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

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Offshore: Trusts - Jersey

3
Band 3

What the Team is Known For

Dickinson Gleeson provides advisory and dispute resolution services. The firm often advises corporate trustees in complex trusts litigation matters, and also advises high net worth individuals on trusts planning, administration and restructuring matters, among others.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Craig Swart
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Craig Swart
Head of Offshore: Trusts
2
Band 2

Craig Swart advises on litigation and non-contentious matters. He often acts for corporate fiduciaries in litigation matters and advises international clients on contentious and non-contentious trusts law issues.

Craig Swart is fantastic with clients but also a great black-letter lawyer.

Craig Swart is very knowledgeable and capable. He always gives timely, practical and commercial advice.

Craig Swart is our go-to lawyer for trust matters.

Craig Swart is always responsive, proactive and timely.

Craig Swart has such a depth of experience and knowledge it makes it very easy to work with him on complicated matters.

Ranked Lawyers at
Dickinson Gleeson

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Jersey

Offshore: Trusts

Craig Swart
2
Craig Swart
Head of Offshore: Trusts
2
Band 2

Members

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Craig Swart

Craig Swart

Head of Department

Guillaume Staal

Jonathan Barham