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Rajah Abusrewil

Rajah Abusrewil

Rajah Abusrewil leads the Jersey Private Capital & Trusts group and advises local and international fiduciaries, family offices and ultra-high net worth individuals on wealth structuring and asset protection. With over 20 years of experience in both private practice and in house, she delivers bespoke solutions for international families and family offices on establishing, managing, and winding up trusts, foundations, and related structures across Jersey, Guernsey, and Bermuda law. Rajah leads the Middle East desk for the Channel Islands, focusing on international business development in the Middle East, coordinating with multiple offices. Rajah is the Deputy Chair of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Jersey Branch, and she regularly speaks in the Middle East, London, Jersey and Bermuda.
Victoria Barclay

Victoria Barclay

Victoria Barclay is an associate in Walkers' Insolvency and Dispute Resolution team in Jersey. Victoria advises on general civil and commercial litigation, trust disputes and both contentious and non-contentious insolvency and restructuring matters. She has a background in commercial dispute resolution, having handled cases in the Court of Session in Scotland and the High Court and County Courts in England. She also possesses experience advising financial institutions and insolvency practitioners on contentious and non-contentious insolvency matters.
Nichola Brennan

Nichola Brennan

Nichola Brennan is part of the Walkers' Private Capital & Trusts group based in Jersey and specialises in non-contentious trust, foundation and family office matters in a private wealth context. With over 15 years of experience, Nichola advises on the establishment, operation and ongoing administration of private client structures, including discretionary trusts, settlor reserved power trusts, charitable and non-charitable purpose trusts, private trust companies and foundations. She also advises in connection with employee benefit and pension trusts, as well as philanthropic and charitable structures. Nichola's clients include trustees, high net worth individuals, family offices and charitable organisations.
Tatiana Collins

Tatiana Collins

Tatiana advises on a range of funds, corporate and regulatory matters as part of our Investment Funds & Corporate Practice Group in Jersey. Tatiana mainly works with clients in Europe, the US and the Channel Islands advising them on funds and corporate transactions including: establishing, managing, restructuring and liquidating various types of funds and corporate structures tax and regulatory matters structured acquisitions disposing of assets across Europe financing and re-financing arrangements She also has significant experience with venture capital, real estate and private equity funds. Tatiana has been in private practice since 2009 in Jersey, London, Cayman and Frankfurt, and is admitted in Jersey, Cayman and England & Wales. She speaks fluent English, Slovak and Czech and advanced German.
Alexandra Corner

Alexandra Corner

Alexandra Corner is a partner in Walkers' Jersey Banking & Finance team focusing on real estate finance, fund finance and debt capital markets. She is the Practice Group Head for Walkers' Banking & Finance team across Jersey and Guernsey and has been working offshore for more than 20 years. Alexandra has been admitted in Jersey since 2003 and has practised both in the Island and in the City. Alexandra is recognised by both Chambers UK and Legal 500 as a Banking & Finance lawyer, with Chambers citing client feedback that she is "knowledgeable, responsive and pragmatic".   Her areas of specialism include complex real estate finance instructions, subscription lines and other fund finance matters and debt capital markets work include note issuances, repackagings, and securitisations.
Craig De Bruyn

Craig De Bruyn

Craig de Bruyn is an Associate in Walkers' Insolvency and Dispute Resolution team in Jersey. He advises on contentious and non-contentious insolvency and restructuring matters, having practised at an international law firm and a boutique restructuring firm onshore. Craig has experience of working with Insolvency Practitioners, including advising on the collection of assets and related administration in liquidations, directors' duties in distressed situations, and on matters relating to enforcement and creditor claims. He has worked on major insolvencies and restructuring assignments involving entities in the construction, natural resources and tech industries.
Adam Diamond

Adam Diamond

Adam Diamond is a Senior Associate in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate Practice Group, advising on all matters relating to the launch, operation and restructuring of investment funds, and particularly on private and listed funds. Having previously practiced in the funds team of a leading law firm in London, Adam has experience of both onshore and offshore practice working with English, Jersey, Guernsey and Cayman structured funds. He has also spent time on secondment, working as legal counsel for a US investment manager.
Ruth Donnellan

Ruth Donnellan

Ruth Donnellan is a member of Walkers Investment Funds and Corporate Law team with experience of advising on complex M&A deals and on all aspects of corporate advice under Jersey law. Ruth works with onshore counsel to advise clients on Jersey law aspects of cross-border M&A transactions, as well as corporate restructuring, reorganisations and migrations. She has also advised on M&A deals involving regulated financial services businesses in Jersey, and on transactions involving Special Purpose Acquisition Companies. Ruth advises on bespoke regulatory issues including questions around economic substance. Ruth has also advised start-ups on funding and subscription arrangements.
Kirsten Faichnie

