Collas Crill

Michael is a litigation lawyer, specialising in insolvency, regulatory/ public law, trust and other financial services disputes. He is a qualified Guernsey Advocate and BVI Attorney and maintains an active litigation practice in both jurisdictions, having previously acted as head of litigation and managing partner of the firm's BVI office. Since joining Collas Crill in 2009, Michael has taken a leading role in a number of significant and high profile matters, including advising the liquidators of Landsbanki Guernsey Limited in relation to all aspects of the liquidation of the £120 million Guernsey subsidiary of the failed Icelandic Bank, and Sark Electricity Limited in its challenge to the implementation of pricing regulation. Michael is frequently instructed for individuals and companies in disputes with regulatory bodies and state agencies. In 2019, Michael was appointed to a four year term as Chairman of the Complaints Panel of the Administrative Decision Review Board.

Kate is a Partner based in Jersey. She specialises in guiding clients through the regulatory, structural and financing landscape involved in establishing, maintaining and reorganising group investment structures and vehicles. These structures range from fully regulated collective investment funds to large group arrangements and joint venture vehicles, primarily for ultra-high-net-worth (UHNW), entrepreneurial, and high-net-worth (HNW) clients.

Wayne is a qualified Guernsey Advocate and BVI Attorney, working with a broad range of regulated entities and investment funds on fundraising, transaction and investment structuring, commercial contracts and mergers and acquisitions. As one of the leaders of Collas Crill's risk and regulatory team he also regularly advises businesses on regulatory compliance including money-laundering issues, listing rules requirements, competition law, data protection, ESG matters and Guernsey financial services regulation more generally.

Senior Associate. Kirsten is a Senior Associate in the Insolvency and Corporate Disputes team, currently on secondment in our Cayman office. She advises clients on contentious matters in various areas of law, including contractual disputes, torts and general commercial disputes. Kirsten also advises on dispute prevention and risk mitigation measures, such as effective contract drafting and negotiation, and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. She has a particular focus on securing the best solution in the circumstances, whether through litigation or otherwise. Kirsten has a keen interest in the development of the law in relation to financial technology, especially blockchain and other distributed ledger technology. She advises clients on how fintech can be integrated into dispute resolution mechanisms, and on the resolution of disputes within the sphere.

Senior Associate. Kirsten is a Senior Associate in the Insolvency and Corporate Disputes team, currently on secondment in our Cayman office. She advises clients on contentious matters in various areas of law, including contractual disputes, torts and general commercial disputes. Kirsten also advises on dispute prevention and risk mitigation measures, such as effective contract drafting and negotiation, and alternative dispute resolution mechanisms. She has a particular focus on securing the best solution in the circumstances, whether through litigation or otherwise. Kirsten has a keen interest in the development of the law in relation to financial technology, especially blockchain and other distributed ledger technology. She advises clients on how fintech can be integrated into dispute resolution mechanisms, and on the resolution of disputes within the sphere.

Jonathan Barham

Jonathan is a Partner and former English Solicitor, English Barrister and Jersey Advocate. He also sits as a Commissioner of Appeal for Tax. He has more than 20 years’ experience of dealing with all aspects of commercial litigation, encompassing a broad range of business, corporate and insolvency disputes. He has regularly acted for well-known companies, shareholders and office holders, dealing with matters from inception through to trial as a solicitor and appearing before the English and Jersey courts on a broad range of interim applications, trials and appeals. He has also represented clients in mediations and other non-court based dispute resolution processes.

Nicholas Batten

Senior Associate. Nick joined Collas Crill in 2024. He is an experienced commercial litigator who has acted for a mix of public companies, large private corporations and high net worth individuals in the Federal Court of Australia and State Supreme Courts. Nick has nine years' post-admission experience working as a Senior Associate at Herbert Smith Freehills' litigation team in Melbourne. Prior to that, he worked at the boutique litigation firm Arnold Bloch Liebler and before that at MinterEllison in Australia. Nick has experience acting for both Australian and US subsidiaries of Bayer in relation to alleged carcinogenicity of glyphosate-based products in Federal Court of Australia, as well as acting for a 'Big Four' Australian bank and (separately) ASX100 public.

Gareth is a litigation lawyer who specialises in trust, company (including directors' duties), insolvency, professional negligence and other financial services disputes. He also has an active practice in semi-contentious trust matters. A qualified Guernsey Advocate, Gareth is also the firm's Guernsey Managing Partner. Gareth has been involved in a number of trials in the Royal Court of Guernsey and several appeals to the Court of Appeal and Privy Council. He acted for the successful non-executive director defendants in the long running, multi-billion dollar Carlyle litigation that eventually concluded in 2020. He also recently acted for the Registrar of the Chambre de Discipline (the disciplinary body for Advocates) on the first ever appeal of a disciplinary matter to the Court of Appeal, where he was successful

Partner and Local Practice Head of the Real Estate team in the Cayman Islands. Gina’s brand of excellence is well known especially in the Cayman Islands, which she has called home for more than 20 years. She maintains an unblemished reputation for accurately getting the job done, listening to and caring for her clients, seamlessly navigating tight timelines, bringing additional value to transactions and exceeding clients’ expectations. Gina’s breadth of experience includes conveyancing and real property law, probate and estate administration, planning and development law, corporate and commercial law. She represents many of Cayman’s “Class A” banks and also conducts a full real estate practice servicing a wide range of international and local clients. Gina is ranked in Band 2 in Chambers and Partners and recognised as a Leading Individual in Legal 500 2024. She was ranked as Recommended in Who's Who Legal (WWL) in 2024.

