Chambers' High Net Worth 2020 rankings have been released, rating the top lawyers and law firms for international private wealth. The guide also recommends accountancy firms, private banks, wealth managers, trust companies and other professional advisers to HNW and UHNW clients around the world.
From the Channel Islands, the following firms and lawyers have been highlighted:
JERSEY
Band 1: Mourant, Ogier
Band 2: Bedell Cristin, Carey Olsen, Walkers
Band 3: Collas Crill, Dickinson Gleeson, Ward Yates
Star individuals: Jonathan Speck, Mourant; Steve Meiklejohn, Ogier
Band 1: Edward Devenport, Mourant; Giles Corbin, Mourant; Sally A Edwards, Ogier
Band 2: Bruce Lincoln, Mourant; Edward Bennett, Bedell Cristin; Fraser Robertson, Appleby; James Campbell, Ogier; Robert Dobbyn, Walkers; Siobhan Riley, Carey Olsen; Victoria Yates, Ward Yates
Band 3: Alexa Saunders, Carey Olsen; Craig Swart, Dickinson Gleeson; Damian James, Collas Crill; David Dorgan, Appleby; Justin Harvey-Hills, Mourant; Katherine Neal, Ogier; Kellyann Ozouf, Collas Crill; Nancy Chien, Bedell Cristin; Nigel Pearmain, Voisin; Simon Franckel, Oben Law; Zoe Blomfield, Viberts Jersey Lawyers
Up and coming: Josephine Howe, Ogier
Associates to watch: Chiara Mundy, Mourant
Trust Companies in Jersey – Spotlight table
• Hawksford Group
• Intertrust
• IQ-EQ
• JTC Group
• LGL Trustees
• Oak Trust (Jersey)
• R&H Trust Co (Jersey)
• RBC Wealth Management
• Stonehage Fleming
GUERNSEY
Band 1: Carey Olsen
Band 2: Mourant, Ogier
Band 3: Collas Crill, Walkers
Senior Statespeople: Simon Howitt, Babbé
Band 1: Gavin Ferguson, Ogier; Russell Clark, Carey Olsen
Band 2: Angela Calnan, Collas Crill; Konrad Friedlaender, Carey Olsen; Matthew Guthrie, Mourant
Band 3: David Cooney, Collas Crill; Natasha Kapp, Carey Olsen; Nicholas Donnithorne, Babbé; Patricia Montgomery, Carey Olsen; Rajah Abusrewil, Walkers; Rupert Morris, Walkers
Up and coming: Catherine Moore, Mourant
Associates to watch: Alice Bricogne, Ogier
Trust Companies in Guernsey – Spotlight table
• Aquitaine Group
• Butterfield Trust (Guernsey)
• IQ-EQ
• New Street Management
• Oak Trust (Guernsey)
• PraxisIFM
• Saffery Champness Registered Fiduciaries
• Sequent (Guernsey)
• Zedra