Kirsten Faichnie

Kirsten Faichnie is a Partner in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate practice group, advising on a range of funds and corporate matters. She has been in private practice since 2010, and has worked in London and in Jersey, with experience across the full life-cycle of investment funds matters, corporate and M&A advice, and real estate structuring and financing. Kirsten is a Jersey Advocate with experience of significant restructuring matters in respect of property holding structures and family investment portfolios, as well as advising on end-of-life solutions for investment funds.
Tom Frost

Tom Frost

Tom advises on a wide range of funds and corporate law matters and he is an associate in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate group. Tom has experience across private funds, hedge funds, structured finance, and derivatives. He advises clients on a broad range of fund‑related and corporate law matters, supporting investment managers, and financial institutions throughout the lifecycle of their structures. His experience includes assisting with the formation, structuring, and ongoing operation of investment funds, as well as advising on related corporate, regulatory, and transactional issues.
Bradley Gibb

Bradley Gibb

Bradley Gibb is a senior associate in Walkers' Insolvency and Dispute Resolution team in Jersey. His experience includes all manner of contentious and non-contentious insolvency and trust matters, and he has advised a variety of clients including trustees, beneficiaries and insolvency practitioners. Bradley has advised on a variety of high value trust disputes often working with law firms and intermediaries in other jurisdictions as part of an international strategy, including Protector removal applications, insolvent trusts, mistake applications and more. In the field of insolvency Bradley's experience includes advising lenders on the enforcement of debts and assisting insolvency practitioners managing high value and complex instructions that require co-ordination across numerous jurisdictions. As part of his practice Bradley regularly advises on directors' duties and all manner of corporate disputes.
Kevin Grové

Kevin Grové

As a Senior Counsel in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate group, Kevin has extensive experience in advising on a wide range of Jersey corporate law matters. Kevin's experience covers the full spectrum of Jersey corporate law matters, including private equity transactions, international and cross-border mergers, schemes of arrangement, real estate transactions, joint ventures, corporate restructurings and corporate finance. While Kevin works primarily with the London market, he has a broad range of international and local clients – and has acted for vendors, buyers, sponsors and targets across all types of public and private corporate transactions.
Louise Hamilton

Louise Hamilton

Louise Hamilton is a Partner in Walkers' Jersey Banking & Finance Practice Group, specialising in real estate financing, general secured lending and Sharia compliant and acquisition financing matters in particular. Louise is a Jersey Advocate who regularly acts for leading global financial institutions, corporations, private equity houses and sovereign wealth funds, and is recognised by Legal 500. Working with partners and Senior Counsel across Walkers' European offices, Louise also plays a lead role in developing Walkers' relationships with Scottish clients and intermediaries.
Jonathan Heaney

Jonathan Heaney

Jonathan specialises in M&A transactions, private equity deal structuring, corporate real estate transactions and investment fund matters. He has been the Managing Partner of the Jersey office since 2014 and is also a member of our Global Investment Funds and Corporate Groups. He has more than 20 years' experience as a lawyer, and he is recognised in Legal 500's Hall of Fame and as a recognised practitioner in Chambers & Partner. Commercial and sensible, he focuses on achieving client goals with the minimum of fuss. He is admitted in England and Wales (non-practicing), Jersey and the BVI.
Melissa Hellio

Melissa Hellio

Melissa Hellio is a Senior Counsel in Walkers' Jersey Banking and Finance Practice Group. She acts for a wide range of financial institutions and borrowers, in respect of real estate finance and fund finance matters. Melissa is experienced in complex real estate matters, working with Jersey Property Unit Trusts, partnerships and corporate structures in respect of real estate holdings. Melissa spent five years working onshore with Eversheds Sutherland, and was recognised by Legal 500, before moving offshore. Her experience includes client-secondments to NatWest, where she spent six months with the transaction management team.
Richard Holden

Richard Holden

Richard is a Partner in the Insolvency & Dispute Resolution team and has more than 25 years' specialising in complex contentious trusts matters and commercial disputes, including injunctions, fraud, asset tracing, enforcement and insolvency. He is also an expert in applying traditional Jersey customary law to modern commercial disputes. He is an experienced trial and appellate advocate with experience in England, internationally and offshore and has been called to the bars of Jersey, England and Wales, New Zealand and New South Wales.
Simon Hopwood

