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Ogier
REDWOOD HOUSE
ST JULIAN'S AVENUE
ST PETER PORT
GY1 1WA
Guernsey
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Sandie Lyne

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Work Department

Dispute Resolution; Restructuring and Insolvency; Trusts Advisory Group

Position

Partner

Career

Sandie is a Guernsey Advocate with extensive experience in commercial and financial dispute resolution, especially contentious trusts, restructuring, insolvency, and regulatory matters. She regularly advises in connection with complex and high value international matters with multi-jurisdictional elements, including acting on the restructuring of Ocean Rig, one of the highest value restructurings on record, during a secondment to Ogier’s Cayman office.
Sandie’s practice encompasses all aspects of commercial and financial dispute resolution with a special focus on cross-border contentious trusts, regulatory matters, insolvency, schemes of arrangement, employment and shareholder disputes. Sandie has acted for trustees, licensed fiduciaries, beneficiaries, high net worth individuals as well as international banks and professional liquidators. She is experienced in advising in connection with complex and high value international matters with multi-jurisdictional elements.
Sandie’s recent cases include:
– advising the trustee in the recent Court of Appeal case In the Matter of the K Trust – this was an application for the construction of the trust instrument in circumstances where the word “share” had been used in the substantive provisions of the trust instrument to refer to a discretionary interest
– advising Four Seasons Health Care, one of the largest independent providers of health and social care services (including care homes) in the United Kingdom in connection with its proposed restructuring. The Guernsey parent company Elli Investments Limited applied to the Royal Court for an Administration Order and was placed into administration on Tuesday 30 April 2019. Continuing to advise the administrators in connection with ongoing matters
– advising a 50% shareholder in Prodefin Trading Ltd v Midland Resources Ltd in connection with an unfair prejudice application and an application to wind up a Guernsey company on the just and equitable basis
– advising personal fiduciary licence holders in connection with Prohibition Orders
– advising former employees in relation to Royal court claims to recover contractual entitlements including redundancy and bonus payments
Admitted in:
2018 – Guernsey
2009 – England and Wales

Memberships

Sandie is a committee member of the Guernsey International Legal Association (GILA) – an informative forum for lawyers practicing in Guernsey, both in-house and in private practice.
Sandie became an associate member of the Association of Contentious Trusts and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS) in 2010.

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Guernsey > Dispute resolution

Ogier is particularly adept at overseeing trust matters, including disputed restructurings and breach of trust claims, but handles a growing caseload of contentious insolvency matters, as well as regulatory and proceeds of crime issues. Mathew Newman heads the team alongside Simon Davies, with the former specialising in restructuring and insolvency disputes and trust matters, while the latter handles a combination of commercial and trust cases. Bryan De Verneuil-Smith maintains a broad practice, covering commercial, insurance and trust disputes, with additional expertise in matters hinging on directors’ duties. Sandie Lyne specialises in trust issues, including the removal of trustees and contentious restructurings. Julia Schaefer joined the practice as a consultant advocate in April 2024.

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