Dickinson Gleeson

 Dickinson Gleeson is a multi-award-winning, dynamic and innovative specialist disputes firm which acts in relation to contentious trusts and estates, commercial, fraud, company, funds and insolvency litigation. The firm also provides non-contentious trust, corporate and lending advice.

The firm is conflict-free and has acted in some of the highest value cases to have come before the Jersey Courts, on behalf of both claimants and defendants. It also regularly acts for clients in complex trust matters and on Jersey aspects of international transactions. Clients include financial institutions, government agencies, professional firms, religious bodies, executors, trustees, protectors, ultra-HNWIs and HNWIs.

Its litigators, who have historically been involved in some of the Island’s largest cases, continue to be involved in complex, cutting-edge and high value cases, in which claims run in to the tens of millions and the courts make new law.

The firm’s non-contentious trust advisory/corporate practice continues to see an expansion of its trust company client base. Highlights of the last 12 months have included complex and high value trust restructuring work.

Types of work undertaken
Contentious trust and estates: representing UHNWI and HNWI settlors, trustees, executors, protectors and beneficiaries in relation to high profile, high value and complex contentious trust and estates cases, including breach of trust claims, sham claims and all types of administrative directions applications.

Fraud asset tracing and insolvency: representing clients in relation to fraud, asset tracing claims and insolvency procedures, including securing worldwide freezing and Norwich Pharmacal orders with and without gagging orders.

 Company and funds litigation: representing clients in company and funds litigation, including shareholders disputes, unfair prejudice claims, derivative claims and the defence of director’s liability claims.

 Corporate and finance: advising on a wide range of corporate matters through the life cycle of a Jersey entity, including establishing, buying and selling, re-domiciling, winding up and reinstating Jersey companies and assisting clients to structure groups to acquire assets. Also advising in relation to loans made to Jersey entities and security taken under Jersey law.

 Non-contentious trust advisory: advising trust companies, UHNWI and HNWI settlors, protectors and beneficiaries in relation to all issues affecting the establishment, administration and termination of all types of Jersey trusts.

 Private client: advising UHNWI, HNWI and professionals (both based in Jersey and overseas) in relation to the structuring and administration of Jersey estates and related matters.

 Regulatory: advising trust companies, beneficiaries and UBOs in relation to compliance with regulatory and anti-money laundering legislation. The firm has undertaken investigative work pursuant to directions of the Jersey Financial Services Commission.

 Employment: advising in relation to non-contentious and contentious employment matters, including the dismissal of employees and enforcement of restrictive covenants.