INDIVIDUAL PROFILE

Joanna Caen

High Net Worth 2026

Carey Olsen

Ranked in 1 practice area

Offshore: Trusts

Guernsey

1 year ranked

About

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High Net Worth

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Joanna is a partner in the trusts and private wealth team in Guernsey.

Joanna has spent her whole career assisting families, individuals, trustees and other professionals serving high and ultra-high net worth families with asset planning, philanthropy, family company structures, dispute resolution and, increasingly, mental capacity issues. She has worked in New Zealand and Hong Kong before joining our team in Guernsey. Joanna qualified in New Zealand in 2007, Hong Kong in 2016 and England and Wales in 2024. She was admitted as an Advocate of the Royal Court of Guernsey in 2025.

Career

Immediately prior to working for Carey Olsen, Joanna was Managing Director of Praxis's Hong Kong office, responsible for providing trust and corporate services to clients throughout Asia and beyond. Before that, she was a partner with Herbert Smith Freehills leading the Private Wealth team in China.

In 2021 and 2022 Joanna was Chair of the Hong Kong branch of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. She was elected as a member of the STEP Contentious Trusts and Estates Special Interest Group Steering Committee and of the Guernsey Branch Committee of STEP in 2024.

Chambers Review

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Chambers High Net Worth

Offshore: Trusts - Guernsey

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Joanna Caen is counsel in Carey Olsen's trusts and private wealth team. Caen is an experienced offshore trusts lawyer and has also been managing director of a major trust company in Asia.

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Strengths

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Joanna is truly a pleasure to work with. She is knowledgeable, approachable and willing to go the extra mile in dealing with a complex, contentious situation while always remaining calm and professional.
Offshore: TrustsChambers High Net Worth
Joanna Caen's strengths are her ability to grasp the complex and focus on the key issues, her attention to detail, commercial mindset, exceptional communication and her creativity in problem-solving.
Offshore: TrustsChambers High Net Worth