Annabel is a Senior Associate who advises on banking and finance transactions (including real estate finance and Islamic finance), mergers and acquisitions, funds and other general corporate and commercial matters. Annabel relocated to BVI in September 2022 after spending four years post-qualification in the firm's Guernsey office. She is admitted to practise as a solicitor in the British Virgin Islands, and England and Wales.

Annabel is a Senior Associate who advises on banking and finance transactions (including real estate finance and Islamic finance), mergers and acquisitions, funds and other general corporate and commercial matters. Annabel relocated to BVI in September 2022 after spending four years post-qualification in the firm's Guernsey office. She is admitted to practise as a solicitor in the British Virgin Islands, and England and Wales.

Daisy Bovingdon

Daisy is an Advocate and Senior Associate in Jersey, specialising in high-value, cross-border commercial litigation. Daisy's particular expertise includes asset recovery and enforcement (including interim relief); corporate and partnership disputes; and insolvency applications and advice. Daisy has a particular passion for ADR, and regularly achieves substantial success for clients through negotiated settlement, and mediation. Working in partnership with Collas Crill's leading regulatory and corporate teams, Daisy routinely advises on issues concerning international tax cooperation treaties, the obligations of corporate services providers and trustees, and the duties of directors.

Dan is a Consultant in the dispute resolution team of Collas Crill in Jersey. He also performs an important role within the Private Client and Trusts team, providing detailed legal research and document due diligence across matters involving complex issues of trust law, historic claims of mismanagement and large volumes of documents is a Group Partner. He is highly experienced in large case management, dealing with high-value, complex commercial and trust litigation through all degrees of contentiousness. Dan is often involved in the larger international disputes, working closely with Damian James on high-end trust and corporate/ financial services cases that involve extended teams of international advisors. While Dan is a member of the Dispute Resolution team, he also performs an important role within the non-contentious private client team, providing detailed legal research and document due-diligence across matters involving complex issues of trust law, historic claims of mismanagement and large volumes of documents.

Partner. Greg is one of the BVI’s most experienced transactional lawyers with more than 15 years' experience in BVI law and more than 20 years of cross-border corporate finance law experience. He joined Collas Crill in 2023. He is a specialist in cross-border corporate and finance transactions with particular expertise in using the progressive corporate laws of the BVI to protect investment into emerging markets thereby promoting project viability. Greg works with a broad spectrum of clients that includes financial institutions, public and private businesses, private equity funds, family offices, high-net-worth individuals and start-ups. He collaborates with international clients on cross-border transactions spanning seed and series capital raising rounds, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions (public and private), corporate reorganisations, IPOs and take privates. In addition to advising on market-leading transactions, he works to maximise investment and sustainability using the BVI Company and BVI Corporate Law to attract multinational investment and reduce corporate risk. Over the years, he has advised many multilateral lending agencies, development financial institutions and private equity firms on their emerging market and frontier market investments. Greg has strong expertise in M&A, joint ventures, shareholding arrangements, public and private equity, group restructurings and secured financings, having advised on many of the BVI's ground-breaking (and record-breaking) transactions.

Jessica Burgess

Jessica is an Associate in Guernsey. She specialises in matters relating to wills, probate and estate administration. She also specialises in capacity matters, advising on local guardianships, lasting powers of attorney matters and also the recognition of foreign equivalents.

Lynne is a Jersey Advocate and a Partner in the Jersey office. She undertakes a wide range of civil, commercial and regulatory matters. She undertakes a wide range of civil and commercial and regulatory matters with particular emphasis on construction disputes, contentious trusts, banking litigation, property and professional negligence claims. Lynne has significant experience representing high-profile clients in a range of contractual and commercial disputes, the team being the favoured advisor for many of Jersey's high net worth individuals and families on their private, property, trust and family disputes.

Angela has been a Partner in our multi-award winning private client and trusts team in Guernsey since 2012. Angela's core strengths are in establishing, reorganising and winding up Guernsey trust and foundation structures (including pension and gratuity schemes) and also assisting trustees in navigating the administration of those structures in accordance with their fiduciary duties. As a former litigator prior to moving to Guernsey, Angela is great at spotting thorny issues early and assisting trustees and beneficiaries to resolve conflict before things escalate into litigation. Day to day, Angela's caseload is very varied. Recently she has established private trust companies and private trustee foundations with multiple underlying trusts and companies for both domestic and international families in conjunction with some of the UK's leading City firms. She has established multi-million dollar pensions and end of service gratuity schemes for multiple UAE companies and she has also assisted trustees in deliberating "momentous decisions" and mediating the interests of warring beneficiaries.

Partner. Rocco leads Collas Crill's market-leading s.238 merger appraisal team and is a highly sought after and trusted advisor to shareholders in merger appraisal disputes. His clients include some of the world's leading investment managers and institutional shareholders. Rocco has unparalleled experience and expertise in merger appraisal litigation and has acted for shareholders in most of the major cases, including 51job, Inc., New Frontier Health Corporation, SINA Corporation, 58.com Limited, Changyou.com Ltd, eHi Car Services Ltd, Bitauto Holdings Limited, China Biologic Products Holdings, Inc., Nord Anglia Education, iKang Healthcare Group, Qunar Cayman Islands Ltd, Zhaopin Limited, and Kongzhong Corporation. He has also advised shareholders on numerous other Cayman Islands mergers which have not proceeded to litigation. Rocco regularly advises shareholders of Cayman Islands companies on a range of matters including disputes against investment funds, derivative actions, and just and equitable winding ups involving minority oppression. Rocco also regularly acts as Cayman Islands counsel in respect of United States securities actions brought by shareholders against Cayman Islands companies. In addition to his shareholder disputes practice, Rocco has a busy insolvency and commercial litigation practice. He acts for creditors, Cayman Islands liquidators and US SEC-appointed receivers.

