable technical expertise and experience with in depth commercial understanding and insight, derived from many years assisting clients in the sector.
Bedell Cristin
Mathew Cook
I’m a Partner of Mourant Ozannes (Jersey) LLP in our Jersey Litigation practice, and part of our specialist financial services and regulatory team as my primary focus is on regulatory work.
Mourant
Matt Gilley
Matt is an Advocate in the Jersey office, specialising in financing transactions for international banks, Matt has acted for a wide range of Jersey, UK and European financial institutions, senior and mezzanine lenders. He has particular expertise in the financing and structuring of commercial real estate transactions and loan portfolio sales and acquisitions, alongside experience in fund finance and general banking transactions. Matt also works on a broad range of corporate transactions, including establishing investment vehicles, particularly JPUTs, to acquire a range of assets including real estate, private M&A, group reorganisations and advising listed clients on general company law and corporate governance matters. He advises high net worth individuals and family offices on the reorganisation and redomiciliation of multi-jurisdictional holding structures as well as philanthropic transactions.
Collas Crill
Matt McManus
Partner
Ogier
Matthew Davies
Senior Associate
Ogier
Matthew Ecobichon
Matthew is partner and advises clients including leading international law firms and global institutions on a range of structured finance securitisation and high yield transactions. Matthew regularly advises on transactions involving Eurobonds and other TISE listed securities, including high yield and variable funding notes.
Carey Olsen
Matthew Shaxson
Group Partner
Ogier
Melissa Hellio
Melissa Hellio is a Senior Counsel in Walkers' Jersey Banking and Finance Practice Group. She acts for a wide range of financial institutions and borrowers, in respect of real estate finance and fund finance matters. Melissa is experienced in complex real estate matters, working with Jersey Property Unit Trusts, partnerships and corporate structures in respect of real estate holdings. Melissa spent five years working onshore with Eversheds Sutherland, and was recognised by Legal 500, before moving offshore. Her experience includes client-secondments to NatWest, where she spent six months with the transaction management team.
Walkers
Michael Davies
Michael is an Associate within Appleby Jersey’s Corporate department. He qualified as an English Solicitor in 2021 and his practice focuses on corporate and commercial matters including mergers and acquisitions, insolvency, and corporate restructuring. Known for his responsiveness to clients and his attention to detail, Michael works closely with the partners, supporting local and international clients on a broad range of financing transactions, mergers and acquisitions, regulatory law, as well as technical listings on The International Stock Exchange (TISE) including standard debt and equity, and high yield bond listings. Michael also works as part of the firm’s Private Client and Trusts team and assists with all aspects of non-contentious trust and foundation matters, including advising on the establishment, restructuring and administration of Jersey trust structures.
Appleby
Michael Gradidge
Michael has more than 20 years’ experience in all aspects of commercial litigation including in domestic and international arbitration tribunals. He has particular experience in administrative law and constitutional challenges primarily relating to the challenge of tender awards by the State. He has advised South African and international corporations, financial institutions, governments and regulatory bodies in respect of a wide range of disputes across the African continent that require proactive and effective solutions. Michael focuses on dispute avoidance and risk management, with an emphasis on early assessment of the matter and a careful consideration of all aspects before taking action, in order to ensure that the client adopts the right strategy. In Jersey, Michael has advised clients in sanctions-related matters and trust matters, and intends to utilise his experience in insolvency and commercial litigation generally.
Appleby
Michael Kushner
Mike is a senior associate in the litigation team in Jersey, specialising in contentious regulatory matters. Mike is a subject matter specialist in financial services, franchising, international trade and sanctions. He is trusted by clients to simplify complex legal matters and deliver value-added solutions. Mike is admitted in England & Wales (Solicitor) and South Africa (Attorney).
Carey Olsen
Mike Kushner
Mike is a senior associate in the litigation team in Jersey, specialising in contentious regulatory matters. Mike is a subject matter specialist in financial services, franchising, international trade and sanctions. He is trusted by clients to simplify complex legal matters and deliver value-added solutions. Mike is admitted in England & Wales (Solicitor) and South Africa (Attorney).
Carey Olsen
Nancy Chien
Nancy is head of Bedell Cristin's International Private Client practice in Jersey. Nancy has extensive experience in a wide range of offshore matters in both the private client area as well as the corporate sphere. In the private client context, Nancy advises ultra-high net worth families, family offices and intermediaries on all aspects of private client structuring including the use of trusts and foundations, as well as related corporate law issues (including where such vehicles are used for philanthropic purposes). She has considerable experience with high value and complex structures which enable the clients to retain a degree of control over their family assets and achieve effective succession planning. In the corporate area, Nancy is one of the only Jersey lawyers with specific experience in pensions and employee incentive arrangements (having previously worked for Ashurst in London). She is the chairperson of the Jersey Pensions Association and is working closely with the Jersey government to enhance Jersey's offering of end of service gratuity plans and international savings vehicles. Nancy also has considerable experience in regulatory matters affecting offshore vehicles and service providers, including FATCA, the common reporting standard (CRS) and economic substance.
