Chris Hutley-Hurst

Practice Areas

Chris is a Guernsey Advocate, with more than 20 years' experience in private practice in Guernsey, London and New York.

He specialises in financial services regulation, corporate tax, and investment funds. He heads up the Channel Islands Regulatory and Risk Advisory Group.

Chris advises on Guernsey regulatory matters, covering financial services, licensing regimes, data protection and GDPR, beneficial ownership, anti-money laundering, fintech and virtual assets. He advises various financial services businesses, including banks, payment providers, CSPs, fund administrators, asset managers and investment funds.

Having worked as a tax lawyer previously, he has a unique experience in international tax matters, including VAT and GST. He advises on Guernsey corporate tax (including the new Pillar 2 GloBE rules), economic substance requirements, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), and the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Common Reporting Standard, Country-by-Country Reporting Regime and other initiatives.

Chris is recognised as a Highly Regarded Practitioner by the ITR World Tax Guide, and as a Next Generation Partner by the Legal 500. Chris is the author of the Bloomberg Tax Guide Guernsey chapter. Chris is also a board member for the Guernsey Chamber of Commerce.

Experience

Chris previously spent six years working with another leading law firm in Guernsey. Before that he worked in the London offices of two leading US law firms for 12 years: Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom (UK) LLP, and Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen & Hamilton LLP.

Publications

Chambers Aviation and Leasing 2024 Guide

Languages Spoken

English

Work Highlights

Walkers Guernsey team advised owners of the YO! Sushi chain in $621 million deal

Expert in these Jurisdictions

Guernsey

England & Wales

Education