Lawyers in Jersey
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Nigel Weston
Nigel heads up our Banking and Finance practice for the Channel Islands. Based in Jersey, he brings thirty-five years of experience in banking, finance, regulatory matters, investment funds, trusts, listings on TISE and all aspects of offshore banking, finance and corporate work. Nigel heads a leading team of dedicated lawyers specialising in all aspects of Jersey and Guernsey banking and finance law including: Real Estate Finance Acquisition Finance Fund Finance Asset Finance Restructuring & Insolvency Debt Capital Markets Private Credit Islamic Finance Banking Regulation Digital Finance / FinTech Listings Nigel advises a range of global banks, major corporates, blue-chip investment managers and private investment houses. He works closely with top law firms and accountancy practices in London, as well as local administrators, trustees, and other intermediaries and services providers.
Walkers
Nuno Santos-Costa
Nuno is one of the most highly regarded Jersey advocates. He has over 30 years' experience and his profile has resulted in Collas Crill attracting some of the island's best known and most complex, top-flight litigation work. Nuno's experience, at the highest level, is extensive and he has been instructed by a wide variety of clients, ranging from international financial institutions to countries. He specialises in commercial litigation and regularly represents clients in highly complex and important trust, contract and fraud cases many of which are now leading cases in their areas of law. The favoured advisor for many of Jersey's wealthiest families on their private, property and trust disputes, he has appeared in many substantial Jersey cases including acting for the first defendant in the Alhamrani trusts litigation, Jersey's biggest ever litigation dispute.
Collas Crill
Oliver Lindop
Oliver is counsel and Advocate in Carey Olsen's Dispute Resolution team specialising in regulatory law. Oliver turns around advice on trade sanctions as applied in Jersey on short notice in most common scenarios in addition to assisting clients triage the issues and seek appropriate advice on foreign sanctions (e.g. US OFAC sanctions).
Carey Olsen
Oliver Passmore
Partner
Ogier
Oliver Richardson
Partner
Ogier
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Gemma is Counsel within the Corporate department in Jersey.
Appleby
Pamela Doherty
Pamela is Jersey Managing Partner. She is an Advocate of the Royal Court of Jersey and a member of the real estate team. Pamela has extensive experience in all aspects of residential and commercial property work, with significant expertise in property development, investment acquisitions and sales, agreements for lease, leasing and lease management, corporate support, banking and development finance and insolvency. She has sat on the board as non-executive director of a number of property companies with substantial UK commercial property assets. She joined Collas Crill in October 2017, having previously worked at offshore law firm Mourant Ozannes and leading UK law firm Pinsent Masons for a number of years. Pamela studied law at the University of Glasgow and qualified as a Solicitor in Scotland in 2003 and is a member of The Law Society of Scotland. She is also Scottish Notary Public (registered with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office).
Collas Crill
Paola Sequeira
Paola Sequeira is an Associate in Walkers' Insolvency and Dispute Resolution team in Jersey. She advises on general civil and commercial litigation, including contentious insolvency matters and cross-border trust disputes.
Walkers
Paul Burton
Paul is a partner of Maples and Calder's Corporate and Finance teams in the Maples Group's Jersey office. Paul has extensive knowledge and experience of corporate and finance matters, including M&A; public markets; DCM; High Yield; and leveraged and structured finance, including securitisation. He also advises on listing services, including The International Stock Exchange ("TISE"), CSX and High Yield listings.
Maples Group
Paul Martin
Partner
Mourant
Paul Worsnop
Paul Worsnop is Partner within the corporate department in Jersey. He has a broad practice and advises on all aspects of corporate and finance transactions with a particular emphasis on debt and equity capital markets, structured finance, funds and technology. Paul is involved with a number of industry working groups on the Island looking at areas including capital markets, the implementation and regulation of Fintech in Jersey, the AML/KYC regime and legal reform.
Appleby
Peter German
Peter’s practice is corporate and banking, including local and international banking with a particular focus on real estate finance and restructuring. Peter specialises in providing partner-led, practical commercial legal advice within the context of the multi-jurisdictional transactions in which Jersey vehicles tend to operate; and in adapting Jersey law solutions to the commercial imperatives of the overall transaction. Peter advises financial institutions, trustees, borrowers and other entities on all aspects of Jersey corporate, security and banking law. He also advises local and international banking institutions on banking regulation matters.
Carey Olsen
Peter Sherwood
Peter is a partner in the dispute resolution and litigation team in the Cayman Islands. He advises on all aspects of insolvency litigation, general banking and commercial litigation and non-contentious insolvency and restructurings.
Carey Olsen
Pierre Ali-Noor
Pierre Ali-Noor is counsel in Carey Olsen's trusts and private wealth and litigation teams in Jersey. He specialises in the court-related aspects of the trusts and private wealth team’s practice and is engaged in a broad spectrum of private wealth work covering advisory, administrative and contentious trusts matters. Pierre is ranked as a Rising Star in Dispute Resolution in Jersey by the Legal 500 UK and is featured in the Private Client Global Elite Directory, a respected global directory of the world's top private client and trust and estates litigation talent.
