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Offshore: Trusts - Guernsey
What the Team is Known For
Collas Crill advises high net worth individuals and fiduciaries on non-contentious trust matters.
Offshore: Trusts
High Net Worth Guide 2025 : Guernsey
Band 2
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Collas Crill
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Offshore: Trusts
About
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Collas Crill's full-service team offers wealth structuring, advisory and disputes expertise to trustees and high-net-worth individuals. The team is made up of 29 private client and trusts lawyers – 13 of whom are partners - working seamlessly across time zones. This strong global presence and partner-led approach means that clients can benefit from Collas Crill's leading expertise and experience around the world.
The firm has many years of collective experience in providing trusts, foundations and other fiduciary services using Cayman, Guernsey and Jersey law - jurisdictions which are collectively recognised as leaders in the provision of offshore fiduciary services. The team also has significant experience in specialist products and services, including pensions and Shariah, with many of the team having worked in the world of wealth management in other prominent offshore and onshore jurisdictions.
Collas Crill has experts in family law, wills, probate and estate planning who offer discreet, practical advice to reach the best possible outcomes for our clients, many of whom the firm has worked with for a number of years.
Collas Crill represent trusts corporations, individual trustees and beneficiaries and have conduct of many of the leading cases in this area, dealing with novel points of law and creating new and innovative solutions.
Key services:
- Private wealth structures
- Trust advisory
- Trust disputes
- Wills and estates
Strengths
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The Collas Crill team are astute and measured.
Collas Crill are always timely in preparing advice and drafting documents, which is essential in such a fast-paced environment.
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Collas Crill is experienced in dealing with complex offshore trust arrangements and litigation before the Guernsey courts relating to the same.
The Collas Crill team are astute and measured.
Collas Crill are always timely in preparing advice and drafting documents, which is essential in such a fast-paced environment.
Collas Crill is experienced in dealing with complex offshore trust arrangements and litigation before the Guernsey courts relating to the same.
Notable Practitioners
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Angela Calnan
Angela Calnan advises on the establishment and administration of Guernsey trusts and foundations. Calnan leads Collas Crill's international private client and trust team in Guernsey.
We really enjoy working with Angela. She is very responsive and adopts a very positive and pragmatic approach to instructions.
Angela Calnan is very dedicated to her clients and she forms strong relationships.
Cerisse Fisher
Cerisse Fisher regularly advises high net worth clients on a variety of trust-related matters.
Cerisse provides extremely helpful guidance on complex legal matters and demonstrates high levels of service.
Cerisse Fisher communicates her points well and is personable and knowledgeable. It is obvious that she cares about doing a really good job.
Elena Gogh
Elena Gogh advises high net worth clients on trust and wealth structuring, as well as fiduciary service providers on regulatory matters.
Elena Gogh is a very professional with good knowledge of legal trust matters.
Elena Gogh is very personable and provides great attention to detail and efficient service.
Elena Gogh provides a great level of service. She is always on a standby, ready to help, explain the options and develop strategy. She takes a result-oriented approach.
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Members
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Ben Havard
Cerisse Fisher
Christian Hay
David O'Hanlon
Joanne Seal