Simon Hopwood

Simon is a partner in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate practice group. He has over 20 years' experience advising a global client base including managers, sponsors, institutional investors, and family offices on all aspects of offshore funds, investment management, corporate transactions and regulatory matters. He has significant experience in establishing, structuring and maintaining offshore funds and managers, as well as investment, acquisition, and holding structures, across the credit, hedge, private equity, real estate and venture capital sectors. His expertise also covers establishing and structuring REITs, and Shariah-compliant funds and investment, acquisition and financing structures. In corporate matters, Simon handles all aspects including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, investments, migrations, restructurings and financing transactions and offshore listings. Simon is consistently recognised by Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 and is highly regarded by IFLR1000.
Simon Hurry

Simon Hurry

Simon specialises in high-value commercial and trust litigation, cross-border insolvency, enforcement and asset tracing (including the obtaining of urgent injunctive relief). He has extensive experience in dispute resolution matters and has led and assisted with some of the most complex cases in Jersey and the Cayman Islands. He is a seasoned court advocate having appeared before the courts of Jersey and the Cayman Islands at all levels, including the Privy Council. Simon became the first lawyer in the Channel Islands to be recognised as an INSOL Fellow and is the only INSOL Fellow in Jersey.
Ellen Hurst

Ellen Hurst

Ellen Hurst is a Senior Associate in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate Practice Group, where she advises on a wide range of Jersey corporate law matters. Ellen regularly acts on a variety of corporate real estate transactions, company reorganisation and restructurings, company migrations and M&A deals. She also has experience with advising Jersey property unit trusts with regards to property acquisitions and disposals. Ellen was admitted as an Isle of Man Advocate in 2018 and an Advocate of the Royal Court of Jersey in 2025, meaning she is now admitted in two of the three Crown Dependencies. She has worked at two offshore firms before joining Walkers.
Elaine Kelly

Elaine Kelly

Elaine is a Senior Counsel in Walkers' Jersey Banking & Finance Practice Group. She specialised in real estate financing, general senior and mezzanine secured lending and acquisition and development finance involving a wide range of Jersey holding structures including Jersey property unit trusts, partnerships and companies. She also advises on the establishment and non-contentious restructuring of such structures. Elaine has been a Jersey Advocate since 2012 and has been recognised as a Next Generation Partner by Legal 500 and recommended in the categories of corporate and commercial and banking and finance.
Julia Keppe

Julia Keppe

Julia is a partner* of Walkers (CI) LP and as part of our Banking & Finance practice group, specialises in fund finance, leveraged acquisitions, structured finance, direct lending and restructurings. Julia represents corporations, private equity sponsors, arrangers, debt funds and financial institutions. She advises on all aspects of fund financing matters, including subscription line facilities, net asset value and hybrid facilities, GP and manager lines of credit and open-ended fund facilities, and is part of Walkers’ Global Fund Finance team. In addition, Julia has extensive experience working with both borrowers and lenders on global cross-border lending transactions made up of multiple forms of debt financing, as well as complex international restructurings. She also specialises in structured finance and securitisation matters, working with instructing counsel in Europe, Asia and the US, and has advised on multiple note programmes and CLO transactions. *not admitted in Jersey and not a member of Walkers (Jersey) LLP
Sian Langley

Sian Langley

Sian is a partner in Walkers' Regulatory practice in Jersey, specialising in financial services regulation matters. Sian has experience of working within a national regulator as a senior lawyer, as a knowledge lawyer focused on onshore financial services regulation, and as a Barrister in private practice, as well as working offshore. She advises on matters relating to AML/CFT obligations, fintech and payments, consumer credit regulation, prudential regulation, and general corporate compliance and governance. She also advises businesses in Jersey and onshore about their obligations under Jersey's regulatory regime and assists clients with regulatory investigations. Sian has many years of experience in advising on EU law relating to financial products and services.
Jon Le Rossignol

Jon Le Rossignol

Jon is a partner* of Walkers (CI) LP and specialises in the financing of real estate and private equity holding structures established in Jersey. He also advises clients on the non-contentious restructuring of these structures. Having previously worked in the London and Hong Kong offices of a prestigious law firm, Jon has more than a decade's experience advising both borrowers and lenders on offshore banking and finance matters. His clients include real estate and private equity sponsors, as well as global financial institutions and debt funds. *not admitted in Jersey and not a member of Walkers (Jersey) LLP
Dilmun Leach

