About

Provided by Dickinson Gleeson

Led by Craig Swart, the Dickinson Gleeson private client team acts on all aspects of private wealth structures including trusts, companies, foundations and partnerships. The team’s clients comprise a wide range of international and Jersey-based financial services businesses, professional trustees and private clients. The Dickinson Gleeson private client team often works hand in hand with the client’s in-house and external legal and other professional advisors from around the world.

The team, which comprises 3 partners, 1 senior associate and 1 associate, provides services spanning the full spectrum of private client work, from non-contentious advisory, to hostile trust litigation. Dickinson Gleeson’s private client team prides itself on offering commercial advice on a stream-lined and partner-led basis, tailored to the specific needs of each client. Dickinson Gleeson operates on a “conflict free” basis and is entirely independent of any trust company – one of the only leading law firms in Jersey to remain so.

Key institutional clients include: RBC, First Island Trustees,Trident Trust, Vistra Trust, Pentera Trust, Fairway Trust, BKS Family Office, Rawlinson & Hunter Jersey, Geneva Trust Company, LGL, Chateau Trust and

Schindlers. The team also acts for a wide range of ultra-HNW and HNW families from around the world.

Chambers Review

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Offshore: Trusts - Jersey
3
Band 3
What the Team is Known For

Dickinson Gleeson provides advisory and dispute resolution services.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Craig Swart
2
Craig Swart
Head of Offshore: Trusts
2
Band 2

Craig Swart advises on litigation and non-contentious matters.

"Craig is highly personable and effective in being able to navigate through complex matters to provide clear, practical advice."

"I have confidence that Craig always delivers on his promises, understanding how to prioritise what matters."

"His knowledge and expertise are at the highest level. This, coupled with his high quality client service, makes it an easy decision engaging Craig for sophisticated Jersey law matters."

James Gleeson
3
James Gleeson
3
Band 3

James Gleeson advises clients on contentious trust matters.

"James Gleeson is a really excellent advocate with great commercial awareness and ferociously intelligent. He is my go-to Jersey advocate."

"James Gleeson has been great - he is all over the detail, quite a creative lawyer in the way he thinks about things and is pretty commercial, too."

Ranked Lawyers at
Dickinson Gleeson

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Jersey

Offshore: Trusts

Craig Swart
2
Craig Swart
Head of Offshore: Trusts
2
Band 2
James Gleeson
3
James Gleeson
3
Band 3

Members

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Craig Swart

Craig Swart

Head of Department

Guillaume Staal

Jonathan Barham