The Legal 500

Work Department

Litigation – banking; banking (non-contentious); restructuring and insolvency.

Position

Marcus focuses on banking and regulatory work for clients located within the island comprising Jersey regulated banks, financial institutions and other regulated entities. He covers non-contentious transactional banking work together with consideration of all areas of regulatory work and dealings between regulated institutions and the regulator. His practice area covers corporate, commercial, real estate, development and personal lending, both for the wide range of the larger international banks and also on the private banking side. On the regulatory side, he is Carey Olsen’s lead partner on e-gaming and the reforms currently being made to the law on gambling in Jersey. In addition, he is also one of the very few specialist insolvency practitioners in the Island. He has acted to develop the law on just and equitable winding up to address the lack of administration as a remedy in Jersey law. In addition he regularly acts in respect of the reciprocal recognition of insolvency officers. Hand in hand with that practice area comes an expertise in respect of security and enforcement. Marcus is particularly regarded for his ability to act practically and pragmatically to achieve maximum recovery for creditors whilst preserving, where possible, a position for the debtor and is regarded as the lawyer of choice for regulated institutions involved in a distressed or work out situation.

Career

Qualified 1997. Marcus joined Carey Olsen in 2001 having previously practised as a barrister in the Royal Navy. He was called to the Bar at Middle Temple in 1997 and he qualified as an advocate of the Royal Court of Jersey in 2004. Partner Carey Olsen 2009.

Languages

French.

Education

University of Birmingham; Inns of Court School of Law.

Practice Areas

Banking (non-contentious); Insolvency and corporate recovery; Litigation - banking