Collas Crill

Firm Details: 

Group Managing Partner: Jason Romer

Managing Partners: BVI: Ellie Crespi, Cayman Islands: Stephen Leontsinis. Guernsey: Gareth Bell, Jersey: Pamela Doherty

Number of Partners: 42

Number of Lawyers: 91

Number of other fee earners: 23

International Offices: BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Jersey

Firm Overview 

Collas Crill is an offshore law firm with offices in BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Jersey and London.

The firm delivers a comprehensive range of legal services to clients locally and globally in four broad practice areas: Financial Services and Regulatory; Insolvency and Corporate Disputes; Private Client and Trusts; and Real Estate.

Clients include some of the world’s leading financial institutions, international businesses, trusts and funds, as well as high-net-worth individuals and families across the globe. Collas Crill continues to build a network of independent and trusted partners around the world including the Caribbean, the Channel Islands, the UK, Europe, the US, the Middle East, South Africa and Asia.

Main areas of practice: 

Financial Services and Regulatory 

The global Financial Services and Regulatory team specialises in banking, capital markets, corporate advisory, corporate reorganisations, funds and regulatory.

With a depth of multi-jurisdictional experience and offices in the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Jersey and London, the team ensures that advice is provided in the context of other key offshore centres and with a knowledge of the bigger global picture.

Against a backdrop of an increasingly complex, competitive and regulated market, clients of Collas Crill appreciate the firm's proactive attitude, sensible and user-friendly advice, accuracy and honesty in pricing matters, and senior-level involvement in all matters.

Insolvency and Corporate Disputes 

Collas Crill's multi-jurisdictional team brings a wealth of experience from a range of diverse backgrounds to give quick, accurate, commercial advice. Comprising eight partners and 25 lawyers, the team works across dispute resolution, restructuring, recovery and insolvency matters to ensure that clients get the full benefit of the firm's know-how and experience across the world.

The firm's expertise and reputation makes Collas Crill the first choice for a range of clients, including banks and financial services institutions, international businesses and onshore law firms. They frequently advise top law firms from the UK, the US, China and other jurisdictions, and are working on some of the largest and most complex cross-border insolvencies in progress today. Collas Crill is regularly briefed by Sovereign Wealth Funds and Fortune 500 Companies to advise on particular restructurings, as well as investment managers from Europe and the US.

Private Client and Trusts 

The firm's full-service team offers wealth structuring, advisory and disputes expertise to trustees and high-net-worth individuals, and a range of services to clients within Collas Crill's local jurisdictions. The team is made up of 29 private client and trusts lawyers – 13 of whom are partners – working seamlessly across time zones. This strong global presence and partner-led approach means that clients can benefit from the firm's leading expertise and experience around the world.

Collas Crill works with wealthy individuals, family businesses and entrepreneurs to manage their wealth across generations, including succession planning and transferring the control of assets.

The firm has significant experience in specialist products and services, including pensions and Shariah, with many of the team having worked in the world of wealth management in other prominent offshore and onshore jurisdictions.

Collas Crill has experts in family law, wills, probate and estate planning who offer discreet, practical advice to reach the best possible outcomes for its clients, many of whom the firm has worked with for a number of years.

Collas Crill represents trust corporations, individual trustees and beneficiaries and have conduct of many of the leading cases in this area, dealing with novel points of law and creating new and innovative solutions.

Real Estate 

Collas Crill's full-service Real Estate teams in Cayman, Guernsey and Jersey offer services in commercial property including real estate financing, planning and property disputes, relocation services and residential property and planning services.

Offices: 

BVI, Tortola 

125 Main Street

P.O. Box 144

Road Town

Tortola

British Virgin Islands

T: +1 284 494 2717

[email protected]

Cayman, Grand Cayman 

Floor 2, Willow House

Cricket Square

PO Box 709

Grand Cayman KY1-1107

Cayman Islands

T: +1 345 9494544

[email protected]

Guernsey, St Peter Port 

Glategny Court

PO Box 140

Glategny Esplanade

St Peter Port

Guernsey GY1 4EW

T: +44 (0) 1481 723191

[email protected]

Jersey, St Helier 

Gaspé House

66-72 Esplanade

St Helier

Jersey

JE1 4XD

T: +44 (0) 1534 601700

[email protected]