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Offshore: Dispute Resolution

Guernsey

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UK

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Gareth is a litigation lawyer who specialises in trust, company (including directors' duties), insolvency, professional negligence and other financial services disputes. He also has an active practice in semi-contentious trust matters.

A qualified Guernsey Advocate, Gareth is the firm's Guernsey Managing Partner and leads its Insolvency and Corporate Disputes team on the island.

Gareth has been involved in a number of trials in the Royal Court of Guernsey and several appeals to the Court of Appeal and Privy Council. He acted for the successful non-executive director defendants in the long running, multi-billion dollar Carlyle litigation that eventually concluded in 2020. He also recently acted for the Registrar of the Chambre de Discipline (the disciplinary body for Advocates) on the first ever appeal of a disciplinary matter to the Court of Appeal, where he was successful.

Career

Gareth qualified as solicitor of England and Wales in 2001 with Reynolds Porter Chamberlain in London and joined Collas Crill in 2005. He qualified as a Guernsey Advocate in 2008 and became a partner of Collas Crill in 2010.

Education: LLB (2.1) (University of Liverpool, 1998); LPC (Distinction) (College of Law, Chester 1999); Certificat d’Etudes Juridiques Françaises et Normandes (Caen, 2006)

Professional Memberships

ARIES (Association of Restructuring and Insolvency Experts)

Chancery Bar Association

ACTAPS (Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists)

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Offshore: Dispute Resolution - Guernsey
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Band 3

Gareth Bell is sought after for his expertise in financial services disputes. He regularly represents clients in matters relating to trusts and breach of fiduciary duty.

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