Carey Olsen

William Grace

William is a partner advising Jersey’s finance industry and international clients on financial services-related disputes, whether civil, criminal, regulatory or a combination. This includes advisory work and advocacy. His specific experience is in advising on money laundering matters (including corruption), regulatory and compliance investigations, disputes in the banking, trusts and funds sectors, sanctions, production orders (including TIEA work), insider dealing, reporting duties, asset recovery, reciprocal enforcement, cyber-related risk and international mutual assistance generally. He places particular emphasis on working alongside clients and their in-house lawyers/compliance staff and other external advisers to implement risk-management-based solutions to disputes in the regulated sector. He is experienced in politically sensitive and complex matters involving multiple legal issues and jurisdictions. He often advises on higher risk business in the financial services regulated sector, whether that is in client take on, transactional support or M&A support. In addition to acting for Jersey regulated financial services businesses, he also acts for PLCs, individuals and foreign states.

Oliver Lindop

Oliver is counsel and Advocate in Carey Olsen's Dispute Resolution team specialising in regulatory law. Oliver is recognised as a "rising star" in the latest edition of Legal 500. In 2021, for the fourth year running Oliver has been named in eprivateclient's Channel Islands Top 35 Under 35 list. Oliver also features in the 2020 list of UK's Top 35 Under 35 private client practitioners. Oliver's recent highlights include: Acting as Advocate for the defendants in a recent reported landmark decision before the Royal Court of Jersey, construing various matters of importance for the regulated financial services sector in Jersey and succeeding on all arguments Acting in relation to Jersey aspects of the high profile insolvencies of Carillion Group and BHS Representing the interests of a global bank in relation to allegations of breach of Libyan sanctions and Jersey Anti-Money Laundering laws Advising a number of financial institutions in Jersey relation to JFSC investigations, remediation plans and civil financial penalties Advising a major Asian bank and a number of English and Jersey based funds structures in relation to proceeds of crime risk arising from fund investments Advising two prominent Jersey corporate service providers on the AML obligations applying to capital markets structures Advising a US based social media platform on compliance with Jersey regulatory laws Performing successful asset recovery for a locally administered property holding company which had been the victim of a complex multi-jurisdictional fraud Advising the trustee of a number of trusts where the settlor of those trusts was implicated in the Operation Carwash corruption investigation in Brazil Advising the corporate trustee of a trust in which the deceased settlor has been named in a major SFO investigation in England Advising a G7 government on enforcement of an external confiscation order via the Jersey Courts Assisting a local utility company on structuring customer finance arrangements in light of Jersey regulations Advising a number of gambling permit holders in interactions with the Jersey Gambling Commission including causing the JGC to adopt a narrower approach to the category of persons considered to be "gambling service providers" Assisting a gambling service provider with obtaining a bank account in Jersey by assisting with the proper legal characterisation of client account funds Advising a major global bank on an investment based claim which is in genesis in Jersey and the Isle of Man Advising a major global bank in relation to sanctions issues arising in relation to the secondary market in North Korean sovereign debt Reviewing and appraising the AML policies of a market leading lender in the Channel Islands Assisting a major US investment bank with a mapping exercise of Jersey laws Acting on a construction dispute relating to Elizabeth Castle, a prominent landmark in Jersey Assisting the Bank of Butterfield, a Bermudan bank, obtain relevant authorisations from the Jersey Financial Services Commission Acting as Advocate for a local accountancy firm in its claim against a former director for breach of covenant and implied duties Providing sanctions and AML advices to facilitate a number of high profile transactions by Carey Olsen's corporate department and Jersey regulated businesses Oliver turns around advice on trade sanctions as applied in Jersey on short notice in most common scenarios in addition to assisting clients triage the issues and seek appropriate advice on foreign sanctions (e.g. US OFAC sanctions).