Ellie is BVI Managing Partner and Head of Financial Services and Regulatory across the Caribbean. Ellie practises BVI and Cayman laws and advises on all elements of corporate, capital markets and banking transactions as well as restructurings. Her clients include leading onshore law firms, private equity investors, major international financial institutions, listed and private companies and British Virgin Islands statutory and public bodies. Ellie has been practising since 2006 and has built a global client base, advising on top-ticket corporate, finance and capital markets transactions in the United States, Asia, Europe and Latin America. Her experience practising and living in Western Europe, the CIS, Asia and the Caribbean brings a nuanced cultural understanding to complex, cross-border transactions with global stakeholders. Ellie has maintained recommendations by Legal 500 and IFLR since 2015. In 2020, she was recommended and recognised by Legal 500 as a 'Leading Individual' and in 2024 she was ranked in Band 4 in Chambers & Partners . She was nominated by peers as Lawyer of the Year in BVI Finance's 2020 Financial Services Awards.

Thomas Cutts-Watson

A qualified Guernsey advocate, Tom specialises in contentious and semi-contentious trust matters, appearing for trustees, beneficiaries, protectors and other power-holders, usually with an international or cross-border element.

Amy is a Senior Associate and Advocate in Guernsey. Her practice encompasses a wide range of work, including criminal, financial services disputes and regulatory. Amy has a wealth of advocacy experience, having spent 10 years working as a criminal lawyer in England and Wales. She assists individuals both at the police station and in Court, specialising in the defence of white collar and general crime. In addition to her criminal practice, Amy assists financial services businesses and their clients in all aspects of legal and regulatory work, including advising on: the formal and informal freezing of funds; the forfeiture of funds; the Guernsey disclosure and consent regime; and the potential regulatory implications of such matters.

Partner. Chantelle has extensive experience with various investment fund structures, including hedge funds, private equity funds, technology and venture capital funds, cryptocurrency funds, segregated portfolio companies and unit trusts. She has worked on a variety of corporate matters including joint ventures, SPACs, corporate restructurings, mergers and acquisitions and migrations. She also advises on regulatory matters, including data protection, economic substance, beneficial ownership, FATCA/CRS, VASP and fintech matters, as well as CIMA enforcement matters for corporate service providers.

Carol is a Senior Associate in the Jersey office. She has experience in all aspects of commercial property transactions particularly commercial lending and borrowing, leasehold matters, development work, commercial sales and acquisitions and corporate support. Carol has previous experience in all aspects of family law, public law proceedings and petty debt claims. Having successfully passed the notary exam in 2024, Carol is waiting to be sworn in as a Notary Public.

Pamela is Jersey Managing Partner. She is an Advocate of the Royal Court of Jersey and a member of the real estate team. Pamela has extensive experience in all aspects of residential and commercial property work, with significant expertise in property development, investment acquisitions and sales, agreements for lease, leasing and lease management, corporate support, banking and development finance and insolvency. She has sat on the board as non-executive director of a number of property companies with substantial UK commercial property assets. She joined Collas Crill in October 2017, having previously worked at offshore law firm Mourant Ozannes and leading UK law firm Pinsent Masons for a number of years. Pamela studied law at the University of Glasgow and qualified as a Solicitor in Scotland in 2003 and is a member of The Law Society of Scotland. She is also Scottish Notary Public (registered with the Foreign & Commonwealth Office).

Partner. Matthew is a Partner in the Insolvency and Corporate Disputes team and is based in the Cayman Islands specialising in high-value and high-profile cross-border commercial litigation, insolvency and restructuring. Matthew has particular expertise in complex cross-border insolvencies and restructurings and regularly advises and represents liquidators and stakeholders in relation to contentious and non-contentious matters, including seeking court assistance for foreign insolvency proceedings. He has regularly advised financial institutions in relation to fraud and asset recovery matters (including obtaining urgent relief such as freezing injunctions and disclosure orders). Prior to moving to Cayman in 2013, Matthew practiced for a number of years as a Barrister in England and Wales, with a focus on complex trust, insolvency and property disputes. He has extensive advocacy experience, having regularly appeared in the High Court and the Court of Appeal. Matthew is listed as a recommended lawyer in Legal 500 2024 and in Band 5 in Chambers and Partners.

Cerisse is a Group Partner in Guernsey. She specialises in all aspects of Guernsey trust and private client law and regularly advises trustees, family offices, high net worth individuals and intermediaries on the creation, restructuring and winding up of trusts and a wide scope of cross-jurisdictional fiduciary transactions. Cerisse has invaluable experience working within a trust company on both legal and direct client matters. She has a broad knowledge of the challenges and pitfalls for trustees plus the practical aspects of trusteeship and requirements of corporate service providers and their clients.

Fritha is a Partner and a Jersey Advocate. She is an experienced litigator who specialises in contentious and semi-contentious trust work and private client disputes. Fritha has extensive experience of complex, high value, multijurisdictional trust disputes and has been involved in some of the largest and most advanced trust litigation to come before the Royal Court in Jersey. In addition to hostile litigation matters, Fritha is regularly involved in applications concerning the blessing of momentous trustee decisions and applications to set aside trusts on grounds of mistake. Fritha is also frequently instructed to provide Jersey trust law advice in the context of high net worth divorces.

