Cerisse Fisher > Collas Crill > St Peter Port, Guernsey > Lawyer Profile

Collas Crill
GLATEGNY COURT, PO BOX 140
GLATEGNY ESPLANADE
ST PETER PORT
GY1 4EW
Guernsey

Work Department

Private Client

Position

Cerisse is a Group Partner in the International Private Client and Trust department, joining in September 2018. She specialises in all aspects of Guernsey trust and private client law and regularly advises trustees, family offices, high net worth individuals and intermediaries on the creation, restructuring and winding up of trusts and a wide scope of cross-jurisdictional fiduciary transactions.

Cerisse has invaluable experience working within a trust company on both legal and direct client matters. She has a broad knowledge of the challenges and pitfalls for trustees plus the practical aspects of trusteeship and requirements of corporate service providers and their clients.

Career

Cerisse qualified as a Solicitor of England and Wales in 2009. She previously worked at another leading offshore law firm and subsequently within an award winning trust company, carrying out both client facing trusteeship and internal legal work for 12 years prior to joining Collas Crill. She was promoted to Group Partner in January 2023.

Languages

English

Memberships

Law Society
GILA

Education

LLB (Hons) Business Law – Bournemouth University (2004)

PG Dip Legal Practice – Bournemouth University (2005)

Lawyer Rankings

Guernsey > Private client, trusts and tax

The private client and trusts team at Collas Crill advises on a number of issues, including cross-border trust structures and fiduciary matters, wills and estates, and Guernsey-based family issues. Practice head Angela Calnan is a trust structuring specialist, with further strengths in setting up Sharia-compliant structures for MENA clients. Joanne Seal oversees the firm’s international wills and estate practice, advising on estate planning and inheritance matters. Cerisse Fisher, who made group partner in January 2023, assists with the establishment, restructuring and winding up of trusts. Associate Marco Nel joined the team from Babbé LLP in October 2022, focusing on trusts, estates and power of attorney proceedings.