Edward Cumming KC
Edward Cumming KC
Barrister | XXIV Old Buildings
JURISDICTION
England and Wales, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Guernsey, Jersey, Isle of Man
TOP SPECIALISMS
Commercial Litigation
Estates: Contentious
Trusts: Contentious
Office Location
United Kingdom
Short Biography
“The perfect modern barrister” and “the absolute best”, Edward Cumming KC has acted in some of the most significant and highest-profile trust and succession litigation in recent years. He is recommended as a leading KC in nine separate categories in the latest Chambers & Partners, and eight separate categories in the latest Legal 500. The directories, which have long recognised Edward as a “lion in court”, describe him as “just an amazing individual” and “a very smooth advocate, who is persuasive, articulate and nimble on his feet”, saying “Edward is an absolute superstar. He has a phenomenal work rate, huge intellect, an elephantine memory, and [is] utterly charming with it”. “He works incredibly hard, is commercial, is an outstanding advocate and is loved by clients for being aggressive and knowing their cases inside out. He is the first name that comes to mind for any high value and difficult case”.
What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?
Tomos Parry’s Brat
What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?
Don’t believe the hype.
What was your first job?
Receptionist at the Premier Travel Inn at Tewkesbury Strensham services on the M5
What is the book you recommend to everyone?
Believe It by Nick Foles
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Ed Devenport
Ed Devenport
Partner | Mourant
JURISDICTION
TOP SPECIALISMS
Family Office
Trusts & Trusteeship
Trusts: Planning
Office Location
Jersey
Short Biography
I'm the Global Practice Leader for international trusts and private wealth at Mourant, where I have been a partner since 1996.
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David Wilson
David Wilson
Advocate | Oben
JURISDICTION
TOP SPECIALISMS
Dispute Resolution or Arbitration
Reputation and Crisis Management
Trusts: Contentious
Office Location
Jersey
Short Biography
David is the principal of Oben Law and a director of Oben Regulatory Ltd. He is a Jersey Advocate with over 25 years’ experience of litigating in Jersey, prior to which he practised as an English Solicitor with a leading City of London firm. David’s expertise includes trust and funds disputes, fraud, asset tracing and recovery, regulatory investigations, insolvency, trustee applications, AML/CFT, sanctions and bribery/corruption issues, professional negligence and partnership and shareholder disputes. David is regularly instructed by global financial institutions as well as Jersey-based financial services businesses and international law and accountancy firms. He acts for the Viscount (the officer of the Royal Court responsible for administering bankruptcies), has acted as an appointed inspector for the Jersey Financial Services Commission and acts for a number of high-net-worth individuals in a broad variety of complex disputes.
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Daniel Channing
Daniel Channing
Director and Board Member | Crestbridge Family Office Services
JURISDICTION
Jersey, United States
TOP SPECIALISMS
Family Office
Fiduciary
Trusts & Trusteeship
Office Location
Jersey
Short Biography
With over 15 years’ experience working with global UHNW families and family offices, Daniel is a director of Crestbridge Fiduciary and a member of the Crestbridge Family Office Services board. Daniel’s key responsibility is developing and maintaining longstanding relationships with our families and family office clients. He provides support through the practical implementation and operation of bespoke fiduciary structures, designed to preserve and enhance clients’ global asset portfolios and support effective succession planning. Along with considerable experience supporting clients and advisers in the implementation and management of effective family succession planning solutions and multi-jurisdictional fiduciary structures, Daniel is highly proficient in overseeing the operation of robust governance frameworks. Daniel began his career in the private wealth group of a leading offshore law firm, before serving in senior board positions in family offices and international bank-owned trust and fiduciary service companies in both Jersey and Europe.
What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?
Cecconi
What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?
That there is as much wisdom in listening as there is in speaking
What was your first job?
Trust Administrator
What is the book you recommend to everyone?
Anything by Tom Bower
What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?
More complex challenges with a desire from clients to navigate them with support from their team of advisors
Constance McDonnell KC
Constance McDonnell KC
Barrister | Serle Court
JURISDICTION
TOP SPECIALISMS
Estates: Contentious
Probate
Trusts: Contentious
Office Location
United Kingdom
Short Biography
Constance McDonnell KC is a specialist trust and probate barrister. She has appeared in a number of highly publicised cases, including Reeves v Drew (a probate dispute about the £100m estate of an illiterate testator), she appeared for the Respondent in the landmark case of Ilott v The Blue Cross in the UK Supreme Court, and acts in the important case of Hirachand v Hirachand heading to the Supreme Court in January 2024.
What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?
Bocca di Lupo
What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?
Preparation, preparation, preparation
What was your first job?
Silver service, ranging from alcohol-fuelled work outings to a ducal home
What is the book you recommend to everyone?
A thesaurus
What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?
