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Provided by Abel Lyall
Abel is a Partner of Mourant Ozannes (Guernsey) LLP and the Practice Leader of the Guernsey Litigation team.
Abel's practice covers all areas of private client and commercial disputes, with a focus on trusts, financial services and investment funds. He regularly appears before the Royal Court of Guernsey and the Guernsey Court of Appeal.
Abel advises trustees, settlors and beneficiaries on all aspects of contentious and semi-contentious trust matters including breach of trust claims, trust applications and regulatory issues. He also has extensive experience in insolvency and restructuring, and acts for creditors, directors, shareholders and insolvency practitioners on all aspects of contentious insolvency and asset recovery.
Abel's work includes acting in a number of contentious and non-contentious schemes of arrangement, including appearing in both the Royal Court and Court of Appeal for the shareholder who successfully opposed the sanction of the Puma Brandenburg Limited scheme of arrangement, the first of its kind in Guernsey.
He is also experienced advising on regulatory issues and has acted for financial institutions and individual directors in a number of significant regulatory investigations and proceedings.
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Abel Lyall provides clients with pragmatic and sensible advice. He does a very good job and we rate him highly.
Abel Lyall is highly professional, gives sharp advice and knows how to guide clients through complex situations.
Abel is very experienced and knowledgeable. He's a clear thinker, rational and excellent at seeing through complex situations and coming up with solutions.
Abel Lyall provides clients with pragmatic and sensible advice. He does a very good job and we rate him highly.
Abel Lyall is highly professional, gives sharp advice and knows how to guide clients through complex situations.
Abel is very experienced and knowledgeable. He's a clear thinker, rational and excellent at seeing through complex situations and coming up with solutions.