Mourant is able to assist clients across the gamut regulatory challenges, including the launch of regulated businesses, up to investigations and enforcement proceedings brought by the JFSC. The ‘highly skilled’ Mathew Cook spearheads the firm’s contentious regulatory efforts, acting for financial services clients in AML and tax reporting compliance as well as sanctions-related proceedings. Non-contentious matters are the domain of Simon Gould and Sarah Huelin, who advise on the regimes governing banks and trust companies. Laurie Child is the key contact for matters of data protection and information law, and is also able to advise on competition matters. Tom Fothergill joined the team from Walkers in December 2023, bringing additional expertise in Jersey’s AML regime.
Testimonials
Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.
‘The team at Mourant offers solid, well grounded advice in complex and delicately balanced scenarios and demonstrates an excellent understanding of our business models and dependencies, resulting in advice which is on point, and easily understood.’
‘Mathew Cook demonstrates a sure hand in cases where diverse areas of law overlap, offering comprehensive yet easily digested advice on complex situations.’
‘This team is extremely well-versed in Jersey regulatory and white-collar crime. They have a comprehensive understanding of the regulatory landscape and provide clients with clear and well-judged advice on how best to navigate it. ’
‘Mathew Cook is a highly skilled regulatory lawyer who gets right to the heart of a problem and displays great strategic skill. Laurie Child is a hard-working and engaging lawyer with an effective practical approach.’
‘The team is extremely versatile and effective. It is impressive how capable they are in adapting to new issues, identifying new and fruitful arguments to address them and conducting effective and insightful research to back them up.’
‘Mathew Cook has a measured and seductive style of approaching matters which is very helpful in persuading the court and indeed the other side to come round to his way of reasoning. This lies at the heart of a lot of his (and his clients') successes.’
‘I have most experience of Mathew Cook, who is a bright and innovative lawyer in the regulatory and financial crime legal world of the Chanel Islands and a partner with excellent ability and knowledge which places his clients in very safe hands. ’
‘Many of the top Jersey law firms profess to have a regulatory and white-collar crime practice, but in my view, Mourant are definitely the market leaders in this space. They are at the forefront of most, if not all, of the leading cases in this area and there is a reason for that. They are experts in this field and the most reliable and consistent team in this area.’
Key clients
- Triton Administration Jersey Limited
- Jersey Financial Services Commission
- H1 Trust Company Limited
- Standard Chartered Bank Jersey
- Imperium Trustees (Jersey) Limited
- JTC (Jersey) Limited
- JPMorgan Chase Bank, NA
Work highlights
- Advised Triton Administration (Jersey) Limited, JTC Trust Company Limited and Imperium Trustees (Jersey) Limited on compliance issues and assisted in bringing judicial reviews where necessary.
- Advised H1 Trust Company Limited on a case concerning the scope and application of the Jersey regime for freezing and confiscating assets in aid of foreign criminal proceedings.
- Represented a number of financial services clients facing enforcement action from the JFSC or the Economic Crime and Confiscation Unit.
Lawyers
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Mathew Cook, Simon Gould, Sarah Huelin