Collas Crill > St Peter Port, Guernsey > Firm Profile

‘Jason Green is the partner that we deal with on almost a weekly basis, he has an excellent knowledge of the Guernsey property sector along with a very good commercial understanding of the sector. Collas Crill have an excellent property team.’

‘Jason is very responsive and understands some of the complex issues that we deal with. All of our property work in Guernsey is undertaken by Jason Green.’

‘We work closely with them on a number of projects and have mutual clients, so its a very collaborative approach, which we like.’

‘Paul Nettleship and Jason Green are good to work with, professional, responsive and pragmatic, which is important.’

‘Access to Partner level service. Efficient. Feel very comfortable that they know both our particular business and the sector we operate in.’

‘Paul Nettleship and Jason Green both know our business well and deal with requests efficiently’

‘Innovative in their approach to commercial transactions. Comprehensive and practical advice on all aspects of property development. Willing to provide free advice as part of a viability review team, minimising front end risk. Access is available directly to the experience required at the time. All of this is important in the world of commercial property development and confidence in the advice provided is essential.’

‘Ben Havard is a proactive, prompt, transparent, strategic thinker.’

‘More proactive and involved in substance of the case than one sometimes sees with offshore firms. Well integrated as part of an international team and not just a “postbox”. The team knows its market well’

‘The partner involved in our case was Gareth Bell. Whilst the case was long and drawn out Gareth kept us in focus at all times. It was also with Gareth’s help that insurers were convinced that payment was required from them. Whilst not wishing to go through a similar process Gareth made the process Come to a conclusion is quickly and efficiently as possible’

‘Great interaction with clients, fee transparency and service.’

‘An excellent offering from a number of key jurisdictions, Collas Crill regularly appear in the largest cases and provide an exceptional service which mixes client care, expertise, experience and commerciality.’

‘David O’Hanlon brings clears-sightedness, good sense and commerciality to difficult cases and handles them with skill.’

‘The sheer expertise of this team is fantastic. They have breadth and depth if knowledge which, when combined with superb client relationship skills, means they are top of their game.’

‘Nin Ritchie is my go to sanctions and compliance expert at Collas Crill. She is supremely clever and has a maturity in her approach to clients that is very much appreciated. Her ability to collaborate is also a key skill. Whenever there is a CI nexus, I will go to Nin.’

‘A very strong property team.’

‘Martin Le Boutillier and Pamela Doherty are extremely strong with excellent technical knowledge and client focus. Both have been involved on a number of high profile recent transactions. Carol Doherty is a very good addition to the team.’

‘Extremely personable. Client friendly in the terminology they use especially with clients unfamiliar in dealing with lawyers. Always happy to pick up the phone and answer any queries or explain contracts. Offer advice and always use best practice. A very good firm to work with.’

‘Pamela Doherty is very approachable and helpful and will always respond to an email or phone call when she can. We enjoy working with the Collas Crill team very much and always look forward to releasing new developments for sale and having them on board as our go to panel lawyers’

‘High quality Senior Team dealing with commercial property. Very receptive and personal.’

‘Pamela Doherty and Martin Le Boutillier, both partners and very efficient in dealing with complex matters. Good at communication with clients and agents.’

‘In Jersey Nuno Santos Costa is a superb advocate, his cross examination is excellent and he is a ken tactician. Sam Williams is phenomenally bright and a very attractive advocate: the Court loves him. Kirsten Bailey is exceptionally clever and good with clients.’

‘The team consists of experienced lawyers who thoroughly understand dispute resolution. The advice they give and case management is first rate. They are also a pleasure to work with.’

‘Nuno Santos-Costa is an astute, practical lawyer, who provides excellent wise counsel. He really gets to the nub of a case quickly, and easily grasps the technical, commercial matters. He is a first class litigator. Lynne Calder continues to impress, she is smart, tenacious and a great strategist. She manages difficult technical cases with ease, her drafting is impeccable. She really is a great asset to have on your side in a dispute. Kirsten Bailey’s work is simply excellent, she has an innate ability to subsume information, process it and produce exceptional product. She definitely has a bright future ahead of her.’

‘The team, from junior associates to partner, are commercially-focused and all over the detail. They are able to produce concise, easily-digestible memoranda quickly and efficiently, and which are always greatly appreciated by the client.’

‘I have been very impressed with Partner Simon Hurry. He is extremely responsive, commercially sensible and a pleasure to work with generally. He will be my first port of call for any Jersey-related matters going forward.’

‘I have worked on a variety of contentious matters with this team over the years. Commercial and pragmatic, achieving great results for the client without the need to “go for the jugular”’

‘Damian James – my primary contact in the DR practice. A pleasure to work with. He has a calm, quiet manner and immediately gets to the heart of the issue.’

