About

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Ogier's Guernsey Private Wealth team is led by partner Matthew Guthrie. The team advises trustees, private banks and ultra-high net worth clients on the lifecycle of trusts from establishment, restructuring and administration to succession planning. We have in-depth knowledge of trusts and foundations, enabling us to provide flexible and practical guidance on choosing the most effective jurisdiction. The team combines with our corporate specialists to provide commercially focused corporate advice regarding companies that underlie trust structures or on new investments structures as they arise.


Ogier's Trusts Advisory Group draws together experts from different disciplines and locations – Jersey, Guernsey, Ireland, BVI, Cayman and Hong Kong – to provide a seamless contentious and non-contentious advisory service which also includes relevant corporate support.


Key contacts: Matthew Guthrie and Catherine Moore

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Trusts - Guernsey

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What the Team is Known For

Ogier advises on the creation and administration of trusts for asset protection, succession, tax and family governance purposes. The firm can also represent clients involved in trusts disputes.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Matthew Guthrie
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Matthew Guthrie
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Band 1

Matthew Guthrie leads Ogier's private wealth team in Guernsey and is hugely well regarded for advising on complex trust matters.

Matthew Guthrie is intelligent, considered and personable.

Matthew Guthrie is so commercial in his thinking. He is clever and versatile.

Matthew Guthrie has a great mix of technical knowledge and commercial approach.

Matthew is incredibly smart. He can unpick complex issues with ease.

Catherine Moore
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Catherine Moore
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Catherine Moore advises on a range of non-contentious matters, including trust structuring and trust disputes. Her clients include high net worth individuals and fiduciaries.

Catherine is a pleasure to work with. She is personable, responsive and has a great level of attention to detail.

Catherine is a dream to work with, especially on complex international family structures. She is extremely capable, tenacious and delivers outstanding client service, even under pressure.

Catherine Moore provides excellent delivery and clear and concise communication of complex matters.

Catherine Moore is responsive, affable, commercial and able to deftly pull in colleagues where required. She breezes through complexity time after time.

Chris Hards
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Chris Hards
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Up and Coming

Chris Hards is a partner in the Ogier team and advises on a range of non-contentious trust matters.

Chris Hards is responsive, commercially minded and gives easy-to-follow advice. He is a trustee's dream.

Chris Hards' technical knowledge and client service is outstanding.

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Trusts

Matthew Guthrie
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Matthew Guthrie
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Catherine Moore
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Catherine Moore
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Band 3
Chris Hards
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Chris Hards
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Up and Coming