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Employment

Carey Olsen

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Carey Olsen‘s Channel Island employment practice is well-placed to advise both onshore and offshore employers and trust managers on matters concerning pension schemes, as well as assisting with the structuring of large-scale pension plans and associated regulatory matters. The team is also able to advise on exits of senior employees and employee incentive schemes, as well as handling discrimination claims. Huw Thomas, who was made partner in January 2023 and focuses on mediation, leads the team alongside pensions specialist Alexa Saunders, who also heads up the firm’s trusts and private wealth team. Counsel Julie Currie is an experienced pensions practitioner, advising on transfers, scheme restructures, risk transfers and benefit changes. Senior associate Tarina Le Boutillier is noted for her work on immigration, in addition to contentious and non-contentious employment work.

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Testimonials

Collated independently by Legal 500 research team.

  • 'Carey Olsen's pensions team is thoroughly knowledgeable and well respected in their field, clearly keeping up to date with industry developments, legal updates and regulatory developments.'
  • 'Julie Currie is thoroughly professional, knowledgeable and very responsive.'
  • 'The advice Huw Thomas provides is always clear and proportionate to the size and sector of the client.'
  • 'I felt they were very client-focused. They understood the challenge and risk and were honest about possible outcomes, risks and ideas for different options. It was not an easy case across a couple of jurisdictions, and they ensured that all groups involved were aligned and did their best to make the issue seamless. Very much appreciated their support - a great partner.'
  • 'Huw Thomas and Tarina Le Boutillier worked well as a team.'
  • 'Carey Olsen takes the time to get to know its clients and their business. They then tailor their approach and advice to the size, culture and industry; all the time ensuring they uphold the law and all ethical standards.'
  • 'Huw Thomas and Tarina Le Boutillier provide an efficient and caring service, always ensuring they find time to help (sometimes at extremely short notice).'
  • 'Helpful, responsive advice. They understand commercial realities and provide practical solutions.'

Key clients

  • Committee of Management of the Public Employees' Pension Fund
  • Management Board of the Jersey Teachers Superannuation Fund
  • RBS International Employees’ Pension Trustees Limited (Trustee of the RBS International Pension Trust)
  • RBS International Employees’ Pension Trustees Limited (Trustee of the RBSI Widows and Orphans Purpose Trust)
  • Trustees of Aberdeen Asset Management Pension Scheme
  • Nedbank Private Wealth
  • Ports of Jersey Limited
  • Rossborough Financial Services Limited
  • Fairway Pension Trustees Limited
  • Alex Forbes

Work highlights

  • Advising the Committee of Management of the Public Employees' Pension Fund and the Management Board of the Jersey's Teachers Superannuation Fund on an ongoing basis.
  • Advised Nedbank Private Wealth on the sale of its Channel Islands trusts businesses, Nedgroup Trust (Guernsey) and Nedgroup Trust (Jersey) to Suntera Global.
  • Advising on the Jersey and Guernsey law issues relevant to the RBS International Employees’ Pension Trustees, a large multi-jurisdictional pension scheme.

Lawyers

Rising stars

Tarina Le Boutillier

Tarina Le Boutillier

Carey Olsen

Tarina specialises in employment law, dealing with global, multinational and local clients and advising on all aspects of contentious and non-contentious employment law. As well as employment law, Tarina has a keen interest in and frequently advises on data protection legislation and privacy related matters.

Leading individuals

Huw Thomas

Huw Thomas

Carey Olsen

Huw is a partner in Carey Olsen's Jersey office specialising in employment law, data protection and regulatory issues. Huw is one of Jersey's leading employment lawyers and has been advising on employment issues, data protection and information management for more than 20 years. He advises in both Jersey and Guernsey as part of the Carey Olsen Channel Islands Employment Team. He primarily advises employers across a broad cross section of the private and public sectors, with a particular focus on the financial services industry. He has been ranked in the Chambers and Partners and Legal 500 guides for employment law for a number of years and the employment team is consistently ranked in the top tier for employment. Huw is a regular speaker at breakfast briefings, conferences and seminars.

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Huw Thomas, Alexa Saunders

Other key lawyers

Julie Currie, Tarina Le Boutillier

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