Carey Olsen
Rajah Abusrewil
Rajah Abusrewil leads the Jersey Private Capital & Trusts group and advises local and international fiduciaries, family offices and ultra-high net worth individuals on wealth structuring and asset protection. With over 20 years of experience in both private practice and in house, she delivers bespoke solutions for international families and family offices on establishing, managing, and winding up trusts, foundations, and related structures across Jersey, Guernsey, and Bermuda law. Rajah leads the Middle East desk for the Channel Islands, focusing on international business development in the Middle East, coordinating with multiple offices. Rajah is the Deputy Chair of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Jersey Branch, and she regularly speaks in the Middle East, London, Jersey and Bermuda.
Walkers
Raulin Amy
Partner
Ogier
Rebecca McNulty
Partner
Ogier
Rebecca McQuillan
Rebecca advises clients in respect of a diverse range of corporate and finance matters, with a particular focus on acquisition finance (sponsor and lender side), fund finance and restructuring. Her clients include multinational private equity sponsors, financial institutions and alternative capital providers, as well as local lenders and companies. Rebecca also has experience in structured finance and the issuance of high yield bonds. Rebecca's recent transactions include advising: the ad hoc group of creditors in relation to the debt-for-equity restructuring of Pizza Express, the UK and international casual dining group the committee of lenders in the debt restructuring of Travelex the bidder in the financing of a public takeover of a Swedish-listed company incorporated in Switzerland, including the establishment of a Jersey holding structure and the entry into bridge financing, a bond issuance to refinance the bridge, and the listing of the bond the ad hoc group of bondholders on the restructuring of bonds issued by Vieo B.V. and capital restructuring of Lebara Group the ad hoc committee of convertible bondholders of Steinhoff Finance Holding GmbH.
Carey Olsen
Richard Daggett
Partner
Ogier
Richard Holden
Richard is a Partner in the Insolvency & Dispute Resolution team and has more than 25 years' specialising in complex contentious trusts matters and commercial disputes, including injunctions, fraud, asset tracing, enforcement and insolvency. He is also an expert in applying traditional Jersey customary law to modern commercial disputes. He is an experienced trial and appellate advocate with experience in England, internationally and offshore and has been called to the bars of Jersey, England and Wales, New Zealand and New South Wales.
Walkers
Richard Laignel
Partner
Ogier
Richard Le Liard
Richard is a partner in the funds and investment structures team based in Jersey, and also supports the Cayman Islands practice on a number of matters. Richard specialises in establishing and advising investment funds and fund services businesses and also has a strong regulatory practice. He is sought after to advise on all areas of financial services regulation, data protection, international tax compliance (including economic substance) and the local AML/CFT regime. He also has considerable experience in matters of corporate and commercial law. Richard participates in local industry groups and regularly presents on matters of funds and regulation.
Bedell Cristin
Richard Sheldon
Richard is the Managing Group Partner in Guernsey and member of the Dispute Resolution team, specialising in advising clients on employment law and regulatory issues. Richard leads the Channel Islands employment team, and is one of the pre-eminent employment lawyers in the region, advising on all areas of employment law including, strategic advice, litigation, transactional support and director / shareholder disputes, as well as advising on matters such as executive severance, employee share schemes, pensions, restrictive covenants, bonus disputes and trade union issues. In addition, Richard has advised on a number of major contentious regulatory matters including in particular enforcement action by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) against both companies and their directors, and has a particular expertise in the field of complex investigations into regulatory issues. Richard has a growing reputation in the field and has been the lead adviser on a number of regulatory enforcement cases over the years such as Blenheim, Richmond and Artemis, representing those companies through the enforcement process. Richard also regularly represents directors at voluntary interviews with the GFSC. Over recent years Richard has conducted a number of complex investigations for clients, relating to potential employee frauds, breaches of fiduciary duties, compliance around sanctions as well as sexual harassment in the workplace. Richard’s experience includes advising; A global financial services business on the investigation and dismissal of a senior director in respect of allegations of sexual harassment A tech business in relation the exit of a senior employee, and successfully defending claims before the Tribunal of discrimination on the grounds of sex and maternity The successful appellants in the case of Domaille & others v Guernsey Financial Services Commission in overturning on appeal before the Royal Court, regulatory enforcement sanctions imposed by the GFSC. A 50% owner of a professional services firm in relation to a dispute with his fellow owner, including successfully exiting the other party from the firm, as shareholder, director and employee. A former director of a fund administrator in relation to regulatory enforcement action taken by the GFSC, including successfully negotiating a private reprimand rather any form of public censure. A international financial services business on a post-acquisition integration restructure, including harmonisation of terms and conditions.
Appleby
Robert Christie
Robert is a Partner in the Litigation & Dispute Resolution team. Robert is a Jersey Advocate, and an English and BVI barrister, specialising in trusts, company, commercial and insolvency litigation. Robert has extensive experience of acting for and advising clients in high-value commercial matters in particular involving breach of trust claims, directors’ breach of duty claims, trust disclosure and other administrative proceedings in relation to trusts, enforcement of foreign orders in relation to trusts, actions to remove trustees and protectors, unfair prejudice claims, freezing injunctions and insolvency procedures. He has acted for beneficiaries, shareholders and other individuals in disputes with larger institutions such as trust companies, banks and other lenders. He is experienced in obtaining litigation funding where necessary for impecunious clients. Robert also acts for some major trust companies, and advises trustees and directors on their duties, including in insolvency situations. In November 2020 Robert was named IFC Partner of the Year at the Citywealth Future Leaders Awards in recognition of the results achieved for his clients over the previous few years.
Bedell Cristin