The merger of Jersey’s Crill Canavan and Guernsey’s Collas Day creates a 16-partner group with about 150 staff. The existing practices were individually ranked among the world’s top 20 offshore legal firms. The merger has been hailed as good news for the joint promotion of the islands in international markets.
And it is also expected to provide expertise for Jersey’s newly legalised e-gaming and intellectual property arenas. Collas Crill’s joint senior partners are Nuno Santos-Costa in Jersey and Chris Bound in Guernsey.
Mr Santos-Costa said they were delighted that Collas Crill had launched just four months after both firms agreed to merge.He said the creation of the new business had been received well by clients requiring a pan-Channel Islands service.