Dilmun Leach

Dilmun Leach is a Partner in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate practice group and is head of Walkers' Jersey Fintech team, advising on a range of funds, corporate and regulatory matters. Dilmun is a renowned Jersey lawyer with a broad practice spanning Corporate, Funds, and Fintech matters. Dilmun was elected Vice Chair of the Jersey Funds Association (JFA) for a three-year term in July 2025; and is Co-Chair and a founding member of the Jersey Digital Assets Working Group formed in 2017. In respect of Fintech, Dilmun advised Backed Finance on the launch of Jersey's first tokenisation platform which launched in 2024. Dilmun worked closely with the Jersey Financial Services Commission in the drafting and publication of the Jersey Tokenisation Guidance Notes in August 2024, and has advised several clients on launching Jersey tokenised products. Dilmun has advised on a broad range of digital asset matters since 2016, and was involved in the drafting of the Jersey ICO Guidance Notes published in 2017. Having been elected to the JFA Committee in 2017 and been advising on investment funds matters since 2012, Dilmun was deeply involved in the design of the successful Jersey Private Fund product. Dilmun has supported many traditional fund-raises and also innovative fund and fund-like structures including using nominee/trustee structures, cell companies, deal-by-deal and single asset funds, collateralised fund interests, and continuation funds. Dilmun’s corporate practice includes private equity transactions, and mergers and acquisitions including regulated trust and corporate services providers. Dilmun advised on the first listing of a Jersey company's shares on NASDAQ using uncertificated shares and the direct registration system, and also the first de-SPAC transaction involving a Jersey company listing on NYSE. Dilmun is an active member of the Jersey finance industry, and has spoken on funds, corporate and fintech matters at events in Jersey, London, New York, Miami, and Switzerland.
Kevin McQuillan

Kevin McQuillan

Kevin advises on all aspects of corporate law and is part of our Investment Funds & Corporate Practice Group. He helps US and UK private equity sponsors, institutional clients, sovereign wealth funds, hedge funds and high-net worth individuals on mergers and acquisitions, private equity, equity capital markets and restructuring mandates. Kevin is one of the most active public M&A lawyers in Jersey having worked on several take-private transactions implemented by scheme of arrangement and he is the only lawyer in Jersey to have acted on all three take-private transactions which have been implemented by statutory merger under the Companies (Jersey) Law 1991. Kevin is very active in local mergers and acquisitions particularly in the financial services sector. He regularly acts as lead counsel to Jersey-based clients on cross-border sales and acquisitions of regulated financial services businesses. He also advises the boards of Jersey-listed companies on corporate governance matters. Kevin has consistently been recognised by Legal 500, Chambers and Partners and IFLR and has been ranked as a Next Generation Partner in Legal 500 since 2022.
Itumeleng Mukhovha

Itumeleng Mukhovha

Itumeleng Mukhovha is a Senior Associate in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate Practice Group, and advises on a full range of funds and corporate law matters with a focus on cross-border mergers and acquisitions, funds flow, W&I insurance, real estate transactions, global reorganisations and restructurings. Itumeleng is an experienced corporate and commercial lawyer. Her practice includes mergers and acquisitions, downstream private equity transactions, private equity capital raising, joint ventures, sale processes of distressed assets, corporate restructures, global reorganisations, acquisition structures, funds flow, unbundling transactions, takeover transactions, offshore investments and W&I insurance. Itumeleng has significant experience advising leading global investment firms, private equity funds, multinationals, ultra-high-net-worth individuals, sovereign wealth funds, family offices and generally, clients across a wide range of sectors and industries. Geographically, Itumeleng has experience working with clients from across EMEA, Asia, Australasia and the Americas. She has a natural ability to build strong, positive, professional relationships with clients from various industries as well as different cultural, racial and gender lines. She prides herself in making sure she gets to know her clients' businesses to help them navigate the most complex areas of the law and works tirelessly to help them achieve their goals. She has published several articles across Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and the United Kingdom, and publicly appeared on business news channels across Africa on business and investment topics.
Gemma Palmer

