Steve Meiklejohn

Steve has been a Partner at the firm since 1988. He is qualified under the laws of Jersey, the British Virgin Islands and England and Wales. Steve is also a Notary Public. Steve is a member of the highly experienced private wealth team, offering bespoke and tailored structuring solutions to ultra-high net families.

Background and experience

Steve acts for a range of international high net worth private clients in relation to their estate planning and trust and fiduciary structures. In addition, utilising Steve`s long experience in advising trustees and other fiduciaries on their legal obligations, Steve has a portfolio of trusteeships for high net worth clients of Ogier.

Steve has been recognised in Who's Who Legal's Global Elite Thought Leader's list from 2017 to 2024. This list highlights the most highly regarded private client advisers in the world and Steve is recognised as one of their five leading offshore practitioners. Steve has also been ranked as a Senior States person by the Chambers Global directory in 2025 in which he has featured regularly at a senior level. He was ranked as a member of the Hall of Fame for Legal 500 2024, which recognises practitioners who have been in Band 1 for their specialism for 10 years or more. Steve featured in the Legal 500 hall of fame from 2020 - 2024.

He is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). Ogier is a Platinum STEP Employer Partner.

Admitted in:
2009 - British Virgin Islands
1985 - Jersey
1982 - England and Wales

Steve Meiklejohn is a Notary Public.