Karen Benest
Licensed Paralegal | Jersey
Financial Services and Regulatory | Real Estate
Karen is a Licensed Paralegal and has been with the firm for over 30 years. She provides support to the Financial Services and Regulatory and Real Estate teams.
One of the more notable cases Karen worked on was Alhamrani et ors -v- Alhamrani et ors where she was organising up to 14 local and UK Counsel together with the management of hundreds of files each day during the 9 months it was in Court. She is assisting with Crociani et ors -v- Crociani et ors which was tried in the Royal Court over a period of ten weeks at first instance and went to Appeal in 2018.
Her duties include, amongst other things, taking instructions from and advising clients, preparing documents, filing pleadings and bundles with the court as well as organising and maintaining court files and diaries. Karen has frequent contact with clients, lawyers, witnesses, experts and court personnel.
In regulatory disputes there are often fine lines between the usual wrangling with the regulator and something more serious – by matching our mix of experienced contentious and non-contentious lawyers to the particular problem at hand, we achieve better and more efficient outcomes. As regulatory experts, we frequently act on contentious matters and can leverage our experience to help clients achieve the highest regulatory standards and avoid common pitfalls.
Our Jersey real estate specialists have the local knowledge and expertise to provide top quality advice on all commercial and residential transactions, as well as give meaningful opinions and anticipate challenges and opportunities, at every stage of the process.
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