Walkers

Insolvency & Dispute Resolution

Nigel Sanders is one of the leading commercial litigation and trust disputes lawyers in Jersey and has over 30 years' experience as a contentious practitioner.

Nigel has been practising in Jersey since 2006, but has also worked in London, Abu Dhabi and the Cayman Islands. Besides commercial and trusts disputes his expertise encompasses contentious insolvency and corporate matters as well as contentious regulatory advisory work and competition law disputes.

He has been admitted in Jersey, England and Wales, BVI and Cayman and regularly advises on cross-border issues relating to trusts, probate, insolvency, fraud and asset tracing and corporate and commercial disputes

Nigel appears regularly before the Jersey Court and has represented professional and institutional clients as well as individuals in a wide range of important reported cases. He is recognised by Chambers & Partners and Legal 500.

Admitted in:
Jersey
England and Wales (not practising)
BVI (not practising)
Cayman Islands (not practising

Nigel trained as a solicitor in London with Frere Cholmeley before joining Macfarlanes with whom he spent his first three years based in Abu Dhabi. After a further period in London with Macfarlanes, in 2003 Nigel joined Walkers in the Cayman Islands.  Between 2006 and 2019 he worked for another leading firm in Jersey, where he headed the dispute resolution department for a number of years. Nigel rejoined Walkers as a partner in the firm's Jersey office in January 2019.

Member of the Law Society of England and Wales Member of the Law Society of Jersey Committee Member of the Law Society of Jersey Member of ARIES Member of INSOL

Qualifications: LLB (Hons), University of Hull LLM in Advanced Litigation (Distinction), Nottingham Trent University Law Society Finals Jersey Advocates' Examinations