About

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Walkers' Private Capital & Trusts practice group is unique in its offering of Jersey, Guernsey, Cayman, BVI and Bermuda law advice on private wealth structuring from its Jersey and Guernsey offices. With partner-led teams offering deep insight and many years of experience across offshore, onshore and in-house roles, and supported by colleagues in our Corporate, Funds, Regulatory and Insolvency & Dispute Resolution practice groups, we advise trustees on the full spectrum of private capital matters.

Our partners have direct experience of working in the Middle East, Asia and Switzerland, bringing their knowledge to bear across the full range of offshore trust, foundation and company structures.

We work with trustees, onshore counsel and family offices on new private wealth structures, the restructuring of existing arrangements, advisory matters, contentious matters and applications to courts, and regulatory issues.

We are the leading offshore private capital & trusts team working with digital assets, advising not just on strategy and management of digital assets within private wealth structures, but also on the use of such structures for DAOs and other online communities and enterprises.

Our expertise includes:

  • Advisory matters
  • New structures
  • Restructuring
  • Digital assets
  • Corporate matters
  • Contentious matters
  • Regulatory issues

Chambers Review

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Offshore: Trusts - Jersey

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Walkers has a mix of contentious and non-contentious trust lawyers who advise on private client trusts and company formation matters, often with some cross-border elements.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Nigel Sanders
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Nigel Sanders
1
Band 1
Nigel Sanders focuses his practice on commercial litigation and contentious trust matters.

Nigel Sanders is a brilliant litigator and tactician. He is hugely experienced and an eloquent and persuasive advocate.

Nigel Sanders is absolutely terrific. He does a lot of the heavy lifting and is on top of the material.

Rajah Abusrewil
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Rajah Abusrewil
2
Band 2

Rajah Abusrewil focuses her practice on advising high net worth clients on trust and wealth structuring.

Rajah Abusrewil is a delight to work with. She is friendly, with a calm head and great advice.

Rajah Abusrewil is a pleasure to work with and clearly knows her stuff both in industry and law.

I have worked with Rajah Abusrewil on several occasions and have found her to be very approachable, helpful and knowledgeable.

I was very pleased with the level-headed, commercial approach from Rajah Abusrewil. She understood the complex issues at play throughout.

Rajah Abusrewil's expertise, combined with a practical, client-focused approach, makes her an invaluable resource for individuals and organisations navigating sophisticated trust and estate matters.

Richard Holden
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Richard Holden
2
Band 2

Richard Holden is an experienced Jersey-based practitioner advising clients on litigation and non-contentious trust matters.

Richard Holden is unflappable and a supremely lovely person. He is very bright and extremely capable.

Nichola Brennan
U
Nichola Brennan
U
Up and Coming

Nichola Brennan is a well-regarded private wealth practitioner in Jersey. She regularly advises clients on trust structuring and litigation.

Ranked Individuals at
Walkers

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Jersey

Offshore: Trusts

Rajah Abusrewil
2
Rajah Abusrewil
2
Band 2
Nichola Brennan
U
Nichola Brennan
U
Up and Coming
Offshore: Trusts Litigation

Nigel Sanders
1
Nigel Sanders
1
Band 1
Richard Holden
2
Richard Holden
2
Band 2

Members

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Adam Fellows

Alex Way

Anouksha Patel