About
Provided by Mourant
Our Jersey Private Wealth practice comprises lawyers with both contentious and non-contentious expertise, enabling us to seamlessly deliver a 'one-firm' approach to our service delivery across all jurisdictions the firm operates. This makes us stand out from other offshore law firms and is particularly important to our clients, whose affairs frequently span multiple jurisdictions.
As well as advising a range of HNW and UHNW individuals and single family offices, we have strong and lasting relationships with many significant onshore law firms, fund management houses, trust companies, banks and wealth management businesses.
Our team has a leading reputation in Jersey, characterised by:
- Our highly experienced specialists who have decades of know-how and technical expertise.
- Thought leadership in the field of trusts and private wealth, evidenced by our Trusts and Private Wealth seminars held annually in Jersey, Guernsey, Geneva and Zurich.
- Involvement in the most complex, high value and challenging cases in the jurisdiction.
- The calibre of the clients we advise.
- Our strong relationships in the City and the Chancery Bar and collaboration on work with leading private client law firms globally.
Chambers Review
Mourant is a recognised Jersey practice for offshore trust matters. The team is experienced in contentious and non-contentious matters.
Notable Practitioners
Jonathan Speck is a standout lawyer in Jersey, who is well-regarded for his skill as a litigator and courtroom advocate. He is senior partner at the firm, and is engaged in both contentious and non-contentious trusts work.
"Jonathan Speck is a very good lawyer, well known and highly regarded in the contentious trusts world."
"Jonathan Speck is a strong litigator but does a lot of high net worth structuring work as well. He is an excellent lawyer with a great reputation in the market."
Edward Devenport of Mourant is an experienced trusts lawyer, and is well regarded for his practice.
"He is fantastic."
"Edward Devenport is a very good technical lawyer."
Chiara Mundy is a senior associate at Mourant, and advises clients on trusts, foundations and wealth structuring.
"Chiara is definitely one to watch for private wealth work."