Bedell Cristin
Neil McCarroll
Neil is a member of the firm's Jersey Finance and Corporate practice. He became a partner of Mourant LP in 2021. During his career, Neil has worked on a broad range of corporate and finance transactions, including private M&A, complex equity and debt restructurings, lender and borrower side financing, and has particular expertise and experience in private equity transactions. Before joining Mourant, Neil was a Senior Associate in London with Taylor Wessing, working in their Private Equity team.
Mourant
Niall MacDonald
Niall MacDonald is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution department in Appleby’s Jersey office. He advises on all types of commercial dispute and has extensive advocacy experience ranging from representing clients regarding trusts and multi-jurisdictional issues (before the Royal Court of Jersey and Court of Appeal) to resolving local employment disputes (before the Jersey Employment and Discrimination Tribunal). His practice now focuses on the following specialisms: commercial & contractual disputes; employment & regulatory matters; trust litigation; together with fraud, asset tracing & insolvency cases. The breadth of his experience equips him particularly well when such issues overlap, for example with misconduct investigations concerning regulatory matters. His clients range from high net worth individuals and executives, to leading global and local corporate entities. The cases which he has resolved over the last 15 years have involved a broad range of other areas of the law (including company, contract, criminal, data protection, insolvency, insurance, planning, professional negligence and regulatory).
Appleby
Niamh Lalor
Partner
Ogier
Nichola Brennan
Nichola Brennan is part of the Walkers' Private Capital & Trusts group based in Jersey and specialises in non-contentious trust, foundation and family office matters in a private wealth context. With over 15 years of experience, Nichola advises on the establishment, operation and ongoing administration of private client structures, including discretionary trusts, settlor reserved power trusts, charitable and non-charitable purpose trusts, private trust companies and foundations. She also advises in connection with employee benefit and pension trusts, as well as philanthropic and charitable structures. Nichola's clients include trustees, high net worth individuals, family offices and charitable organisations.
Walkers
Nick Ghazi
Nick is a partner in the Jersey office of Carey Olsen. His practice focuses on debt finance, in particular acquisition finance, bridge finance, real estate finance, structured finance, asset finance and restructurings.
Carey Olsen
Nick Ward
Nick is a Partner in the Jersey office. He has more than 30 years’ legal experience, including over 20 years offshore. He has significant expertise advising on the full range of legal, commercial and regulatory issues relevant to the establishment, operation and financing of Jersey vehicles ranging from companies and partnerships through to trusts and foundations.
Collas Crill
Nick Williams
Partner
Ogier
Nienke Malan
Nienke is a Jersey qualified solicitor with over a decade of post qualification experience in investment funds and international commercial matters. Specialising in cross border investment and collective investment vehicles, Nienke’s clients praise her for her proactive and solutions focused approach to every transaction, irrespective of size and complexity. She pursues excellence in everything she does and her ability to see the bigger picture has led her to work with many significant local and international fund managers, real estate investors and financial institutions on transactions with a Jersey nexus. Nienke is passionate about Africa and with local South African knowledge and connections she aims to assist emerging and established fund managers with an African focus to achieve their goals. Nienke’s practice includes advising on the establishment, structuring, regulation and launch of investment funds, negotiating and drafting a broad range of commercial agreements and advising on the sale and financing of structures holding international real estate (including JPUTs). She advises on the full spectrum of generalist funds and sector funds, including real estate, private equity, venture capital, buy-out, infrastructure, housing, technology, healthcare, impact, ESG, renewable energy and hedge funds. Having practised in South Africa, New York and Jersey, Nienke has worked with a broad range of clients across multiple asset classes and creates lasting relationships with her clients and intermediaries. She is ranked in Chambers and listed as a rising star by IFLR1000 and a key lawyer by Legal 500.
Carey Olsen
Nigel Sanders
Nigel Sanders is one of the leading commercial litigation and trust disputes lawyers in Jersey and has over 30 years' experience as a contentious practitioner. Nigel has been practising in Jersey since 2006, but has also worked in London, Abu Dhabi and the Cayman Islands. Besides commercial and trusts disputes his expertise encompasses contentious insolvency and corporate matters as well as contentious regulatory advisory work and competition law disputes. He has been admitted in Jersey, England and Wales, BVI and Cayman and regularly advises on cross-border issues relating to trusts, probate, insolvency, fraud and asset tracing and corporate and commercial disputes Nigel appears regularly before the Jersey Court and has represented professional and institutional clients as well as individuals in a wide range of important reported cases.
Walkers