Dionne is a Partner in Jersey and a highly skilled litigator with 20 years' experience offering an impressive range of private client expertise to the firm's UHNW client base. Her work focuses on: complex and cross border family matters, advising and representing clients in high value divorce and financial remedy proceedings involving on and offshore assets; child law matters including complex relocation cases and residency matters; negotiating pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements on behalf of clients wishing to protect pre-marital assets, and advising on the protection of family wealth; civil disputes, including contractual disputes, professional negligence and personal injury as well as Landlord and Tenant issues. Dionne was involved in the leading case in Jersey on establishing the prescription period for Voisinage, a customary law doctrine; contentious probate matters; corporate disputes, including asset tracing and enforcement of foreign judgments; criminal litigation, having appeared in a large number of high profile cases, including the first ever prosecution for money laundering in Jersey which went to the Privy Council for determination; cases involving capacity issues including court appointments of Case Delegate (acting to manage the financial affairs of an individual lacking capacity - broadly speaking, the Jersey equivalent to Guardianships) in two particularly complex cases and cases involving the appointment of Tuteur to deal with a minor's property.

Matt is an Advocate in the Jersey office, specialising in financing transactions for international banks, Matt has acted for a wide range of Jersey, UK and European financial institutions, senior and mezzanine lenders. He has particular expertise in the financing and structuring of commercial real estate transactions and loan portfolio sales and acquisitions, alongside experience in fund finance and general banking transactions. Matt also works on a broad range of corporate transactions, including establishing investment vehicles, particularly JPUTs, to acquire a range of assets including real estate, private M&A, group reorganisations and advising listed clients on general company law and corporate governance matters. He advises high net worth individuals and family offices on the reorganisation and redomiciliation of multi-jurisdictional holding structures as well as philanthropic transactions.

Matt is an Advocate in the Jersey office, specialising in financing transactions for international banks, Matt has acted for a wide range of Jersey, UK and European financial institutions, senior and mezzanine lenders. He has particular expertise in the financing and structuring of commercial real estate transactions and loan portfolio sales and acquisitions, alongside experience in fund finance and general banking transactions. Matt also works on a broad range of corporate transactions, including establishing investment vehicles, particularly JPUTs, to acquire a range of assets including real estate, private M&A, group reorganisations and advising listed clients on general company law and corporate governance matters. He advises high net worth individuals and family offices on the reorganisation and redomiciliation of multi-jurisdictional holding structures as well as philanthropic transactions.

Elena is a Group Partner at Collas Crill based in Guernsey. She advises trustees, individuals, financial institutions and family offices in relation to trust, succession planning and regulatory issues.

Associate. Tom is an Associate in the Insolvency and Corporate Disputes team in Cayman. He joined Collas Crill in 2024 and was admitted as an Attorney in the Cayman Islands in September 2024. Tom has experience in advising clients across a wide range of contentious matters, including large-scale litigation, insolvency proceedings, regulatory investigations and prosecutions, commissions of inquiry and alternative dispute resolution.

Jason acts for numerous high net-worth individuals with property portfolios as well as banks, companies and other clients with commercial and residential property portfolios. He also acts for high net-worth individuals moving to Guernsey and sits on the Guernsey Property Forum. In his role as Senior Partner, Jason acts as an ambassador for the Collas Crill group across its offices in Guernsey, Jersey, Cayman and BVI, and helps raise its profile across the globe. As the most senior figure within the firm, Jason is involved in the strategic direction and decision-making of the firm.

Arcadius Gregory

Arcadius is a Senior Associate in Jersey. Arcadius has a broad practice covering private wealth and trust matters. This includes advising on all aspects of inheritance and succession planning, and preparing all types of fully bespoke wills, Lasting Powers of Attorney and trust instruments. Arcadius’s private client practice includes acting on behalf of, and advising, executors and trustees (both professional and individual) and beneficiaries. With more than ten years of private practice experience, Arcadius counts a number of highly successful individuals, entrepreneurs, landowners, farmers and lottery winners among his clients. He is well regarded for his strategic approach to inheritance planning for high-net-worth individuals and their families.

Joshua is a Senior Associate in the BVI team. He has a growing litigation practice ranging from commercial disputes to public law issues. He has experience at the oral and written advocacy experience before the High Court and Court of Appeal. He has assisted with matters before the Privy Council.

Associate. Ciara is an Associate in the Insolvency and Corporate Disputes team in Cayman. Her practice includes commercial litigation across a wide range of financial and commercial disputes relating to investment funds, commercial contracts, economic valuation, shareholder agreements, breaches of director duties and cross-border insolvency. Ciara was awarded the The Recovery and Insolvency Specialists Association (RISA) Rising Star Award in 2021.

Matthew Harders

Senior Associate. Matthew is a highly skilled commercial litigation attorney with a focus on insolvency, restructuring, and debt recovery. He joined Collas Crill's Insolvency and Corporate Disputes team as a Senior Associate in October 2024 and is based in the Cayman Islands. Matthew has substantial experience in all aspects of insolvency, restructuring, financial services and general commercial litigation practice, including complex contractual disputes, shareholder disputes, trusts and trust management, urgent and interlocutory injunctions, winding up and bankruptcy petitions, restructuring and schemes of arrangement, asset recovery, secured and unsecured debt recovery and security enforcement. Matthew practiced in Australia for more than five years before moving to the Cayman Islands in 2023. Previously a Senior Associate in the Insolvency and Litigation team of Thomson Geer Lawyers, Matthew was the only solicitor within Thomson Geer engaged directly by upper management to recover debts owed to the Firm on a national basis, successfully recovering hundreds of thousands of dollars owed to the Firm, slashing the Firm's Bad Debts liability.