Finally being completely paperless (except for trials)
Clare Nicolle
Clare Nicolle
Partner | Preston Legal
JURISDICTION
TOP SPECIALISMS
Estates: Contentious
Estates: Planning
Probate
Office Location
Jersey
Short Biography
Clare heads up the estate planning & capacity team at Preston Legal, Jersey. She specialises in estate planning for local and international clients, including complex Will drafting and cross border succession planning. Clare advises on capacity related issues for both local and international clients including the drafting and registration of lasting powers of attorney. Clare acts as delegate (financial guardian) for those who no longer have capacity to manage their own financial affairs and as guardian for minors who have inherited assets. Clare is ranked as Next Generation partner by the Legal 500 and in Chambers.Clare is the current chair of the Jersey Law Society Sub Committee for Capacity & Succession.
What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?
Longueville Manor. Old school hospitality at its best.
What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?
The best piece of advice I have received is to trust in yourself, accept failure and always present clients with a solution.
What was your first job?
Working in a local, independent book shop.
What is the book you recommend to everyone?
Currently Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell.
What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?
We are seeing more and more of a push towards digitalisation:- documentation and government and court processes. I expect that to continue.
Chiara Mundy
Chiara Mundy
Senior Associate | Mourant
JURISDICTION
TOP SPECIALISMS
Estates: Planning
Trusts & Trusteeship
Trusts: Planning
Office Location
Jersey
Short Biography
I'm a Senior Associate in our Jersey International Trusts & Private Client practice. I have experience in Jersey private structures, including trusts and foundations, and advise on a number of contentious and non-contentious trust matters. I regularly work with trust companies, intermediaries and high-net-worth individuals as well as advising on succession, probate and wills.
What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?
Awabi in St Helier, Jersey. The chicken wings are truly unbeatable and addictive!
What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?
Get the law exams and qualifications out of the way as quickly as possible... then the real learning begins.
What was your first job?
Filing and archiving at a trust company during school holidays. My best friend had the same job so it was actually a lot of fun. We eventually got laid off for some strange reason..
What is the book you recommend to everyone?
The Ten Types of Human by Dexter Dias
What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?
It's very hard to say however I expect that the current global political and economic climate will continue to keep us all busy.
Bruce Lincoln
Bruce Lincoln
Partner | Mourant
JURISDICTION
Jersey
TOP SPECIALISMS
Commercial Litigation
Dispute Resolution or Arbitration
Trusts: Contentious
Office Location
Jersey
Short Biography
I am a Jersey Advocate of more than 25 years' experience in a wide range of contentious areas (in both Jersey and, before that, London) but with a particular focus on contentious trusts and private client work. I regularly act and appear as an Advocate for institutional clients (including trustees, banks, insolvency practitioners and fund service providers), as well as wealthy individuals (such as beneficiaries and private equity investors) and have been involved in some of the largest and most complex trust and private client-related cases to have come before the Jersey court. Alongside dealing with hostile litigation, I frequently advise trustees and beneficiaries on the various issues which can arise in the course of the administration of private wealth structures, in contentious and non-contentious circumstances alike.
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Ben Thorp
Ben Thorp
Counsel | Mourant
JURISDICTION
TOP SPECIALISMS
Commercial Litigation
Dispute Resolution or Arbitration
Trusts: Contentious
Office Location
London, United Kingdom
Short Biography
I am Counsel in the litigation team at Mourant in Jersey. I have broad experience in general commercial and trusts litigation, having worked on high profile and ultra-high value matters in both Jersey and the UK. I qualified and practised at a large transatlantic law firm in the UK (during which time I completed three different client secondments), and spent two years working in another top-tier litigation team in Jersey. I have extensive contentious trusts experience, including acting for both individual beneficiary plaintiffs and defendant professional fiduciaries in relation to cross-jurisdictional and ultra-high value structures and disputes. I have also acted in a number of regulatory matters, including appeals against regulator decisions, disclosures to local and foreign authorities (including under the tax information exchange legislation), and compliance with international sanctions.
What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?
Samphire, St Helier
What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?
Forget about your last shot, good or bad.
What was your first job?
Waiter
What is the book you recommend to everyone?
The Magus by John Fowles
What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?
Anouksha Patel
Anouksha Patel
Senior Associate | Walkers
JURISDICTION
TOP SPECIALISMS
Estates: Planning
Trusts & Trusteeship
Trusts: Planning
Office Location
Jersey
Short Biography
I am a senior associate in Walkers' Jersey Private Capital & Trusts Practice Group. I practiced for over ten years in onshore private practice in London before moving to Jersey. My main focus is on advising professional trustees, settlors, beneficiaries and family offices regarding complex private wealth structures, which often include private trusts, family offices, charitable structures and foundations. My practice is mainly focused on wealth protection, multi-generation succession planning and advising on general trust administration. I also regularly advise on corporate and banking structures that include purpose trusts and private trust companies or employee benefit and pension trusts. I am fully STEP qualified and working towards being an Association of Tax Technicians (ATT) member.
What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?
Petchi in St Helier. The menu is always evolving and the combination of Jersey and Basque style cooking is a winner!
What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?
Failure provides for opportunity. Whether it's about regrouping from a set-back, or learning to self-improve failure helps us to grow, often in ways we wouldn't have envisaged.
What was your first job?
A waitress for an event company.
What is the book you recommend to everyone?
What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?
Continued focus on international transparency and governance. Increase in hybrid trust structures for non-traditional trust assets, particularly regarding digital assets and the evolution of data trusts.