Gemma Palmer

Gemma Palmer is a Partner in Walkers' Regulatory & Risk practice in Jersey, specialising in all financial services regulation matters. Gemma's experience spans acting on a number of reorganisation, rationalisation and/or consolidation mandates in relation to deposit-taking businesses, insurance businesses and trust company businesses, right through to advising on day to day compliance matters for a range of regulated businesses. Gemma has worked closely with a number of retail banks on Island in advising upon the launch of new business and service lines within the Jersey legal and regulatory framework. Gemma's practice includes advising on matters relating to AML/CFT obligations and compliance, fintech and payments, outsourcing arrangements, consumer credit regulation, prudential regulation and regulatory triggers, and general corporate compliance and governance. She also advises businesses in Jersey and onshore about their obligations under Jersey's regulatory regime and has previously assisted clients with navigating regulatory examinations. Gemma also has many years of experience in advising on restructuring and insolvency matters at a leading onshore firm where she delivered non-contentious insolvency and business restructuring advice to creditor cohorts, insolvency practitioners, institutional lenders and major corporates.
Angharad Prescott

Angharad Prescott

Angharad Prescott is a senior associate in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate Practice Group, where she advises on a wide range of Jersey corporate law matters. Angharad has acted on a full range of public and private offshore M&A transactions and corporate restructurings and has previously assisted the team in its capacity as lead counsel for a range of clients in multi-jurisdictional M&A transactions. Angharad was admitted as a solicitor in 2022 and worked at another offshore law firm before joining Walkers.
Daniel Read

Daniel Read

Daniel leads Walkers' Employment practice group in Jersey and has over 11 years' experience in Jersey with a focus on advising financial services organisations on all aspects of the employment relationship. Daniel is a Jersey Advocate with experience in Royal Court and Employment and Discrimination Tribunal cases. He gives strategic advice on all aspects of the employment relationship including: managing employee relations managing sickness absences internal investigations disciplinary and grievance procedures whistleblowing and discrimination claims restructuring and redundancy regulatory matters exits Daniel regularly works with our Investment Funds and Corporate team with the employment law aspects of corporate mergers and acquisitions. He also advises on business licensing and immigration matters, regulatory and data protection issues involving employees and he regularly supports clients with drafting and negotiating employment documentation including contracts and handbooks. Daniel also has in-house experience, having undertaken a six-month client secondment with a major bank, advising on employee relations issues.
Nigel Sanders

Nigel Sanders

Nigel Sanders is one of the leading commercial litigation and trust disputes lawyers in Jersey and has over 30 years' experience as a contentious practitioner. Nigel has been practising in Jersey since 2006, but has also worked in London, Abu Dhabi and the Cayman Islands. Besides commercial and trusts disputes his expertise encompasses contentious insolvency and corporate matters as well as contentious regulatory advisory work and competition law disputes. He has been admitted in Jersey, England and Wales, BVI and Cayman and regularly advises on cross-border issues relating to trusts, probate, insolvency, fraud and asset tracing and corporate and commercial disputes Nigel appears regularly before the Jersey Court and has represented professional and institutional clients as well as individuals in a wide range of important reported cases.
Sarah Townsend

Sarah Townsend

Sarah Townsend is a Senior Counsel in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate Practice Group. Sarah Townsend is a senior counsel in Walkers' Jersey Investment Funds & Corporate Practice Group, with more than 15 years' experience as an offshore lawyer, and advising on a range of funds, corporate and related regulatory matters. Her funds practice covers the establishment and restructuring of investment funds under Jersey law (including Jersey Private Funds, Jersey Expert Funds and Jersey Listed Funds), covering all asset classes and strategies. Sarah also advises on the establishment and licensing requirements applicable to fund managers, investment advisors and other service providers under Jersey's legal and regulatory regime. Sarah has experience of advising on private equity transactions, mergers and acquisitions (including regulated trust and corporate services providers), as well as more general corporate advice relating to restructuring and reorganisations. Sarah has a growing fintech and digital assets practice. She was delighted to have been involved in the establishment of Jersey's first tokenisation platform in February 2024, as well establishing a number of Jersey crypto funds.
Nigel Weston

Nigel Weston

Nigel heads up our Banking and Finance practice for the Channel Islands. Based in Jersey, he brings thirty-five years of experience in banking, finance, regulatory matters, investment funds, trusts, listings on TISE and all aspects of offshore banking, finance and corporate work. Nigel heads a leading team of dedicated lawyers specialising in all aspects of Jersey and Guernsey banking and finance law including: Real Estate Finance Acquisition Finance Fund Finance Asset Finance Restructuring & Insolvency Debt Capital Markets Private Credit Islamic Finance Banking Regulation Digital Finance / FinTech Listings Nigel advises a range of global banks, major corporates, blue-chip investment managers and private investment houses. He works closely with top law firms and accountancy practices in London, as well as local administrators, trustees, and other intermediaries and services providers.