Roger Perrot BSc

Senior Partner, Barrister (England) 1974, Advocate (Guernsey) 1975 Notary Public.

Areas of Practice: Banking and Finance, Employee Benefit Schemes, Private Client, Property, Planning and Trusts.

CV: Roger has over 30 years' experience at the Guernsey Bar and is senior partner of the firm. A substantial proportion of his practice concerns international trust issues along with all aspects of planning and property related matters. Roger was a member of the Guernsey States (parliament) for 6 years and is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Email: roger.perrot@ozannes.com

Direct Tel: +44 (0) 1481 731432
Direct Fax: +44 (0) 1481 728414

Garth Bainbridge LLB

Partner, Barrister (England) 1978, Advocate (Guernsey) 1980, Notary Public.

Areas of Practice: Private Client, Property and Planning.

CV: Garth joined Ozannes in 1980 and has a specialist knowledge of all matters relating to the Guernsey law of realty and conveyancing in particular. He is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Email: garth.bainbridge@ozannes.com

Direct Tel: +44 (0) 1481 731434
Direct Fax: +44 (0) 1481 728414

Peter Ferbrache LLB

Partner, Barrister (England) 1972, Advocate (Guernsey) 1981 Notary Public.

Areas of Practice: Commercial and Civil Litigation, Employment.

CV: Peter practised in England from 1972 before returning to his Channel Island home in 1980. Peter is recognised as Guernsey's most experienced and hardened litigator, found on one side or the other of the majority of leading Guernsey cases in the last 20 years.  He is Head of Ozannes' Litigation.

Email: peter.ferbrache@ozannes.com

Direct Tel: +44 (0) 1481 731435
Direct Fax: +44 (0) 1481 713839

Peter Harwood LLB

Partner,Solicitor (England) 1972, Advocate (Guernsey) 1982Notary Public.

Areas of Practice: Banking and Finance, Commercial, Corporate, Employee Benefit Schemes, Insurance, Investment Funds and Listings (CISX).

CV: Peter was in private practice in London with Coward Chance before becoming a Corporate Finance Executive with Hill Samuel & Co Limited. In 1980 Peter joined Ozannes and specialises in capital markets, banking, trusts and offshore funds and is Head of Ozannes' Corporate. He was Chairman of the panel appointed by the States of Guernsey to review the machinery of Government in Guernsey.  In February 2006 Peter was appointed chairman of the Guernsey Financial Services Commission.

Email: peter.harwood@ozannes.com

Direct Tel: +44 (0) 1481 731436
Direct Fax: +44 (0) 1481 714653

Edward Prentice LLB

Partner, Barrister (England) 1983, Advocate (Guernsey) 1984, Notary Public.

Areas of Practice: Private Client, Property and Planning.

CV: Eddie has a specialist knowledge of Guernsey property law and conveyancing, with a particular interest in disputes relating to Guernsey land and succession. He supports the litigation departmant in property disputes and personal injury claims. Eddie is a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives and a member of The Notaries Society.

Email: edward.prentice@ozannes.com

Direct Tel: +44 (0) 1481 731437
Direct Fax: +44 (0) 1481 728414

David Moore LLB LLM

Partner, Solicitor (England) 1986, Advocate (Guernsey) 1995.

Areas of Practice: Banking and Finance, Commercial, Corporate, Employee Benefit Schemes, Insurance, Investment Funds, Listings (CISX), Securitisations and Regulation and Compliance.

CV: After a number of years practising at Ashurst Morris Crisp in London, David returned to Guernsey and Ozannes, where he has established a very successful practice in corporate finance, insurance, offshore funds, trusts and regulatory issues. He is regularly reported in legal directories as one of the leading Guernsey corporate lawyers.

Email: david.moore@ozannes.com

Direct Tel: +44 (0) 1481 731444
Direct Fax: +44 (0) 1481 714653

St. John Robilliard LLB MA TEP

Partner, Barrister (England) 1986, Advocate (Guernsey) 1996.

Areas of Practice: Trusts, Litigation and Tax.

CV: Head of Ozannes' Trusts. St John took a double first from Emmanuel College, Cambridge, before pursuing an academic career in law. He then practised in Jersey for seven years before joining Ozannes in 1994. St John specialises in trust disputes and issues relating to Guernsey taxation. He has appeared in most of the leading Guernsey trust cases of recent years and is a frequent contributor to journals, books and conferences. St John was a member of The States of Guernsey Legislation Committee 2002-2004 and in 2004 was elected to The International Academy of Estate and Trust Law. He is also a member of the Society of Trust Estate Practitioners.

Email: stjohn.robilliard@ozannes.com

Direct Tel: +44 (0) 1481 731440
Direct Fax: +44 (0) 1481 710487

Jeremy Wessels LLB

Partner, Barrister (England) 1987 Advocate (Guernsey) 1988.

Areas of Practice: Commercial and Civil Litigation.

CV: Jeremy joined Ozannes in October 2002 and specialises in commercial litigation generally, particularly cases involving  contentious trust disputes and financial services businesses, along with asset tracing and freezing orders. He also advises on insolvency related matters and money laundering issues.  He acted for Westminster City Council in relation to the proceedings against Dame Shirley Porter and was also involved in the Flightlease Group liquidation.

Email: jeremy.wessels@ozannes.com

Direct Tel: +44 (0) 1481 731439
Direct Fax: +44 (0) 1481 714571

Gordon Dawes MA

Partner, Barrister (England) 1989,
Advocate (Guernsey) 2001.

Areas of Practice: Civil Litigation with a particular emphasis on Commercial, Professional Negligence and Heavy Personal Injury and Insurance work.