Ben is a Guernsey Advocate and Partner of Collas Crill in Guernsey. His practice is focused on contentious and semi-contentious trust work, advising both trustees and beneficiaries and appearing in the Royal Court in Guernsey on those matters. He has a particular interest in the issues around the succession to wealth by the next generation. Recent work: Acting for the beneficiary of a trust in a proposed restructuring of an UHNW family's wealth following a dispute with their trustee. Planning for the splintering-off of our client's interests, and negotiating the necessary protections. Acting for the corporate trustee of a discretionary trust settled for the benefit of the Settlor's children. The Settlor was domiciled in a jurisdiction in which Sharia law would have applied on succession. The trust imported aspects of Sharia law, while also providing for the settlor's daughters. A family dispute resulted in various challenges relating to the trust. Acting for the corporate trustee of a trust during the course of a significant family dispute. The aim was to divide the assets of the trust against a lack of any agreement between the beneficiaries as to how that should be done. Acting for two beneficiaries of a Guernsey trust in an application seeking disclosure of information from the trustees (who were family members) – Patel v Patel (Judgment 36/2016)

Christian is among the leading commercial litigators at the Guernsey Bar with a particular expertise in contentious trust related matters and corporate disputes. He leads a team of talented lawyers across Guernsey, Jersey and Cayman with strong expertise in contentious and non-contentious trust and estate matters. Christian is a CEDR-accredited mediator and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. He regularly acts as mediator or arbitrator in trust, financial services and commercial disputes in Guernsey and Jersey.

Simon is a Group Partner in Guernsey. He advises on all aspects of commercial law, with a particular focus on public equity and debt, banking and finance (including real estate, private client and fund finance), private equity investment and mergers and acquisitions. Simon regularly leads cross border matters involving our Guernsey, Jersey, BVI and Cayman teams and acts as lead counsel to a number of Guernsey based Banks and family offices. Recent highlights: Acting for Credit Agricole in respect of their €50bn Structured Debt Instruments Issuance Programme. Acting for SafeCharge International Group Limited, an AIM Listed company, on its successful $889m takeover by the Nuvei Corporation by way of a Guernsey scheme of arrangement. Advising Pizza Hut UK on the early settlement and de-listing of their TISE listed debt securities as part of their wider CVA. Acting for Intertrust in their €500m bond issuance and the refinance of their existing debt facility. Acting for Ferro-Alloy Resources in their migration from the BVI and joint listing on London and Kazak Stock Exchanges. Acting as lead counsel to a Guernsey family office in the acquisition of two Guernsey commercial real estate companies. Acting for Fairtree Hospitality Real Estate Private Equity Limited Partnership in the refinance of their group's property investment portfolio.

Partner. Zachary is an experienced offshore litigator with significant experience in trusts and financial services litigation, section 238 'fair value' appraisal proceedings and professional indemnity/insurance litigation.Zachary is also experienced in advising and assisting financial institutions that are the subject of regulatory investigations and proposed enforcement actions, and in advising trustees, beneficiaries, settlors, enforcers and protectors in relation to non-contentious and semi-contentious trust matters. Prior to joining Collas Crill, Zachary spent 10 years at another leading offshore law firm in both Guernsey and the Cayman Islands. He has completed the STEP advanced certificate in trust disputes, and has been recognised as 'one to watch' by the prestigious Private Client Global Elite in both 2019 and 2020.

Damian is an experienced litigator who specialises in contentious and semi-contentious trust work and heavyweight commercial litigation. Damian is a member of the Fraud Network and is highly ranked in both the main legal directories. He is listed as a prominent figure in the contentious trust sector and he sits on the board of one of the world's largest litigation funds. The company specialises in funding high profile, multi billion-pound, international group action claims.

David is a Senior Associate in the Guernsey office. He has more than 15 years' experience of general litigation, with a particular focus on contentious wills and estates, as well as high value personal injury and complex medical negligence actions. David advises on all aspects of contentious wills and estates matters, including claims for financial provision under the Inheritance (Guernsey) Law, 2011, challenges to the validity of a Will on the grounds of undue influence, lack of testamentary capacity and want of knowledge and approval, and also contested executorship applications. His personal injury and medical negligence practice sees him accept instructions from both Plaintiffs and Defendants, and has represented some of the largest insurers in the UK. He has a particular focus on high-value RTAs, complex brain injury and birth defect/traumatic birth cases. David is also admitted as solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court in the territory of the Virgin Islands, where he has been heavily involved in providing assistance to our BVI Dispute Resolution Team in a number of significant medical negligence cases being litigated in the BVI High Court

Martin Le Boutillier

Martin is a Jersey Solicitor specialising in all aspects of commercial property and real estate finance in Jersey. He has a particular focus on real estate finance and corporate acquisitions and disposals. Martin has recently acted on a number of high profile developments in Jersey both for developers and funders, as well as in respect of a number of acquisitions and disposals of prestigious office buildings in the heart of St Helier's financial district.

Laura has broad practical experience in the establishment and administration of corporate and trust structures, in addition to her legal expertise both in private practice and in-house.

