Carey Olsen

Dispute Resolution and Litigation; Trusts and Private Wealth; Restructuring and Insolvency; Regulatory

John Greenfield is a consultant for the dispute resolution and litigation group of Carey Olsen in Guernsey where he was previously senior partner.

John undertakes the complete range of major litigation and advocacy work including asset tracing, multi-jurisdictional disputes and commercial and trust litigation. John has been counsel in many of the major litigation cases before the Royal Court of Guernsey and the Guernsey Court of Appeal and is one of the few Guernsey advocates to have appeared as counsel in the Privy Council. He has been lead counsel in many ground-breaking trust litigation cases.

John was a member of the committee which completely overhauled Guernsey's civil procedure in 2008 and is part of the new review committee. He has been the Guernsey member of the UK Fraud Advisory Panel since 2001. He is a founder member of Fraudnet, a body of the world's leading fraud lawyers set up by the International Chamber of Commerce. He is also a member of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPs) and is a Notary Public. John was the first elected as head of the Guernsey Bar in November 2008 and was re-elected to the role in 2010. John is listed as a Global Elite Thought Leader by Who's Who Legal for Asset Recovery.

John was enrolled as a Solicitor in England in 1975 where he was a partner in a law firm before moving to Guernsey in 1980. After working as in-house counsel and trust manager for an international merchant bank, John qualified as a Guernsey advocate with the firm and in the same year became a partner in 1986.

John is ranked in the Hall of Fame for Dispute Resolution by The Legal 500. He has been ranked for 21 years by Chambers and Partners, with 19 years for Offshore: Dispute Resolution as a Senior Statespeople.

English, written French.

UK Fraud Advisory Panel; founder member and only Guernsey member of Fraudnet (set up by the International Chamber of Commerce for its members) and currently a member of its Advisory Board.

Member of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists; John was the first elected Head of the Guernsey Bar in November 2008 and was re-elected to the role in 2010.

University of Hull, Université de Caen Basse-Normandie (1992 Certificat d’Etudes Juridiques Francaise et Normandes); Notary Public 1986.

Active sportsman – especially cricket and tennis. Otherwise leisure mostly occupied by family commitments and travel.