CV: Gordon practised from London Chambers for eight years before moving to the island in 1998. He has extensive experience before the English Courts and a special interest in Guernsey and English common law. He has a substantial commercial law, professional negligence and personal injury practice. In addition he is Guernsey’s most renowned public lawyer and has recently appeared before the Privy Council. He has written a textbook of Guernsey law which was published in 2003. He is also a member of the Editorial Board of the Jersey Law Review.

Email: gordon.dawes@ozannes.com

Direct Tel: +44 (0) 1481 731479
Direct Fax: +44 (0) 1481 710487

Robert Shepherd LLB LLM Maîtrise

Partner, Solicitor (England) 1993, Advocate (Guernsey) 2002.

Areas of Practice: Commercial and Civil Litigation, Employment.

CV: Managing Partner. Robert obtained his Maîtrise from Paris University in 1989 and joined Clifford Chance in 1991, before joining Ozannes in 1999. Robert's know-how and abilities as a commercial litigator make him a key member of the team. His practise involves multi-jurisdictional matters, many relating to financial services, regulatory and contentious trust business. 

Email: robert.shepherd@ozannes.com

Direct Tel: +44 (0) 1481 731473
Direct Fax: +44 (0) 1481 714571

Gavin Farrell

Partner, Solicitor (England) 1998, Avocat à la Cour d'appel de Paris 1998, Advocate (Guernsey) 2002.

Areas of Practice: Banking and Finance, Commercial, Corporate, Investment Funds, and Listings (CISX).

CV: Gavin joined the firm in 2001 after working for a number of years for Simmons & Simmons in both their London and Paris offices. A dual-qualified French and English lawyer, Gavin has multi-jurisdictional commercial experience and specialises in offshore funds.

Email: gavin.farrell@ozannes.com

Direct Tel: +44 (0) 1481 731457
Direct Fax: +44 (0) 1481 727964

Jessica Roland BA

Partner, Solicitor (England) 1997, Advocate (Guernsey) 1999, Notary Public.

Areas of Practice: Commercial and Civil Litigation, Employment.

CV: Head of Ozannes' Employment. Jessica practised in England as a solicitor, conducting general litigation and appearing in Courts, before returning to Guernsey in 1998. Jessica practises commercial and common law, specialising in employment law and human/corporate rights. She has substantial experience before Guernsey Courts at all levels, and has advised some of the island's largest institutions on dealing with employment matters including redundancies. She has appeared before the Guernsey employment tribunal on numerous occasions. Jessica lectures and advises in this area for both locally based and international corporations with Guernsey employment issues, and frequently contributes articles on employment law.

Email: jessica.roland@ozannes.com

Direct Tel: +44 (0) 1481 731455
Direct Fax: +44 (0) 1481 710487

Paul Christopher LLB

Partner, Solicitor (England) 1999, Advocate (Guernsey) 2003.

Areas of Practice: Banking and Finance, Commercial, Corporate, Employment, Investment Funds, Listings (CISX) and Trusts.

CV: Paul has practised with Ozannes since 1999 and specialises in corporate, finance, commercial law and trusts, particularly the establishment of all types of investment funds, mergers and acquisitions, as well as regulatory matters. He has an established trust practice and acts for a number of leading trust institutions on the island.

Recent publications include Secured Lending Guernsey, click here to view pdf. 

Marcus Stone LLB

Partner & Advocate (Jersey).

Areas of Practice: Banking and Finance, Commercial, Corporate, Employment, Investment Funds, Listings (CISX), Securitisations and Trusts.

CV: Marcus joined Ozannes in 2006 to head up the Jersey practice. He has 11 years' experience in Jersey law, specialising in banking and finance, the establishment and management of investment funds and the creation and continuation of securitisation structures and programmes.

Email: marcus.stone@ozannes.com

Direct Tel: +44 (0) 1534 784055
Direct Fax: +44 (0) 1534 723465

Mark Temple

Partner, Solicitor (England & Wales) 1994, Advocate (Jersey) 2005.

Areas of Practice: Commercial and Civil Litigation.

CV: Mark joined Ozannes in Jersey in March 2007. He qualified and practiced as a solicitor in leading City firm Ashursts from 1992 to 2003, specialising in general commercial litigation and dispute resolution. He then practiced commercial litigation at another Jersey law firm where his work included contentious trusts, bankruptcy and asset tracing litigation. Mark is a Cambridge graduate and is also an ADR qualified mediator.

Email: mark.temple@ozannes.com

Direct Tel: +44 (0) 1534 784025
Direct Fax: +44 (0) 1534 723465

Mark Chambers LL.B (Hons)

Partner and Advocate

Areas of Practice: Banking, corporate, commercial, structured finance and investment funds

CV: Mark was called to the English Bar in 1996 and practiced in London before moving to Jersey in 1998. Mark joined Ozannes in 2007 as a partner to boost its rapidly expanding team. He specialises in banking, corporate, commercial, structured finance and investment funds. His practice has focussed particularly on structured and project finance, corporate acquisitions, mergers, investments funds and private equity.

Email: mark.chambers@ozannes.com

Direct Tel: +44 (0) 1534 784047
Direct Fax: +44 (0) 1534 723465

Mark Torode

Partner, Barrister (England) 1995, Advocate (Guernsey) 1997

Areas of Practice: Private Client, Property and Planning.

CV: Mark is an Advocate with more than ten years’ experience at the Guernsey Bar, whose client base was founded on a vast network of contacts but which has grown due to his reputation for dynamism and problem-solving.  His ability to communicate complex matters simply to a wide spectrum of clients has meant that he is constantly attracting new work from the recommendations of existing clients.

Email: mark.torode@ozannes.com

Direct Tel: +44 (0) 1481 723466
Direct Fax: +44 (0) 1481 720378