Ben is an Advocate and Senior Associate in Guernsey. Ben advises on all aspects of commercial law with a particular focus on banking and finance (including real estate finance, Islamic finance and fund finance), mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters. Ben regularly works with our BVI, Cayman and Jersey corporate and trust teams on cross-jurisdictional finance, corporate and trust matters. Ben also assists the Corporate, Finance and Funds team in their other core areas including funds, data protection and risk and regulatory.

Stephen Leontsinis

Stephen is Managing Partner in the Cayman Islands and the Global Head of the Insolvency and Corporate Disputes team. He has a demonstrated history of advocacy in the practice of corporate and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on offshore insolvency and restructuring of companies. Stephen's practice has a strong focus on company law including corporate insolvency; schemes of arrangements; capital reductions; shareholder disputes; director's liability; international asset tracing; the enforcement of foreign judgments; worldwide Mareva injunctions, Anton Piller orders, and Norwich Pharmacal orders. Stephen has significant contentious litigation experience arising from the representation of both liquidators, shareholders and creditors of companies and hedge funds including the claw back of fraudulent conveyances and undue preferences, allegations of investment fraud and investment manager disputes. Since he began heading up our team of Cayman litigators, Stephen has grown the team from two to eight lawyers, all with a strong background in insolvency and restructuring matters. Prior to joining the firm Stephen spent two and a half years in Miami as a member of a boutique litigation firm in the United States which focused on cross border insolvency and trust disputes.

Associate. Dawn is an Associate in the Insolvency and Corporate Disputes team in Cayman, having joined Collas Crill in September 2019.

Counsel. Dave has a broad civil and commercial litigation practice in the BVI, appearing before all Courts in the Territory up to the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal. He specialises in insolvency and restructuring; director and shareholder disputes; contentious probate matters; employment disputes; contentious trusts; and fraud, asset tracing and freezing injunctions.

Bonnie McPartland

Bonnie joined Collas Crill in 2016 and specialises in both non-contentious and contentious trust matters. She enjoys good relationships with local trustees and onshore intermediaries alike, and advises on the establishment and lifecycle administration of Jersey trusts.

David has more than 40 years' experience in corporate law, having practised for 30 years in Guernsey and 10 years in London prior to that. He specialises in corporate finance, insurance, offshore funds, employment law, trusts and regulatory issues and is highly regarded as one of Guernsey's leading corporate lawyers. He is also a non-executive director of a number of investment and insurance companies, both listed and unlisted.

Steve is an associate in Guernsey where he is building a broad practice in corporate advisory, acquisitions, collective investment schemes, payment services regulations and financial services regulation. He has experience and a specific interest in cryptoassets and FinTech applications, particularly with the tokenisation of real-world assets, investment schemes offered to retail consumers and the use of cryptoassets in collective investment vehicles.

Paul Nettleship

Paul heads up the real estate team in Guernsey. He has a broad practice covering local real estate and private client matters. This includes advising on commercial property development, acquisitions, and disposals (both freehold and leasehold); funding and security over real property; planning matters; property disputes; and small business acquisitions and disposals. He acts for landlords, tenants, funders, brokers, P2P lenders, and private and high street banks. As well as Paul's commercial property business, his private client practice includes advising and acting for clients moving to the island, will drafting and inheritance matters, and guardianship issues. He generally oversees the firm's conveyancing practice.

Ben is an Associate in the Guernsey office. He has advised on a number of cases in Guernsey, as well as cross-jurisdictional matters, involving our areas of expertise including: contentious risk and regulatory matters; contentious trusts; insolvency and restructuring; debt enforcement; and corporate, director and shareholder disputes. Ben previously gained experience at the firm as a paralegal and trainee solicitor where he completed seats in the firm's Corporate, Finance and Funds, International Private Client and Trusts and UK Property teams, as well as the Dispute Resolution team.

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David has more than 40 years' experience in corporate law, having practised for 30 years in Guernsey and 10 years in London prior to that. He specialises in corporate finance, insurance, offshore funds, employment law, trusts and regulatory issues and is highly regarded as one of Guernsey's leading corporate lawyers. He is also a non-executive director of a number of investment and insurance companies, both listed and unlisted. David has acted for trustees, investment banks and beneficiaries in contentious or semi-contentious matters, such as defending trustees against claims for breach of trust, acting in relation to variations of trust and advising trustees and beneficiaries on their obligations and rights in respect of the trusts. Recent public matters include: Walker et al –v- Egerton-Vernon et al in which David acted for one of the former trustees of a settlement established by the late entrepreneur Jack Walker in defending a claim in excess of £100 million (and settled on confidential terms). Corporate Disputes David advises directors, shareholders and corporate service providers on contentious corporate matters such as shareholder or board disputes, claims against directors and advice on issues such as potential conflicts of interest. Recent work includes acting for the Independent Directors in Carlyle Capital Corporation Limited (in liquidation) and ors –v- Conway Jr and ors in their successful defence of a claim for in excess of $1 billion brought by the liquidators of Carlyle Capital Corporation Limited (in liquidation).

Andrew is a Partner in our Cayman team. Andrew has extensive experience in complex commercial litigation, with a focus on contentious and non-contentious trust and estate disputes, many of which have a multi-jurisdictional element. He regularly acts for trustees, settlors, protectors, enforcers and beneficiaries and he also advises on regulatory matters.

Alexander Price

Alexander is a Senior Associate in Jersey. He advises on matters of both Jersey and British Virgin Islands law and has a broad understanding of both conventional and Islamic forms of finance. Although he regularly acts for conventional lending institutions, Alexander specialises in cross-border Islamic financing transactions which involve offshore entities structured in a Shariah-compliant manner. He has acted for Islamic banks and financial institutions, in both the UK and the Middle East, for over nine years and is familiar with a range of Shariah-compliant products. Alexander also acts for investors (both individuals and institutional) looking to obtain financing, and structure their investments, through offshore entities.

