Collas Crill Jersey has made two new appointments to its Dispute Resolution team.
Daian Sumner has joined the firm as a Senior Associate. A qualified barrister, Daian has spent the past three years practising law in the BVI before recently relocating to Jersey.
Her previous role as a barrister in Liverpool saw her working in the St John's Building Chambers and Atlantic Chambers, before moving to the Caribbean in 2016.
Daian specialises in complex corporate and commercial disputes, wills and trusts, and has experience as in house Legal Counsel for a large trust company.
Kirsten Bailey joins Collas Crill as an Associate, having previously worked in the Johannesburg office of a Pan-African law firm, where she advised on disputes including class actions, contentious insolvencies and tax, contract and product liability disputes.
She also has experience in the courts of South Africa, Botswana and Tanzania, with clients including local and international financial institutions, high-net-worth individuals and large corporations in the food and beverage sectors, as well as various Johannesburg Stock Exchange-listed entities.
In her new role, Kirsten specialises in advising clients on contentious matters across a number of aspects of law, including contractual disputes, torts and general commercial disputes.
Pictured: Daian Sumner (left) and Kirsten Bailey