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Appleby

1ST FLOOR, LEFEBVRE PLACE, LEFEBVRE STREET, ST PETER PORT, GY1 2JP, GUERNSEY

Tel:: Work 01481 755600
Fax:: Fax 01481 728992

Web:: www.applebyglobal.com
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What we say about the firm's legal practice in Guernsey

Commercial and banking

Within Commercial and banking, Appleby is a third tier firm,

Appleby acted for TradeRiver Finance in relation to equity investments by venture partners. Barney Lee ‘provides thoughtful analysis’, and practice head Helen Crossley is also recommended.

Dispute resolution

Within Dispute resolution, tier 4

Work for Appleby’s recently formed practice has included a derivative shareholder claim.

Investment funds

Within Investment funds, tier 4

Appleby’s Guernsey start-up office is appreciated for its ‘freshness, teamwork and international coverage’. Barney Lee ‘always gives efficient timescales for responses, and meets or betters them’. Helen Crossley is a key practitioner.

Overview

Within Regional review,

The Guernsey legal market has recently been a hive of activity. First, global firm Appleby opened its Guernsey office with a number of former Ozannes associates, including corporate and commercial lawyers Barney Lee and Helen Crossley, litigator Jeremy Le Tissier, and private client and trust practitioner Gavin Ferguson. Meanwhile, Ozannes completed its own pan-island merger with Jersey outfit Mourant du Feu & Jeune, to become Mourant Ozannes. Following suit, Collas Day tied the knot with Jersey firm Crill Canavan to merge from April 2011, creating a new, 16-partner Channel Islands firm known as Collas Crill. Lateral hires also happened, with Carey Olsen welcoming the ‘exceptionally strong’ Christopher Anderson from Bedell Cristin as a partner.

Private client, trusts and tax

Within Private client, trusts and tax, Appleby is a third tier firm,

Appleby’s start-up Guernsey trusts practice has ‘extensive knowledge of trust law’. Gavin Ferguson, ‘an outstanding communicator’ who joined from the pre-merger Ozannes, handles contentious and non-contentious trust matters for high-net-worth individuals, corporate clients and charities.

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