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Success for Crill Canavan in Legal 500
Crill Canavan has just been named as one of the top tier law firms in Jersey within the Dispute Resolution section of the Legal 500 Directory which publication is based on independent research which in part is based on clients’ and competitors’ views.This shows just how well Crill Canavan holds its own amongst the new style "global" law firms.
Crill Canavan is mentioned throughout the overview of Jersey and below are some of the relevant quotes.
Overview
Crill Canavan remains committed to `a personal, commercially-minded, Jersey-orientated service`.The firm, which recruited seven lawyers during 2006, remains very strong in litigation, and is building well in private client and trusts.
Banking and Finance
Crill Canavan’s commercial capacity has been enhanced by some sensible recruitment, and this has flowed through into banking work of some complexity for, among others, AIB Bank and DnB NOR Bank.
Corporate and Commercial
Crill Canavan’s Paul Wilson acted for AIB on the sale of its fund administration business to Mourant, and the firm also handed the legal aspects of the winding-up of Blue Swan Insurance (Jersey) Limited.
Dispute Resolution
Crill Canavan `has one of the best litigation teams in Jersey`, and offers solid, broad commercial and trusts expertise.Dionne Gilbert recently defended one of Jersey’s largest money-laundering prosecutions.Nuno Santos-Costa is `excellent; very experienced and professional, and able to get to the heart of any matter quickly; he establishes a good rapport with everyone involved`.Trusts specialist Damian James, who `gives good written advice backed by sound judgement`, was assisted in the headline Brazil case by English barrister Kathryn Purkis. Elena Moran, who backed Santos-Costa in the Bow Valley case, is `excellent, a lateral thinker and tenacious researcher`.
Employment
Crill Canavan handles work for employers and employees, including contractual issues, redundancy and business transfers advice. Paul Wilson heads the reliable team.
Private Client, Trusts and Tax
Crill Canavan has appointed former Investec in-house counsel Richard Pirie to head a trusts team which will target local fiduciaries and intermediaries. Carl O’Shea recently acted for Volaw Trust and Barclays Trust in a series of highly technical trusteeship transfers, with Mourant du Feu & Jeune acting for the other side in both cases.