28 June 2010
Multiple Legal teams at Ogier advise Waitrose on entry into Channel Islands
Chris Renouf
Team: Jonathan Hughes, Catherine Moore, James Campbell, Josephine Howe, Matt Guthrie
Guernsey, Jersey
Deal
"Very thorough, extremely well organised and great at explaining things to clientsery thorough, extremely well organised and great at explaining things to clients"
Legal 500 UK, 2023
Josephine acts for a wide range of professional trustees, high-net worth families and family offices on all issues concerning trusts and foundations as well as private wealth, probate and regulatory matters. Her principal areas of expertise include advising on the establishment, ongoing administration and restructuring of complex trust structures, family offices and private trust companies (together with all related company and commercial law issues) and on rectifying and mitigating breaches of trust. Josephine also advises on charitable and philanthropic structures.
Background and experience
Josephine works closely with her Dispute Resolution colleagues in connection with trustee representations to court and her Investment Fund colleagues in relation to Jersey's private fund regime.
Josephine has been recognised in Chambers HNW, Chambers UK, Legal 500 UK, Legal Week Private Client Global Elite and by Citywealth as a Future Leader.
Clients say that Josephine "has a huge amount of Jersey trust experience and is able to provide first-rate trust advice (technical, trustee advisory, and associated areas) in a very short timescale" and a "go-to name for establishing family offices".
Josephine is an Advocate of the Royal Court of Jersey, a BVI Solicitor and a Scottish Solicitor; a member of The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP); and a member of the Jersey Finance working party on Family Offices in Jersey.
Josephine contributes to various publications including Trust & Trustees, STEP Journal, Offshore Investment, Jersey Finance and e-private client and regularly presents to local trust companies. She is peer reviewer for 'Trust & Trustees: Foundations special edition'; co-author of the Jersey chapter of 'European Cross Border Estate Planning'; co-author of the Jersey chapter of 'Planning & Administration of Offshore & Onshore Trusts'; and a contributor to the Jersey chapter of International Succession Laws. Josephine has also spent time on secondment as in-house legal counsel to a local trust company.
Admitted in:
2021 - British Virgin Islands
2009 - Jersey
2005 - Scotland (not practising)
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News and insights
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6 February 2023
Jersey and Guernsey to delay public access to beneficial ownership records following ruling by the Court of Justice of the European Union
Natalia Fortuna
Team: James Campbell, Matt Guthrie, Josephine Howe, Catherine Moore
Guernsey, Jersey
Insight
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20 December 2022
Strong showing for Ogier's top-tier Trusts Advisory Group in Private Client Global Elite
News
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16 December 2022
Conversations with the Next Gen: areas of development and consideration advisers are talking about
Catherine Moore
Team: Anthony Partridge, Katherine Neal, Matt Guthrie, James Campbell, Gavin Ferguson, Josephine Howe, and 1 more
British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Hong Kong, Jersey
Insight
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18 October 2022
The doctrine of mistake and the rule in Hastings-Bass: statutory remedies in Jersey law
Josephine Howe
Team: Edward Mackereth, Nick Williams
Jersey
Insight
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30 September 2022
Top tier Ogier in Jersey leader in its field in Legal 500
Katrina Edge
Team: Bruce MacNeil, James Lydeard, Kate McCaffrey, Raulin Amy, Alexander Curry, Jonathan Hughes, and 29 more
Jersey
News
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26 September 2022
Trusts (Amendment No.7) (Jersey) Law 2018 now in force
James Campbell
Team: Katherine Neal, Josephine Howe
Jersey
Insight
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14 September 2022
Uses of the Jersey Foundation
James Campbell
Team: Josephine Howe
Jersey, Guernsey, Hong Kong
Insight
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1 September 2022
Charitable and philanthropic structures in Jersey
Josephine Howe
Jersey
Insight
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15 July 2022
Ogier remains the only firm with top-tier ranking across Cayman, Guernsey and Jersey in Chambers HNW
Rachael Reynolds
Team: Anthony Partridge, Matt Guthrie, Gavin Ferguson, Catherine Moore, Chris Hards, James Campbell, and 2 more
Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Jersey
News
Recognition
"Next Generation Partner"
Legal 500 UK, 2023
View more"Exceptional lawyer"
Legal 500 UK, 2023
"Short notice attention, and commercial pricing, she never fails to deliver on both"
Chambers High Net Worth Guide, 2022
"Cool, calm and collected, and good with clients"
Chambers High Net Worth Guide, 2022
"A very safe pair of hands for complicated and urgent trust and private client advice. An exceptionally dedicated and experienced trust lawyer"
Legal 500 UK, 2021
"They are always reachable, always revert back, arrange for any issues to be discussed, always available for a call to discuss and run through any larger transactions and draft documentation requirements"
Legal 500 UK, 2022
"Next Generation Partner"
Legal 500 UK, 2022
"Really good and capable trusts practitioner"
Chambers High Net Worth Guide, 2021
"Has a huge amount of Jersey trust experience and is able to provide first-rate trust advice (technical, trustee advisory, and associated areas) in a very short timescale"
Legal 500 UK, 2021
"One to watch"
Legal Week Private Client Global Elite 'Ones to Watch' Directory, 2021
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