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Greg Jones
Greg Jones
Consultant. Greg has experience in all areas of UK and Isle of Man personal and corporate taxation but specialises in private client matters, especially capital taxation, trusts, residence and domicile, double tax treaties, and liaising/ negotiating with tax authorities on disclosure issues. His clients include local and international high net worth individuals, companies, trusts and corporate service providers. Greg has been involved over the years in various tax strategy groups and working parties and is a frequent contributor to the business press and speaker at tax-related events both on and off the Isle of Man.
Jessica McManus
Jessica McManus
Senior Associate. Jessica is able to assist and advise clients in a number of areas, including high-value corporate and commercial litigation, employment issues, personal injury and clinical negligence and debt recovery. Jessica’s commercial litigation practice has seen her act for a number of onshore and offshore clients from large CSPs to small partnerships. Jessica works with clients to find appropriate and effective resolutions including utilising alternative dispute resolution such as mediation. In her employment practice, Jessica advises both employers and employees in contentious and non-contentious matters. Jessica was complimented for her “targeted and concise advocacy” when she successfully obtained an injunction for a Consultant who had been suspended from his position. Jessica also regularly advises on non-contentious issues such as contracts and policies for employers and settlement agreements.
Leanne McKeown
Leanne McKeown
Director/Head of Dispute Resolution/Head of Employment. Leanne specialises in commercial disputes, company, fiduciary obligations and employment related litigation.  Leanne has significant experience advising in high value claims regarding allegations of fraudulent breaches of directors’ duties and complex e-disclosure process management. Injunctions and Norwich Pharmacal applications are a frequent feature of the multi-dimensional matters that Leanne handles. Leanne has particular experience advising on all aspects of employment, equality and industrial relations law. Leanne advises clients in relation to workplace investigations, confidentiality, restrictive covenants, social media issues as well as related privacy issues. She is expert in the employment law issues that arise from mergers and acquisitions, corporate restructurings and redundancy situations. Leanne represents a number of island based Unions and recently advised a Teachers’ Union on matters concerning industrial action short of strike. Leanne provides counsel on all matters arising out of the employer-employee relationship and represents employers in contentious employment law disputes before the Equality and Employment Tribunal and the Isle of Man High Court, including injunction proceedings. mercial disputes. Specialist areas of practice include are areas of employment and equality law, data protection and civil and commercial litigation, to include freezing injunctions, Norwich Pharmacal applications, director/shareholder disputes and professional negligence claims.
Mark Dougherty
Mark Dougherty
Managing Director. Mark has extensive experience in the Isle of Man in corporate and commercial law and is consistently ranked as one of the top corporate and commercial lawyers on the Island. Mark regularly advises multi-national companies, listed entities, banks and private equity houses as well as high net worth individuals in a wide range of Isle of Man corporate and commercial matters. Mark is a qualified notary public. Mark’s specialist areas of practice are banking, capital markets, shipping, mergers and acquisitions and general corporate matters.
Matthew Wilkinson
Senior Associate Matthew is a Manx Advocate and has significant experience in advising on a wide range of complex domestic and cross-border corporate, commercial and regulatory matters. Matthew’s specialist areas of practice are: Mergers and acquisitions Banking and asset finance Financial services regulation Solvent corporate restructuring E-gaming Private investment structures Corporate governance Matthew is also a duly appointed Commissioner for Oaths and Notary Public in the Isle of Man.