At Taylor Wessing LLP, ‘the team has wide knowledge of commercial matters and has the ability to distil information to non-lawyers in a very professional way’. Emma Jordan heads the practice, and is dual-qualified as both an English barrister and a Jersey advocate. The team includes Kirstie McGuigan, whose practice spans contentious and advisory work, and Caroline Tayler, who has a strong reputation for trusts advice in divorce proceedings. The stellar team advises on civil fraud work, asset-tracing, and recovery in the context of offshore trusts and structures. Another area of strength is advising on insolvent trusts. The group has been busy handling high-value issues of capacity, particularly where the protector loses capacity. Its client base includes ultra-high-net-worth individuals and families who have interests in two or more jurisdictions, and it represents more than 100 families with global wealth in excess of $1bn, eight royal families, and around 300 individuals and families worth over $100m.
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‘Emma Jordan combines both a keen knowledge of the law and sound practical and client management skills.’
‘Emma Jordan's knowledge of different jurisdictions is outstanding.’
‘Their knowledge base is incredibly deep. They work effectively and efficiently as a team which is sometimes difficult with large teams. Very easy to work with and seem to work well with other lawyers from other jurisdictions.’
‘Caroline Tayler is a star; very detail orientated and sharp as a tack. Kirstie McGuigan is an efficient leader who excels in complex trust disputes.’
‘This team works in close cooperation with the firm's private client team, giving them a breadth of understanding of trusts and probate issues not always found in competing firms.’
‘Kirstie McGuigan and Caroline Tayler are super-organised and hardworking. They are very warm and sympathetic to deal with, but have excellent legal and strategic judgement and are utterly committed to helping their clients. Nothing escapes their notice.’
‘Industrious, focused on client interests and thorough. A real specialist team who know the sector well.’
‘Kirstie McGuigan is super. A natural team leader and one who always puts the client interest in front. Very experienced. Kate Silbermann is a very promising private client lawyer who is destined for great things.’
Key clients
- Mondo Bongo LLC
- UBO of Mondo Bongo LLC
- Matteo Volpi
- Equity Trusts (Jersey) Limited
- Guardian Ad Litem
- Harbour Fund II, LP
- The Administrator of the Estate of Lord Jacobs
- The Trustees of the Jacobs Charitable Trust
Work highlights
- Acting for a world-renowned Hollywood actor and his Californian LLC in complex multi-jurisdictional litigation concerning a wine business and associated Chateau and land.
- Representing the eldest son of an ultra-high-net-worth Italian family dealing in Oil and Gas in confidential multi-party arbitration proceedings involving a claim for breach of trust and dishonest assistance related to a wholesale distribution out of trusts of approximately $4bn to his father, the Settlor.
- Acting for the Guardian Ad Litem appointed by the Bermuda Court to represent the interests of young and yet-to-be-born beneficiaries of high-value family trusts in a Public Trustee v Cooper application brought by the Trustee.
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