Guernsey

Our Guernsey Corporate team has several decades of experience in advising on complex and high-value transactions under Guernsey law. We combine technical expertise with a pragmatic, commercially focused approach to guide clients through corporate formation and structuring, mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings, private equity transactions, joint ventures, and equity capital markets.

Our team provides clear, actionable advice at every stage, from structuring and negotiation to implementation and post-transaction support. We ensure clients benefit from both deep legal knowledge and practical insight, enabling them to achieve their commercial objectives efficiently and effectively. We also advise on the strategic choice of Guernsey entities for multi-jurisdictional structures, helping clients optimise governance, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency.

Our Finance team provides market-leading advice under Guernsey law for both lenders and borrowers. We cover acquisition and leveraged finance, asset finance, debt capital markets, structured finance, real estate finance, Islamic finance, and securitisation, delivering practical, commercially minded solutions for complex transactions.

Our partner-led approach ensures that clients receive tailored guidance throughout every stage of a transaction, from initial structuring and negotiation to implementation, refinancing, restructuring, or enforcement. We work closely with our clients to identify opportunities, manage risk, and ensure all arrangements are compliant with Guernsey law.

We provide authoritative guidance under Guernsey law across a range of financial services regulation including investment, fiduciary, banking, insurance, and lending and credit. We help clients navigate an evolving regulatory landscape, manage compliance obligations, and respond effectively to investigations and enforcement actions.

We adopt a proactive approach, working with clients to anticipate regulatory developments and integrate compliance considerations into strategic business decisions. Our team also advises on financial crime, AML, corporate governance, data protection, and sanctions compliance, providing clarity and confidence at every step.

Our Funds team provides comprehensive guidance for all aspects of Guernsey-regulated investment funds, both listed and private, from formation and fundraising to governance, restructuring, listings, and wind-down. We advise sponsors, managers, investors, custodians and administrators across a range of private equity, real estate, credit, hedge, infrastructure, and secondaries structures and transactions, as well as emerging sectors such as fintech, renewable energy, biotech, and digital assets.

Our approach is partner-led and highly collaborative, ensuring that all commercial, legal, and regulatory considerations are addressed from the outset. We provide practical solutions tailored to clients’ strategic goals, whether launching a new fund, restructuring an existing vehicle, or navigating cross-border investment structures.

We also advise on the most effective fund domiciliation strategies, helping clients optimise regulatory compliance, investor confidence, and operational efficiency.

We advise on all aspects of Guernsey commercial property, from acquisitions and disposals to development, leasing, and financing. We combine local market knowledge with technical expertise to provide seamless, commercially-focused advice across the full property lifecycle.

We guide clients through every stage of a property transaction, whether structuring a development project, negotiating leasing arrangements, or arranging financing.

We advise trustees, HNWIs and family offices on Guernsey law for wealth structuring, trust and foundation administration, family office governance, and succession planning. We provide practical, commercially-focused guidance to protect and grow wealth across generations.

Our team works closely with clients to understand their goals and deliver tailored solutions, whether establishing new structures, consolidating existing arrangements, or managing complex succession and family governance issues.

Our team specialises in corporate litigation and dispute resolution, focusing on high value, complex commercial work spanning investment fund disputes, multi-jurisdictional claims, asset tracing and recovery, contentious insolvency and trust litigation.