Dionne is a highly skilled litigator with more than 25 years' experience, offering an impressive range of private client expertise to the firm's high-net-worth client base.
Experience
Dionne's work focuses on:
- negotiating pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements on behalf of clients wishing to protect pre-marital assets, and advising on the protection of family wealth;
- advising on use of trusts to preserve wealth for children from previous relationships as well as current partners and future generations focusing also on smooth transition of assets;
- advising professional and lay attorneys on, and implementing efficient management of donor’s wealth;
- acting for professional and lay executors in the administration of estates with contentious, commercial and multi-jurisdictional elements;
- contentious probate matters;
- complex and cross border family matters, advising and representing clients in high-value divorce and financial remedy proceedings involving on and offshore assets; child law matters including complex relocation cases and residency matters;
- civil disputes and corporate disputes including asset tracing and enforcement of foreign judgments. Dionne was involved in the leading case in Jersey on establishing the prescription period for Voisinage, a customary law doctrine;
- corporate disputes;
- cases involving capacity issues including court appointments of Case Delegate (acting to manage the financial affairs of an individual lacking capacity - broadly speaking, the Jersey equivalent to Guardianships) in two particularly complex cases and cases involving the appointment of Tuteur to deal with a minor's property;
- criminal litigation, having appeared in a large number of high profile cases, including the first ever prosecution for money laundering in Jersey which went to the Privy Council for determination.
The role of a modern trustee has never been more complex. Trustees must satisfy the needs and desires of their beneficiaries, manage complex assets and navigate an ever-changing legal and regulatory landscape.
We know that trustees can need assistance and advice on how best to satisfy their duties and to meet their legal and regulatory obligations. We understand and have a great deal of experience in working with trustees to get ahead of any potentially difficult situation and resolve it in a way that minimises risk and conflict.
Our team has extensive expertise in all areas of family law and is known for providing a personalised, responsive service to clients.
Managing wealth, asset preservation, planning for succession and inheritance, and writing wills can be a complex and difficult experience. It's important to ensure that your assets are distributed according to your wishes and that your family and/or successors are taken care of.
Read moreWe provide practical advice in plain English on all aspects of divorce and separation. We will guide you through the legal process as quickly, painlessly and cost effectively as possible.
Divorce - the basics
Grounds for divorce
Same sex marriage and divorce
Defended divorce
Flow chart of an undefended divorce
Alternatives to divorce
Ten practical tips for getting divorced
Common questions
When considering a move offshore, it's essential to seek advice from experienced advisers who know the market inside out.
Our Real Estate team regularly helps newcomers to Jersey in acquiring new homes and/or business premises and guiding them through the relocation process. We act for many high-net-worth individuals and high-value residents.
Read moreOur full-service private client team offers wealth structuring, advisory and disputes expertise to trustees and high-net-worth individuals, and a range of services to clients within our local jurisdictions.
With our strong global presence and partner-led approach, clients can benefit from our leading expertise and experience around the world.
Read moreWhen considering a move offshore, it's essential to seek advice from experienced advisers who know the market inside out.
Our property teams regularly help newcomers to the Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey in acquiring new homes and/or business premises and guiding them through the relocation process. We act for many high-net-worth individuals and high-value residents.
Read moreWe 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.
We often deal with novel points of law, creating new and innovative solutions to meet the needs of our clients.
Given the international nature of private wealth, with clients and their assets spread across the world, we work as a joined-up global team so that our clients can benefit from the knowledge and experience wherever they may need it.
Read moreIn a climate of increased transparency for structures, it is important for trustees to ensure that they have sufficient policies, procedures and processes in place in order to report the correct data to the correct authority at the correct time. This has been particularly challenging for some of our smaller independent trustee clients who do not have a dedicated compliance team.
Developments, consolidations and regulation mean that effective risk management and mitigation has never been more important. Our advice is not a ‘one size fits all’ solution, but rather based on an individual company’s specific business model. By building a partnership with you we can provide trustees with a range of regulatory advice, administration support, products and services within a dedicated team approach, precedent development and on-going education and industry updates.
Together with our multi-disciplinary risk and regulatory team, we advise on anti-money laundering laws and the regulation of trust companies and can assist in the creation and improvement of straightforward operating procedures, including checklists, designed in conjunction with the needs of a trustee to ensure that all members of staff, no matter what their experience, can provide consistent and accurate back office services.
The annual Jersey Ladies' Doubles Tennis Tournament and Lunch has raised more than £8,000 for Jersey Hospice Care. Sponsored by Collas Crill, the event took place on Saturday 9 June and started with 'round robin' matches in private courts around the Isl...
Collas Crill ranked tier 1 in 2021
Collas Crill has been named in tier 1 of the 2021 eprivateclient Top Offshore Law Firms. The 2021 eprivateclient Top Offshore Law Firms rankings are based on a survey of more than fifty private client offshore law firms. The list recognises the leading...
An increasing number of people have sought to make Wills during the COVID-19 pandemic. Given restrictions on social interaction and physical distancing, especially for those shielding or self-isolating, normal rules on executing Wills – which rely on the...
Five private client specialists from Collas Crill have been included in the Private Client Global Elite Directory 2020/21. Compiled in conjunction with Legal Week, the Directory comprises the world's most respected lawyers advising ultra high net worth ...
Collas Crill's Jersey office has been shortlisted for the 'Giving Back Good Business' Award as part of the Leaders in WellBeing Summit & Awards 2019. The Leaders in WellBeing Awards celebrate organisations, government departments, charities and pract...
£4000 raised for Jersey charity
Collas Crill’s Jersey office has donated over £4,000 to local charity Silkworth following an 18-month charity partnership. Silkworth, which provides safe and caring residential rehabilitation treatment for people struggling with chemical dependency, as w...
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