1 February 2022
Ogier advises Canadian family office on establishing investment vehicle to hold private equity asset

James Campbell
Team: Emily Haithwaite, Richard Laignel
Jersey
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Legal 500 UK, 2023
Richard is a member of the Private Wealth team in Jersey and advises a wide range of professional trustees, intermediaries, family offices and private clients on the establishment, operation and restructuring of trusts and the establishment of private trust company structures.
Richard provides advice and assistance on the establishment, ongoing operation and restructuring of private and commercial trusts, including the drafting of trust instruments, supplemental documentation and the establishment and use of private trust companies. He also has significant experience in relation to corporate migrations and reinstatements and has advised on a number of pension and employee reward scheme matters.
Richard obtained his law degree from the University of Durham before completing the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law in Guildford. He was admitted as an Advocate of the Royal Court of Jersey in January 2017 and was awarded the prize for the highest mark in the Trusts Law paper of the Jersey law exams.
Prior to joining Ogier in June 2017, Richard worked for over 6 years in the international private client group of another major law firm in Jersey.
Admitted in:
2010 - England & Wales (not practising)
2017 - Jersey
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