Niall MacDonald > Appleby > St Helier, Jersey > Lawyer Profile
Appleby Offices
13-14 ESPLANADE
ST HELIER
JE1 1BD
Jersey
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Niall MacDonald
Work Department
Dispute Resolution (Employment & Immigration, Fraud & Asset Tracing, Fund Disputes, Insolvency & Restructuring, Merger Disputes, Trust Disputes, Regulatory Disputes)
Position
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).
Career
Niall began his career as Fiscal Officer at the Civil Recovery Unit of the Scottish Government, when it was winning test cases in 2003, before training as Scottish solicitor with Maclay Murray & Spens LLP (now Dentons). In 2006 he qualified into their Commercial Dispute Resolution Practice and worked there for two years before relocating to Jersey. He subsequently spent 12 years at another major international offshore law firm before joining Appleby in 2021.
Education
Edinburgh University (Law Degree (Honours) and Diploma in Legal Practice)
Lawyer Rankings
Jersey > Employment
(Next Generation Partners)Appleby’s pan-Channel Island employment team advises financial institutions and senior executives on employee exits and has been increasingly instructed on investigatory matters, including those concerning regulatory misconduct. Employee share schemes are a further area of expertise. Practice head Richard Sheldon, whose practice encompasses both Jersey and Guernsey, advises on complex severance matters where employment, directorship and shareholder issues intersect. Niall MacDonald regularly handles contract drafting, immigration and business licensing issues, and the enforcement of post-exit obligations. Associate James Gallimore joined the firm in January 2023 from Simmons & Simmons, and is well versed in both contentious and non-contentious employment matters, including unfair dismissal and discrimination claims.
Jersey > Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution
Appleby leverages its international network to handle the gamut of commercial litigation, with areas of particular strength being trust disputes, insolvency and restructuring. Core team members include Fraser Robertson
, who is noted for his professional negligence and contracts work, in addition to covering trusts issues. Niall MacDonald handles employment, trust and contentious regulatory proceedings. Senior associate Lara von Wildenrath‘s practice encompasses fraud, insolvency and asset recoveries, alongside a range of commercial disputes.
Guernsey > Employment
Appleby‘s employment team spans all three Crown Dependencies, representing financial services companies in disputes concerning directors and other senior employees, with further strengths in conducting investigations on behalf of clients and assisting with redundancies and data protection matters. Richard Sheldon leads the team, focusing in particular on contentious departures of senior employees. Niall MacDonald handles tribunal proceedings in addition to a range of non-contentious matters, from immigration and business licensing, to contracts and employment policies. Having joined from Simmons & Simmons in January 2023, associate James Gallimore handles both contentious and non-contentious employment issues.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners Jersey > Employment
- Dispute resolution Jersey > Dispute resolution
- Employment Jersey