Offshore: Trusts
UK Guide 2025 : Jersey
Band 3
About
Provided by Dickinson Gleeson
Led by Craig Swart, the Dickinson Gleeson private client team acts on all aspects of private wealth structures including trusts, companies, foundations and partnerships. The team’s clients comprise a wide range of international and Jersey-based financial services businesses, professional trustees and private clients. The Dickinson Gleeson private client team often works hand in hand with the client’s in-house and external legal and other professional advisors from around the world.
The team, which comprises 3 partners, 1 senior associate and 1 associate, provides services spanning the full spectrum of private client work, from non-contentious advisory, to hostile trust litigation. Dickinson Gleeson’s private client team prides itself on offering commercial advice on a stream-lined and partner-led basis, tailored to the specific needs of each client. Dickinson Gleeson operates on a “conflict free” basis and is entirely independent of any trust company – one of the only leading law firms in Jersey to remain so.
Key institutional clients include: RBC, First Island Trustees,Trident Trust, Vistra Trust, Pentera Trust, Fairway Trust, BKS Family Office, Rawlinson & Hunter Jersey, Geneva Trust Company, LGL, Chateau Trust and
Schindlers. The team also acts for a wide range of ultra-HNW and HNW families from around the world.
Chambers Review
Dickinson Gleeson provides advisory and dispute resolution services.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Dickinson Gleeson have a wide spread of experienced, qualified experts covering all elements of Jersey law who work together to ensure continuity of service."
"They are an excellent boutique - they are very well known in private client disputes. They were innovative, made clever plans, were diligent and went above and beyond in their dedication to the case."
"Dickinson Gleeson have a wide spread of experienced, qualified experts covering all elements of Jersey law who work together to ensure continuity of service."
"They are an excellent boutique - they are very well known in private client disputes. They were innovative, made clever plans, were diligent and went above and beyond in their dedication to the case."
Notable Practitioners
Craig Swart advises on litigation and non-contentious matters.
"Craig is highly personable and effective in being able to navigate through complex matters to provide clear, practical advice."
"I have confidence that Craig always delivers on his promises, understanding how to prioritise what matters."
"His knowledge and expertise are at the highest level. This, coupled with his high quality client service, makes it an easy decision engaging Craig for sophisticated Jersey law matters."
James Gleeson advises clients on contentious trust matters.
"James Gleeson is a really excellent advocate with great commercial awareness and ferociously intelligent. He is my go-to Jersey advocate."
"James Gleeson has been great - he is all over the detail, quite a creative lawyer in the way he thinks about things and is pretty commercial, too."
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