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Steve Meiklejohn

Steve Meiklejohn 

Partner , Jersey

 
phone +44 (0)1534 504462 
email steve.meiklejohn@ogier.com 
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Location:
Jersey

Area of expertise:
Private Client and Trusts, Corporate and Commercial, Employee Benefits, Private Wealth

Background:
Steven Meiklejohn is a Partner and head of the Private Client and Trusts Team at Ogier. He qualified as an Advocate in 1985 and became a partner at Ogier in 1988.

Steve is heavily involved in advising all of the firm’s major trust company clients on trust and commercial issues as well as on regulatory matters. Steve has expertise in advising on the establishment and administration of complex structures for high net worth clients looking to create comprehensive estate plans for their personal and business assets.

He is a regular speaker at conferences on trust issues and is responsible for the chapters on Jersey Law found in the works entitled "European Cross Boarder Estate Planning" and "Planning and Administration of Offshore and Onshore Trusts".

Steve is Chairman of STEP Jersey, is on the Editorial Board of Trusts and Trustees and currently sits on the Working Parties considering trust law reform in Jersey and the Jersey Foundations.

Steve is recognised as a Leading Individual in the 2010 edition of the Legal 500 directory.

Private Client Practitioner has recognised Steve as a leading practitioner in the private client profession in their 50 Most Influential 2012.

Admitted in:
1985 - Jersey
1982 - England & Wales

Authored Publications:

 Foreign Orders
Private Client Practitioner - November 2007




 

 Recognition

  • quotation mark  extraordinarily knowledgeable...clients 'continue to be astonished and impressed at the level of responsiveness and depth of understanding in the advice given by Steve and his team' quotation mark

    Legal 500 2007

  • quotation mark  Very sharp, affable, and a sheer pleasure to work with. quotation mark

    Legal Business, October 2007

  • quotation mark  without a doubt one of the leading figures on the island for trusts work quotation mark

    Chambers UK 2008

  • quotation mark  a leading figure in the Jersey trust industry... You can ask him any obscure question and he can give you an answer - he deals with all the more difficult legal aspects of a matter and always sorts out issues promptly quotation mark

    Chambers UK 2009

  • quotation mark  Knows his law and is clear - his advice isn't hedged around with caveats quotation mark

    Legal 500 2008

  • quotation mark  very good on 'big picture' international planning issues quotation mark

    Legal 500 2009

  • quotation mark  Steve Meiklejohn is 'one of a small group of acknowledged trusts experts in Jersey.' quotation mark

    Legal 500 2010

  • quotation mark  You always feel he is working with you - not against you. quotation mark

    Legal 500 2010

  • quotation mark  Meiklejohn combines with contentious specialist Kerry Lawrence to form the 'pillars of the trust world' quotation mark

    Legal 500 2010

  • quotation mark  down to earth and pragmatic quotation mark

    Chambers Europe 2011

  • quotation mark  He provides excellent ideas about how we can develop our business quotation mark

    Chambers Europe 2011

  • quotation mark  analyses issues with a depth of understanding that is difficult for peers to surpass quotation mark

    Legal 500 2011

  • quotation mark  commercial, quick to spot the issues and collaborative in the way he works. quotation mark

    Chambers UK 2012

 
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