Charles Brewin
Associate* | Guernsey
Private Client and Trusts
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Charlie was proactive, knowledgeable and was just generally a pleasure to deal with.
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Extremely friendly, helpful, calm and efficient. Nothing was too much trouble for him.
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I found Charlie extremely helpful and knowledgeable. It was a pleasure to work with him.
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Overview
Charles is an Associate in the firm's Private Client and Trusts team, based in Guernsey. He specialises in contentious trust and corporate disputes, and maintains an active non-contentious and semi-contentious trust advisory practice.
Experience
Charles has been involved in a range of recent high-value litigation matters, including cross-jurisdictional proceedings concerning the restructuring of trusts holding assets worth approximately $1bn; defending claims brought in Guernsey against the former directors of a prominent Middle-Eastern construction group; and the recovery of over £1m of unpaid wages for crew working aboard superyachts owned by sanctioned individuals.
He regularly advises high- and ultra-high-net-worth individuals, professional trustees and family offices in relation to the establishment and re-organisation of private wealth structures, as well as providing pre-litigation trust advice to settlors, trustees and beneficiaries.
Background
Charles joined Collas Crill in 2018 as a bursary student. He graduated from the University of Surrey with First Class Honours in Law LLB (Hons) in 2022. In May 2024, he was admitted as a Solicitor of England and Wales, having completed a training contract at the firm.
Charles spends most of his Saturday afternoons during the summer months on a rifle range and has authored two books about the island's history in target-rifle shooting.
Memberships
• The Law Society
• Contentious Trusts Association (ConTrA)
• Guernsey International Legal Association (GILA)
*admitted in England and Wales
We represent beneficiaries, high-net-worth individuals, trustees, protectors and other power holders in a range of contentious and semi-contentious situations. Our lawyers have been at the forefront of the most complex, high-value private wealth litigation offshore.
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