Chambers Review
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Trusts - Guernsey
What the Team is Known For
Mourant advises on contentious and non-contentious trust matters, acting for fiduciaries and high net worth private clients.
Strengths
All members of the team are highly competent and well-versed in dealing with contentious matters.
Notable practitioners
Gillian Kennedy-Smith advises on tax and trust matters and leads the firm's international trust and private client team in Guernsey. She also leads the firm's trust and private client team in Guernsey.
Gillian is superb; she is very efficient and great with clients.
I appreciate that Gillian proactively raises any potential risks and considerations in the initial conversations regarding a new piece of work.
Christopher Edwards is notable for his litigation expertise, including in trust litigation.
Christopher is an excellent speaker and clearly knows his subject matter. He is a good problem solver and very strong on contentious disputes.
Jeremy Wessels focuses his practice on commercial litigation and trusts disputes, as well as advising on trust restructuring.
Jeremy is a technical wizard!
His legal knowledge and ability in court is really superb.