About

Provided by Carey Olsen

Carey Olsen has one of the largest trusts and private wealth teams in the offshore world, and provides advice on the laws of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey to local and international clients and their advisers.

Our global reach, scale and experience mean that we are perfectly positioned to assist and advise on the most demanding and complex cases concerning wealth planning and asset protection as well as the more straightforward day-to-day instructions. We understand the longevity of trusts work, which is why we focus on building long-term relationships with our clients and their other advisers.

We represent professional trustees, private individuals and families, banks, financial institutions and charities from all over the world. International law firms and accountancy practices look to us for support on projects that require specialist advice on the laws and regulations of our jurisdictions.

Our lawyers work across a range of structures including private, corporate, charitable, purpose and commercial trusts, foundations, family offices, partnerships and companies.

With a fully integrated practice, we also represent trustees and beneficiaries in contentious matters and administrative applications that need to be made to the courts. Our contentious trust lawyers have appeared in many significant offshore trust cases to come before the courts, including representing clients before the Privy Council in the UK.

Chambers Review

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Offshore: Trusts - Jersey

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What the Team is Known For

Carey Olsen specialises in trust matters in Jersey. It has a strong team for contentious and non-contentious Jersey trust structuring and is well regarded in the jurisdiction.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Alexa Saunders
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Alexa Saunders
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Alexa Saunders is a trusts lawyer in Jersey specialising in non-contentious matters. She is head of the trusts and private wealth team at Carey Olsen in Jersey and has a well-regarded practice.

Alexa Saunders takes on exciting opportunities rather than run-of-the-mill work and shows expertise in light of these complex opportunities.

Alexa Saunders provides amazing service.

Alexa Saunders is a superb lawyer. She is brilliant: user-friendly, hard-working and a real team player. She has great people skills. When she talks, everyone listens.

Alexa Saunders has a level of charm and sophistication only surpassed by the quality of her advocacy.

Andreas Kistler
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Andreas Kistler
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Andreas Kistler is a trust litigation and commercial dispute resolution specialist.

Andreas Kistler has an amazing reputaion in Jersey. He is highly intelligent and has the ear of the court. He is measured and perceived as reasonable, but he also isn't afraid of a fight.

Andreas Kistler is an excellent litigator. He is extremely knowledgeable about trust law.

Andreas Kistler's ability to to cut to the chase on complex matters is nothing short of amazing. His advocacy is delivered with skill and professionalism in a manner readily digested by clients.

Andreas Kistler is very clever and does the advocacy independently. He has great drafting and courtroom experience.

Keith Dixon
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Keith Dixon
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Keith Dixon is engaged in a range of trusts work including establishment and restructuring.

Keith Dixon is very good - knowledgeable, hard-working and interested in getting good results. He is engaged in understanding the whole picture.

Keith Dixon is very responsive and easy to deal with.

Robert Dobbyn
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Robert Dobbyn
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Robert Dobbyn joined Carey Olsen at the beginning of 2023 and handles trust advisory matters for wealthy clients.

Robert Dobbyn is a go-to trust lawyer when available. He is sensible, pragmatic, clear and concise in providing legal frameworks for structuring.

Robert Dobbyn is particularly user-friendly with private clients.

Robert Dobbyn always makes us feel he has all the time we need. He is technically excellent and pragmatic in his approach.

Robert Dobbyn is exceptionally bright and extremely easy-going - the perfect combination for a lawyer.

Sarah Farrow
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Sarah Farrow
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Up and Coming

Sarah Farrow is counsel at the firm and advises clients on a range of trusts and private wealth matters, including structuring and wealth planning.

Sarah Farrow provides an amazing service.

Carla Plater
Associates to watch

Carla Plater is a senior associate at Carey Olsen. She often handles high-value trust matters, including those that involve restructuring, cross-border tax disclosure and succession advice.

Carla Plater is a great lawyer who focuses on her clients with skill.

Carla Plater is helpful, available, friendly and pragmatic.

Carla Plater is honing her skills to be a force for the future. She is approachable and easy to work with.

Ranked Individuals at
Carey Olsen

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Jersey

Offshore: Trusts

Alexa Saunders
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Alexa Saunders
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Band 1
Keith Dixon
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Keith Dixon
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Band 2
Robert Dobbyn
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Robert Dobbyn
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Band 2
Sarah Farrow
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Sarah Farrow
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Up and Coming
Carla Plater
Associates to watch
Offshore: Trusts Litigation

Andreas Kistler
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Andreas Kistler
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Members

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Carla Plater

Elizabeth Le Guillou

Julie Currie

Sarah Farrow

Stephen Fitzgerald

Victoria Connolly

Victoria Grogan