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Collas Crill is an offshore law firm with offices in BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Jersey and London.

We deliver a comprehensive range of legal services to clients locally and globally, including financial institutions, international businesses, trusts and funds, as well as high-net-worth individuals and families across the globe. Our growing network of independent and trusted partners spans the Caribbean, the Channel Islands, the UK, Europe, the US, the Middle East, South Africa and Asia.

Collas Crill Group also includes: Collas Crill Trust, based in Guernsey and Jersey, providing trust and corporate solutions to private clients; Collas Crill Corporate Services, a Cayman-based licensed company management business; and Collas Crill Compliance, a Channel Islands-based consultancy providing services in governance, risk and compliance, and anti-money laundering/countering the financing of terrorism.

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Latest news and insights
27 Mar 2025

Collas Crill explains … Enforcing foreign arbitral awards in Jersey

This guide looks at how you can enforce foreign arbitral awards in Jersey.  Words in bold are defined at the end of this guide. We refer to the person or entity seeking to enforce the arbitral award as the creditor and the person being enforced agai...

27 Mar 2025

Understanding Jersey private trust companies: An overview 

Introduction A private trust company (PTC) is a private company established to serve as a trustee for a particular trust or a group of related trusts. Unlike commercial trust companies that provide trustee services to the public, a PTC is typically used ...

26 Mar 2025

Offshore trust disputes 2024: The year that was

This article was first published in issue 18 of ThoughtLeaders4's Private Client magazine. 2024 was another lively year for offshore and onshore contentious trust practitioners.  Supervisory jurisdiction In Cayman the Grand Court in AA v JTC (F...

26 Mar 2025

Private client and trusts team strengthened by appointments

Collas Crill's private client and trusts team has been strengthened with the appointments of Libby Oliver and Tom Leveridge as associates in its Channel Islands offices. Libby joins the firm's Guernsey office from New Zealand where she worked for a numbe...

25 Mar 2025

New policy approved for Guernsey's open market inscriptions

Policy and guidance for Guernsey's Open Market Housing Register (Register) has now been approved by the States following proposals from the Committee for the Environment & Infrastructure (E&I). These proposal provide a policy basis for greater fl...

20 Mar 2025

Changes to the BVI beneficial ownership rules: What you really need to know

On 2 January 2025, amendments to the BVI Business Companies Act (BCA) and the BVI Business Companies Regulations came into force by way of the BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024 (Amendment Act) and the related BVI Business Companies (Amendment)...

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