Job Description

Private Client Partner Guernsey

Location:

Guernsey

Firm:

Leading Offshore Law Firm

Overview:

A major offshore law firm is seeking to appoint an experienced

Private Client and Trust Partner

to join its

Guernsey office

. This is a strategic hire designed to strengthen the firms pan-jurisdictional private wealth offering and build further capability across contentious and non-contentious trust work.

The Opportunity:

The role offers an established platform within a leading offshore brand, with a high-quality pipeline of trust, estate, and fiduciary instructions from institutional trustees, family offices, private banks, and ultra-high-net-worth individuals. The successful candidate will work alongside an experienced team of Advocates and STEP-qualified lawyers, taking a lead in client development, team management, and the continued integration of the firms global private client practice.

Key Responsibilities:

Lead and grow a broad private client and trust practice in Guernsey, covering both advisory and contentious matters. Advise trustees, protectors, beneficiaries, family offices, and private banks on all aspects of trusts, foundations, wills, and estates. Act on high-value and complex cross-border structures, restructurings, momentous decision applications, and related litigation. Provide strategic input into business development initiatives across the Channel Islands, London, and other offshore centres. Mentor and supervise a small but capable team of associates and counsel.

Candidate Profile:

Guernsey-qualified Advocate

, or UK-qualified lawyer with the ability and interest to qualify locally.

10+ years PQE

with significant offshore or onshore private client and trust experience. Strong track record across both non-contentious and contentious trust matters. Established relationships within the private client, trust company, and fiduciary community.

STEP qualification

preferred. Entrepreneurial approach, with the credibility to lead client relationships and contribute to firmwide growth.

Why Apply:

This is a rare opportunity to step into a

partner-level platform in Guernsey

, combining first-rate work, genuine autonomy, and the lifestyle benefits of one of the worlds most attractive offshore jurisdictions.


Confidential discussions can be arranged through Blue Pencil