‘Agile, user friendly, team players, highly experienced.’

‘The team are very knowledgeable and work as a team. They are responsive and always meet expectations, communicate well and do so at a competitive cost.’

‘Wayne Atkinson has a particularly pragmatic approach backed up by an in depth knowledge and excellent coordination and communication skills.’

‘Great people to work with. They take the time to know our team and our mutual clients. Very helpful that they are able to provide Channel Islands and BVI advice in the London time-zone.’

‘Simon Heggs is our go-to partner for Guernsey law finance transactions and he is a pleasure to work with.’

‘Knowledge in their field, jurisdiction and in Islamic finance generally.’

‘Ben Le Page – I have worked with Ben for a number of years on transactions involving Guernsey elements. Ben is great to work with – he provides concise, easy to understand advice and always works efficiently in order to meet the client’s deadlines. Ben is very knowledgeable in his field and I can highly recommend him to others.’

‘I have worked most closely with the Collas Crill team based in the Guernsey office. I have found them to be very personable and easy to get on with. They understand their market and know what onshore counsel require when we instruct them for transactions with a Guernsey element. Another area that they are good at is identifying potential road blocks or red flags on a transaction that are unique to Guernsey and would not necessarily be picked up by an onshore lawyer.’

‘The person whom I have worked with most closely for the past year is Ben Le Page. I have found Ben to be responsive to emails and has helped to turn around transactions with tight deadlines. One aspect that I have found Ben to be very good at is notifying me early on about any changes to fees and scope. This allows me to then have the necessary conversations with the client at an earlier stage.’

‘Collas Crill has a number of Partners specialising in capital markets work and offers an excellent, very responsive partner-led service.’

‘Wayne Atkinson, Paul Wilkes, Simon Heggs are all very strong and responsive’

‘I find Collas Crill to be very responsive. They are also experienced in capital markets transaction and understand their role and the what is required of them. We find they are cheaper and easier to deal with than some other offshore firms.’

‘I work with Simon Heggs on quite a few capital markets transactions. He is very responsive and able to source other colleagues in other jurisdictions where required. He also provides practical advice and does not try to unnecessarily over complicate matters.’

‘They are very responsive.’

‘I have worked with Simon Heggs. He is a very smart and enthusiastic lawyer.’

‘Team works to individual strengths and individuals are not afraid to pass matters on to more appropriately experienced colleagues. This said, they tend to maintain a watching brief rather than just delegating and forgetting, which maintains a good service level and stops matters being “lost”. In terms of billing, we have found the team to be consultative where costs have exceeded initial estimates and have not seen excessive charging.’

‘Simon Heggs is a main point of contact and has impressed in terms of his engagement and management of matters, including where he has passed elements of work on to his colleagues.’

‘Strong corporate offering for Guernsey firm; domestic expertise (not simply servicing off-shore clients) as demonstrated by work leading the way on cannabis opportunities in Guernsey.’

‘Paul Wilkes, Wayne Atkinson, Simon Heggs all give great advice and act as trusted advisers to clients.’

‘Approachable, responsive and value for money’

‘Simon Heggs – super approachable, commercial yet incredibly transparent and good value for money. An all round good guy and leader in his field.’

‘The CC team are consummate legal professionals who are readily accessible on a fast response basis with a highly personalised client engagement style and approach. Having a single senior partner lead as prime contact means each new piece of advice work is assessed and allocated quickly to the relevant experienced senior advocate to provide quality initial response advice and for an early plan to be formed. Speed is so important these days.’

‘Highly qualified, experienced, knowledgeable, with full understanding of our, as the client, business model and of our strategic corporate approach to legal matters. CC senior lawyers have formed deep relationships with our Board and Execs.’

‘Angela Calnan is readily understands case needs and delivers promptly – great trust knowledge Cerisse Fisher – excellent supporting act – same attributes.’

‘Collas Crill is known for its expertise in all things offshore and I have no hesitation in referring to them if we need private client and corporate expertise in the relevant jurisdiction.‘

‘The team always goes the extra mile to meet demanding client timescales, easily contactable and great market knowledge.’

‘Alexander Price is our go to contact for collating fee quotes and to RFPs across the jurisdictions of Jersey, Guernsey, BVI and Cayman Islands.’

‘Collas Crill are responsive, diligent and efficient. They are also price sensitive.’

‘Mike Williams is uniquely helpful and considered. Alex Price is is always helpful’

‘Always helpful in providing guidance.’

‘Alexander Price, has always been key in providing professional and key advice.’

‘Alexander and Mike very hands on and client focused.’

