Ian Kirk
Partner
Ian Kirk is a Partner and Head of the
Commercial team.
Ian specialises in banking, insurance
and corporate transactions. He has been involved in many of the
largest and most complex corporate transactions on the Island in
recent years. He is an acknowledged expert in Guernsey Company Law
and has recently published the definitive text on Guernsey company
legislation, 'Kirk on Guernsey Company Law'.
According to Chambers 2011, Ian 'is
reliable, to-the-point and inspires confidence' and was previously
described as 'one of the brightest people I've ever met and he
always gets straight to the point' and 'no matter how unprecedented
your question, you get the feeling he's seen it before'. Legal 500
2009 stated that his 'depth of knowledge and flexibility is
reassuring during complex, high-pace deals'.
Ian has been a partner since 1998,
having joined Collas Crill in 1994. He was called to the
Guernsey Bar 1998. Ian previous worked in London for Edwin Coe and
Freshfields, where he completed his articles. He was admitted as a
Solicitor of England and Wales in 1984. Ian is a regular
speaker on company law, corporate governance, directors' duties and
financial services regulation. He is a fellow of the Institute of
Directors and a former Chairman of the Institute of Directors,
Guernsey Branch.