Alexa Saunders

Partner  |  Carey Olsen
JURISDICTION

TOP SPECIALISMS

Family Office

Trusts & Trusteeship

Trusts: Planning

Office Location

Jersey

Short Biography

Alexa is head of the trusts and private wealth group in Jersey and has a broad non-contentious trust practice. Alexa regularly advises in connection with private family trusts, employee benefit trusts and pension trusts, including on the establishment of new trust structures, drafting trust and ancillary instruments and advising in connection with the ongoing administration and restructuring of complex trust structures. Alexa also advises in connection with philanthropic and charitable structures as well as foundations.

What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?

The Green Island in Jersey - it is right by the sea and hard to beat on a sunny day.

What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?

To be yourself and know who you are.

What was your first job?

Filing (in a law firm).

What is the book you recommend to everyone?

I try not to as it is so depressing but I can't help myself - The Narrow Road to the Deep North.

What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?

It has been a busy few years for private client lawyers and I think the current global political and economic climate means that is likely to continue.