Amy Benest > Baker & Partners LLP > St Helier, Jersey > Lawyer Profile
Baker & Partners LLP Offices
MIDLAND CHAMBERS
2-10 LIBRARY PLACE
ST HELIER
JE1 2BP
Jersey
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Amy Benest
Position
Partner
Career
Amy is a Jersey Advocate and an English Solicitor, who joined Baker and Partners in March 2023. Amy undertakes all aspects of commercial and trusts litigation.
Amy has extensive experience working on a number of high-profile trusts cases, concerning protector powers, trustee disclosure, beneficiaries’ rights and challenges to trustees’ decisions. Before joining Baker and Partners, Amy worked at a full-service law firm in Jersey for 10 years, and before that in the city in London.
Memberships
Amy is a member of the Association of Contentious Trust & Estate Practitioners.
Lawyer Rankings
Jersey > Dispute resolution > Dispute resolution
Litigation boutique Baker & Partners LLP is praised for bringing a ‘creative, practical, and highly experienced’ approach to complex disputes, with international asset recovery, commercial litigation, insolvency and trust disputes forming the key pillars of the practice. Senior partner Stephen Baker
specialises in trust, civil fraud and asset tracing matters, with extensive experience assisting states with the recovery of assets lost through corruption. Simon Thomas frequently acts for the attorney general in criminal matters and is also sought after for shareholder disputes, while William Redgrave‘s practice is centred on obtaining freezing and disclosure orders. Lynne Gregory handles international fraud and asset tracing matters, with further expertise in insolvencies. James Sheedy, who was made partner in February 2022, handles the spectrum of trusts cases. Amy Benest joined the firm from Appleby in March 2023, adding to the team’s funds expertise, and Jared Dann joined the practice in early 2024 from the same firm. Charlie Sorensen moved to 3 Hare Court in November 2022.