Henry Wickham

Practice Areas

Channel Island Local Legal Services, Estate Planning, Wills and Probate, Private Wealth, Private Wealth and ESG, Sustainable Investing and ESG, Employee incentives and pensions, Expat services and Trust Advisory Group.

Career

Henry advises on all aspects of Jersey trusts, foundations and estate planning and related corporate law issues. He is widely experienced in both local and international will and probate matters and has particular expertise in the administration of high net worth and multi-jurisdictional estates as well as complex succession planning and will drafting.

Henry deals with a broad variety of clients and has been advising for many years on estate planning, will drafting and estate administration. He provides advice and assistance on the creation and ongoing operation of private and commercial trusts including the drafting of trust instruments, supplemental documentation and the establishment and use of family offices and private trust companies.

For Jersey based clients, Henry also provides advice on post death issues such as forced heirship, the registration of immovable wills, probate applications, tutelles, the role and rights of executors, heirs and beneficiaries, lasting powers of attorney and he also acts as a Court appointed Delegate for a number of incapacitated clients.

Professional Memberships

Industry focus:

STEP member

Former Chair of STEP Jersey Branch

Lead editor of STEP Directory Jersey overview

On a number of consultative bodies relating to Jersey's trust industry

Admitted in:

2014 - Jersey

2008 - England and Wales (non-practising)