Endorsements
Chambers and Partners UK
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2005 Edition
The Firm
This Guernsey firm scooped market commendations for its full-service corporate offering and corporate finance expertise, and for featuring "the best litigation team on the island." ... Clients admired the "helpful, responsive approach" and "relevant local experience" of its "quality staff." These features, along with a "growing raft of younger partners," combine to make this firm a "force to be reckoned with."
The Lawyers
"Congenial, sensible and widely experienced advocate" Peter Harwood boasts significant City experience, and possesses a respected depth of experience in his active funds, banking, insurance and trust practice. Harwood also has been active in the Financial Services Commission, looking at closed-end regulated funds. Recent deals have seen him advise Hanson Finance in the issue and listing on the CISX of guaranteed floating rate notes. The market acknowledged the corporate finance and complex transactional expertise of "goal-oriented and commercial" David Moore. A loyal client base continues to seek his counsel on structured finance, regulatory, insurance, trust, banking and offshore fund matters. He advised on the acquisition of the Guernsey business of the Insinger de Beaufort Global Trust and Fiduciary Services Division as well as for a property investment fund investing in Poland .
The dispute resolution team earned unanimous recognition as a top litigation outfit. Its "barrister-like approach" and "good run of juniors" propel the firm into the top league in litigation matters. Both peers and clients underlined the practice resource capability to conduct high-profile, landmark cases simultaneously. Known as "one of the top insolvency lawyers," Jeremy Wessels boasts an incredibly broad spread of competence and acts in a "prepared and thoroughly sensible manner." He has been acting for Westminster City Council in respect of orders obtained against assets held in trust in Guernsey that are allegedly connected to Dame Shirley Porter. St John Robilliard's strong trusts expertise earns him recognition in dealing with the tax authorities and in the domain of beneficiaries' rights to trust information. Described as "hardened, talented and strongly factual," Peter Ferbrache heads the litigation group, and is "one of the most formidable litigators in Guernsey ," according to clients. He advised the administrator and distributor on a guaranteed funds dispute.
Extracts taken from Chambers and Partners UK 2005 edition
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