‘The Collas Crill team have a very hands on approach and like to understand the holistic picture when it comes to clients and their objectives. They are collaborators in the truest sense and combined with their strong technical skills and desire to provide a first class client service, they are firm we enjoy working with.’

‘I have worked mainly with Sam Sturrock, Group Partner, on a variety of client structures from corporate finance deals to debt listings to first time fund set ups. Sam is a pleasure to deal with, always available and very personable. Sam is person who likes to add value to client engagements, he thinks about issues outside of the box and often those not yet on the client’s radar, helping him to become a trusted partner.’

‘We value Sam’s responsiveness, his thorough approach to finding achievable solutions to client problems, his accuracy and his reliability. He is very knowledgeable and and through proactive engagement, he manages expectations.‘

‘Collas Crill provided us with jurisdiction-specific advice in a specialized field in connection with an investment in a venture capital fund based in Jersey. They were able to provide the exact services we needed in the fund formation space.’

‘The were extremely responsive and their in-depth knowledge of the fund space was invaluable to us.’

‘Professional, efficient, trustworthy.’

‘I worked with Sam quite often and he is a great person to work with. Always responds in a helpful and timely manner and is able to deal with complex situations.’

‘Strong support of the team to diversity especially gender as female are leading especially in private practice. Very committed and always available teams with strong capabilities to identify and address clients needs in most efficient and speedy way.’

‘Kellyann Ozouf is a key and strong practice we not only within the firm but in the Jersey market. On top of being a tough litigator and to the point advocate she is a true pleasure to work with. Full of energy she has strong communication skills.’

‘They are a very experienced team of motivated employees. They think outside the box and are a pleasure to work with.’

‘Laura Perkins is highly experienced and acts in the best interest of her clients. She is a very professional and trustworthy advisor. Laura sees the wider picture and is very pragmatic.’

‘Responsive, commercial and understand the needs and challenges faced by the corporate service provider.’

‘We needed legal advice and representation in Jersey at short notice. Collas Crill was recommended to us by our solicitor in London. I found the team at Collas Crill very responsive, all it took was one phone call, and I was signposted to the relevant partner who called me back to take some details to ensure there were no conflict of interest and made us fully aware of the terms of engagement.’

‘Easy to work with, friendly, responsive, highly motivated and extremely competent.’

‘Kellyann Ozouf is simply one of the best lawyers I have ever worked with – incredibly intelligent and a pleasure to work with.’

‘Very approachable and one of the only teams in Guernsey with the real depth and knowledge to launch and maintain investment funds.’

‘Strong technical funds team and responsive.’

‘Collas Crill is my preferred offshore law firm. They are very focussed, responsive, cost conscious and pro active. Every funds lawyer I worked with at Collas Crill was extremely technically able. They offer a very commercial approach and add value.’

‘Wayne Atkinson is a very thoughtful lawyer who sees a big picture without neglecting minutiae. Very experienced.’

‘Wayne and Gareth managed to create a structure and framework from scratch and get a regulator to approve it. Their willingness to take on this piece of work and execute it makes them stand out.’

‘We were referred to this practice to support with Jersey law aspects of an transaction involving a target business which was incorporated in Jersey’

‘Hands-on, direct, pragmatic, easily accessible, clear communication, knowledgeable.’

‘Very commercial and responsive and strength in depth. Excellent service and good value compared with the larger firms. Good experience of working with them in Jersey, Guernsey, BVI and Caymans.’

‘Mike Williams in Jersey is particularly good.’

‘The Collas Crill team have a very hands on approach and like to understand the holistic picture when it comes to clients and their objectives. They are collaborators in the truest sense and combined with their strong technical skills and desire to provide a first class client service, they are firm we enjoy working with.’

‘I have worked mainly with Sam Sturrock, Group Partner, on a variety of client structures from corporate finance deals to debt listings to first time fund set ups. Sam is a pleasure to deal with, always available and very personable. Sam is person who likes to add value to client engagements, he thinks about issues outside of the box and often those not yet on the client’s radar, helping him to become a trusted partner.’

‘We value Sam’s responsiveness, his thorough approach to finding achievable solutions to client problems, his accuracy and his reliability. He is very knowledgeable and and through proactive engagement, he manages expectations.‘

‘Collas Crill provided us with jurisdiction-specific advice in a specialized field in connection with an investment in a venture capital fund based in Jersey. They were able to provide the exact services we needed in the fund formation space.’

‘The were extremely responsive and their in-depth knowledge of the fund space was invaluable to us.’

‘Professional, efficient, trustworthy.’

‘I worked with Sam quite often and he is a great person to work with. Always responds in a helpful and timely manner and is able to deal with complex situations.’