Offshore Britain - Jersey
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Employment

Appleby

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Appleby’s pan-Channel Island employment team advises financial institutions and senior executives on employee exits and has been increasingly instructed on investigatory matters, including those concerning regulatory misconduct. Employee share schemes are a further area of expertise. Practice head Richard Sheldon, whose practice encompasses both Jersey and Guernsey, advises on complex severance matters where employment, directorship and shareholder issues intersect. Niall MacDonald regularly handles contract drafting, immigration and business licensing issues, and the enforcement of post-exit obligations. Associate James Gallimore joined the firm in January 2023 from Simmons & Simmons, and is well versed in both contentious and non-contentious employment matters, including unfair dismissal and discrimination claims.

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Testimonials

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  • 'Richard Sheldon and his team put the client relationship and understanding of their needs at the forefront of their advisory practice. The advice therefore reflects the culture and commercial needs of the business, rather than just interpreting legislation and the facts of any matter.'
  • 'Richard Sheldon is a trusted business partner and feels like a part of the team when providing advice. He consults thoroughly with the business to ensure he is clear on the brief and requirements, provides nuanced recommendations and partners the company throughout any process, adapting any advice in real time to respond to given circumstances.'
  • 'Appleby understand the importance of our work in delivering high quality, safe and effective services. They are responsive and supportive and always work in our best interests, often finding ways to reduce resources and costs without compromising on quality.'
  • 'Niall MacDonald has provided my organisation with an exceptional service. Niall is approachable, accessible and very responsive. Niall considers all eventualities and provides information in a way that supports informed choice and decision-making. When facing difficult circumstances, Niall is fully prepared, his knowledge and skills provide confidence and security.'
  • 'The practice is always professional when dealing with our complex international requirements and has the ability to access "experts" for our matters.'
  • 'Richard Sheldon and the team have the ability to speak in appropriate language to help the lay person understand.'
  • 'Niall MacDonald was outstanding. From initial contact to conclusion we were treated with the utmost professionalism and courtesy.'
  • 'Niall MacDonald was excellent - he worked hard on our case and provided us with sound legal advice and documentation and kept in regular contact. Niall took the emotion out of the case for us and made sure also that we were all content with how things were moving forward.'

Key clients

  • Barclays Group
  • Canaccord Genuity Wealth
  • CMS Cameron McKenna Nabarro Olswang
  • Eversheds Sutherland
  • Family Nursing & Home Care
  • HSBC Group
  • PraxisIFM
  • Sanne Group
  • Suntera Global

Work highlights

  • Advised an international institution on the exit of a chief executive based in Jersey who was also shareholder of group entities elsewhere.
  • Advised an international financial services business on issues concerning a senior executive on garden leave.

Lawyers

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Niall MacDonald
Appleby
Niall MacDonald is a Partner in the Dispute Resolution department in Appleby’s Jersey office. He advises on all types of commercial dispute and has extensive advocacy experience ranging from representing clients regarding trusts and multi-jurisdictional issues (before the Royal Court of Jersey and Court of Appeal) to resolving local employment disputes (before the Jersey Employment and Discrimination Tribunal). His practice now focuses on the following specialisms: commercial & contractual disputes; employment & regulatory matters; trust litigation; together with fraud, asset tracing & insolvency cases.  The breadth of his experience equips him particularly well when such issues overlap, for example with misconduct investigations concerning regulatory matters. His clients range from high net worth individuals and executives, to leading global and local corporate entities. The cases which he has resolved over the last 15 years have involved a broad range of other areas of the law (including company, contract, criminal, data protection, insolvency, insurance, planning, professional negligence and regulatory).

Practice head

The lawyer(s) leading their teams.

Richard Sheldon

Other key lawyers

Niall MacDonald, James Gallimore

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