Shaela is Counsel in the Cayman team.

Harry Rasmussen

Counsel. Harry is an offshore litigator with experience in managing high-profile, high-value, complex commercial disputes, including through to trial. He specialises in shareholder disputes, including s.238 'fair value' appraisal proceedings. Harry has more than a decade's experience managing complex cross-border litigation, including high-profile insolvency and restructuring mandates. Routinely acting for the world's pre-eminent investment managers and institutional shareholders, he is a leading and trusted advisor to clients dealing with s.238 merger appraisal disputes and has acted on the most prominent and high-value matters to come before the Cayman courts. Harry's experience includes advising the largest ever group of dissenting shareholders litigating the c.$9billion privatisation of 58.com; and the largest body of dissenting shareholders in the matter of Nord Anglia, successfully securing hundreds of millions of dollars at trial. Before moving to the Cayman Islands, Harry worked in England at some of the world's largest law firms, focussing on risk management, litigation, and investigations for household-name commercial clients, governments, and local authorities. He joined Collas Crill in 2024. Harry is listed by Legal 500 2020 as a 'key lawyer'. He is presently engaged on several multi-billion-dollar s.238 appraisal disputes proceedings through the Cayman court. Harry is conversant with the key principles underpinning expert valuation and has successfully completed the Harvard (online) Certificate in Financial Analysis and Valuation for Lawyers.

Nin is a Group Partner in Guernsey. She is a well established dispute resolution practitioner with a loyal client base comprising finance services businesses and those from other regulated sectors, spanning risk and regulatory, corporate disputes and contentious trust matters many of which have multi-jurisdictional/international elements. She leads the risk and regulatory team in Guernsey to deliver a seamless offering to clients with complex and varied needs. Nin works closely with the Jersey-based risk and regulatory team to ensure that clients with a presence across the Channel Islands are able to receive a blended Channel Islands service. Nin has a strong sanctions practice that extends across transactional, advisory and contentious matters and is an expert in this legally complex and important developing area of practice. Nin has an established international network where clients require cross-jurisdictional sanctions advice.

Jason is Collas Crill's Group Managing Partner. He is responsible for setting and implementing the group's strategy together with the Strategy Board and Management Committee. Jason has been a partner of the firm since 2007, became Managing Partner in Guernsey in 2010 then Group Managing Partner in 2012. He led the firm's mergers in the Channel Islands, Cayman and BVI. Jason has been instrumental in evolving Collas Crill's brand to challenge the 'traditional law firm' attitude with a focus on exceeding client expectations and reflecting the firm's core value of being easy to do business with. He has completed a number of leadership programmes including Leading Professional Service Firms with Harvard Business School and Professional Service Firm Leader with Cambridge Judge Business School. Previously, Jason worked for 'magic circle' firm Linklaters. Before joining Collas Day in 2007, he was Director of Legal and Regulatory Affairs at Cable & Wireless in Guernsey. Jason relocated to Jersey in 2019.

Jason is Collas Crill's Group Managing Partner. He is responsible for setting and implementing the group's strategy together with the Strategy Board and Management Committee. Jason has been a partner of the firm since 2007, became Managing Partner in Guernsey in 2010 then Group Managing Partner in 2012. He led the firm's mergers in the Channel Islands, Cayman and BVI. Jason has been instrumental in evolving Collas Crill's brand to challenge the 'traditional law firm' attitude with a focus on exceeding client expectations and reflecting the firm's core value of being easy to do business with. He has completed a number of leadership programmes including Leading Professional Service Firms with Harvard Business School and Professional Service Firm Leader with Cambridge Judge Business School. Previously, Jason worked for 'magic circle' firm Linklaters. Before joining Collas Day in 2007, he was Director of Legal and Regulatory Affairs at Cable & Wireless in Guernsey. Jason relocated to Jersey in 2019.

Nuno Santos-Costa

Nuno is one of the most highly regarded Jersey advocates. He has over 30 years' experience and his profile has resulted in Collas Crill attracting some of the island's best known and most complex, top-flight litigation work. Nuno's experience, at the highest level, is extensive and he has been instructed by a wide variety of clients, ranging from international financial institutions to countries. He specialises in commercial litigation and regularly represents clients in highly complex and important trust, contract and fraud cases many of which are now leading cases in their areas of law. The favoured advisor for many of Jersey's wealthiest families on their private, property and trust disputes, he has appeared in many substantial Jersey cases including acting for the first defendant in the Alhamrani trusts litigation, Jersey's biggest ever litigation dispute.

Joanne heads up our wills and estates team in Guernsey, having led an international offshore private client practice for more than 10 years. Joanne specialises in estate planning and advising on inheritance matters, focusing on complex wills for both local and non-resident individuals. She advises on all aspects of estate administration, from undertaking executorships, advising on Guernsey's probate procedures, dealing with intestacies (where someone has died without a will), to preparing instruments of variation and obtaining Guernsey grants of probate and representation. Joanne and her team also advise upon local guardianships and powers of attorney, and the recognition of foreign equivalents, property matters with estate connections and a variety of other private client matters. Joanne also acts as the Primary Deputy Registrar of the Ecclesiastical Court of Guernsey which oversees the issuing of documentation such as grants of representation and local marriage licences. Advising UHNW individual (GBP £700+ million) in relation to his estate planning and potential claims against his estate post death. Acting as lead advisor for UHNW client with assets in C.I., South Africa and Scotland co-ordinating multi jurisdiction team of lawyers and tax advisors in relation to lifetime succession planning and involving trusts, foundations and will drafting. Acting for HNW individual (GBP £75+ million) in relation to estate planning and the establishment of trust structures over Guernsey, Canadian and French company assets. Acting as Attorney for HNW individual with physical incapacity (management of assets with value in excess of £2+ million).

