Advocate Andrew Laws > Babbé LLP > St Peter Port, Guernsey > Lawyer Profile
Babbé LLP Offices
La Vieille Cour
La Plaiderie
St Peter Port
GY1 1WG
Guernsey
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Advocate Andrew Laws
Work Department
Private Client & Trusts, Financial Services Regulation, Insurance, Employment, Commercial Property
Position
Senior partner; areas of practice include contentious and non-contentious trusts, private clients, financial services regulation, insolvency and commercial property matters. Holder of a personal fiduciary licence issued by the Guernsey Financial Services Commission.
Career
Andrew’s practice focuses on acting for financial institutions from both Guernsey and other
jurisdictions. He has extensive experience of trusts and fiduciary matters and has appeared
in many reported decisions. His practice, both contentious and non-contentious, extends to
trusts, private clients, financial services regulation, insolvency and commercial property matters. He has given expert evidence of matters of Guernsey law in a number of foreign jurisdictions, including the United Kingdom and the United States. He sits on a number of boards and holds other roles including that of co-trustee, enforcer, protector and guardian (of a foundation).
Memberships
Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists; ACTAPS.
INSOL
International Association of Defence Counsel
Education
Reading University; Inns of Court School of Law; Caen University.
Qualified as an Advocate of the Royal Court of Guernsey in 1987.
Leisure
Boating; past chairman of Lord’s Taverners (Guernsey).
Lawyer Rankings
Guernsey > Private client, trusts and tax
The team at Babbé LLP supports HNWIs, trustees, settlors and financial institutions with the setting up of complex wealth management structures, including family offices and trusts. Jointly leading the practice are Andrew Laws, a trusts and fiduciary matters specialist, and Michael Riddiford, whose practice is centred on wills, estate planning and property transactions. Nicholas Robison leads on contentious trusts matters, representing trustees and beneficiaries. Scott McPherson left to work in the funds administration business.