James is a Partner and joined Collas Crill in January 2024. James is an English barrister and Jersey Advocate and has a busy practice with a particular focus on contentious and non-contentious trust work. James advises, undertakes drafting work, and acts for beneficiaries, trustees and other power-holders in relation to: Breach of trust claims, asset tracing/recovery and claims for secondary liability against accessories. Issues concerning trust administration, the appointment and removal of trustees and the exercise of powers. Applications to court for directions, the variation and rectification of trusts and the disclosure of information to beneficiaries and third parties. Jurisdiction disputes and the enforcement of foreign judgments against trustees and beneficiaries. Issues concerning trustees’ rights of indemnity, fees and legal cost. James also advises in relation to a broad range of contentious commercial and company law disputes.

Khetha is an Associate in the Jersey office. He is an accomplished corporate attorney with extensive experience in general corporate and commercial law, due diligence, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions transactions and regulatory matters across a broad spectrum of industries including mining, infrastructure, pharmaceutical, telecommunications, renewable energy and the public sector. Khetha also has strong expertise in structuring and negotiating a wide variety of contracts, agreements, transactions and legal relationships.

Laura is an Associate in Guernsey, having first joined the firm as a trainee solicitor in September 2021. She qualified as a Solicitor of England and Wales in 2023.

Karen specialises in high-value, cross-border insolvency and commercial litigation. She routinely advises on issues concerning insolvency, shareholder disputes, and directors' duties. Her expertise includes asset recovery and enforcement; corporate and partnership disputes; and insolvency applications. Karen regularly advises directors, limited partners and insolvency practitioners. She also advises on professional negligence claims involving directors; trustees; solicitors; and construction professionals.

Natascha Steiner-Smith

Counsel. Natascha has a wide range of experience in commercial litigation and international arbitration. Her practice is focused on complex multi-jurisdictional disputes arising out of commercial contracts, shareholders agreements as well as disputes involving financial institutions and high net-worth individuals. She regularly advises shareholders, insolvency practitioners, banks and energy companies in cross-border proceedings. Natascha also has experience acting in section 238 fair value appraisal proceedings.

Justina Stewart

Justina is a Partner specialising in complex, cross-border litigation and arbitration. She has particular expertise in corporate insolvency, shareholder and partnership disputes, civil fraud, asset recovery and enforcement, banking and finance and fund disputes, and digital assets disputes.

Emma is an Advocate and Senior Associate in Guernsey. Emma advises on all aspects of commercial dispute resolution with a particular focus on contentious and semi-contentious trust matters. She regularly advises corporate trustees and beneficiaries alike on the full spectrum of trust disputes from breach of trust claims to information requests. In addition to trust matters, Emma regularly assists clients in respect of commercial disputes and contentious risk and regulatory matters, including enforcement action. Emma also has considerable experience acting for Insured parties.

James is a Partner in Guernsey. James advises on all aspects of commercial dispute resolution with a particular focus on insolvency matters. He regularly advises insolvency practitioners, creditors and directors alike on all aspect of insolvency matters from appointments to directions applications. Additionally, James has experience in contentious trusts matters. James advises on all aspects of commercial dispute resolution with a particular focus on insolvency matters. He regularly advises insolvency practitioners, creditors and directors alike on all aspect of insolvency matters from appointments to directions applications. Additionally, James has experience regarding other matters in the core areas of the Dispute Resolution team including Corporate Disputes and Contentious Trusts.

Senior Associate. Alistair is a real estate lawyer providing both commercial and residential advice across a wide range of matters including acquisitions and disposals, insolvency, development funding and lettings. He is experienced in acting for developers, administrators, investors, lenders, landlords and tenant. Alistair has more than 10 years' experience in the real estate sector. Originally based in the UK, Alistair worked at DWF and then Shoosmiths acting for a wide range of clients managing transactions between £200k to £20m+ including a large number of Yorkshire-based private rental sector schemes.

Daniel is of Counsel in the Jersey team. He specialises in all aspects of Jersey corporate, banking and trust law.

Conor advises on all aspects of corporate law, including advising on trademark and probate matters. He is currently on secondment from the BVI to the firm's Jersey office. Prior to joining Collas Crill in 2015, Conor worked as a Solicitor in the banking and finance department of a major international firm in Dublin, Ireland. Conor was promoted to Senior Associate in January 2023.

Nick is a Partner in the Jersey office. He has more than 30 years’ legal experience, including over 20 years offshore. He has significant expertise advising on the full range of legal, commercial and regulatory issues relevant to the establishment, operation and financing of Jersey vehicles ranging from companies and partnerships through to trusts and foundations.

Paul advises on all elements of investment fund establishment, regulation and downstream transactional work. His clients include venture capital, private equity, real estate and hedge fund managers based in the key fund markets of London, New York and Asia with a fast-growing following in South Africa. Always having taken a commercially-minded approach, in 2021 Paul moved to a consultancy role with the firm alongside an external position as founding partner of a venture capital firm. This brings unique and invaluable experience and perspective to the team in advising fund managers.