Nicholas Donnithorne

Partner

"Nicholas is highly commendable. He is pragmatic, commercial, sensible and an absolute pleasure to deal with"

Legal 500

"Very professional and obliging, Nicholas Donnithorne stands out for his immense knowledge in the pensions area"

Legal 500

"Outstanding"

Legal 500

"Extremely knowledgeable and wants to impart that knowledge to the people he is working with"

Legal 500

"Excellent - a source of practical and commercial advice delivered on a quick timescale"

Legal 500

"Nicholas Donnithorne has extensive experience handling private trust matters for a wide range of clients. "

Chambers High Net Worth 2018

"Nicholas also advises clients on commercial trusts and pensions matters. Sources say that "he is pleasant to deal with and is pragmatic."

Chambers High Net Worth 2018

"A peer comments: "I have a lot of time for him. He is very pleasant to deal with and I am impressed with how he has built that practice."

Chambers High Net Worth 2018

"He is a pleasant to deal with, and is pragmatic."

Chambers UK 2019

Nicholas Donnithorne

Partner

"Nicholas is highly commendable. He is pragmatic, commercial, sensible and an absolute pleasure to deal with"

Legal 500

"Very professional and obliging, Nicholas Donnithorne stands out for his immense knowledge in the pensions area"

Legal 500

"Outstanding"

Legal 500

"Extremely knowledgeable and wants to impart that knowledge to the people he is working with"

Legal 500

"Excellent - a source of practical and commercial advice delivered on a quick timescale"

Legal 500

"Nicholas Donnithorne has extensive experience handling private trust matters for a wide range of clients. "

Chambers High Net Worth 2018

"Nicholas also advises clients on commercial trusts and pensions matters. Sources say that "he is pleasant to deal with and is pragmatic."

Chambers High Net Worth 2018

"A peer comments: "I have a lot of time for him. He is very pleasant to deal with and I am impressed with how he has built that practice."

Chambers High Net Worth 2018

"He is a pleasant to deal with, and is pragmatic."

Chambers UK 2019

Nick has over 20 years’ experience advising on trust law, across commercial, private and pensions trusts. He advises international financial institutions, government bodies, commercial trust companies, family offices and other professional advisers in the industry. He is widely recognised for his in-depth knowledge of pensions.

Legal 500 - Leading Individual

Expertise

Pensions
Commercial trusts
Private trusts

Contact

  • Advising a leading US investment bank on the creation of multiple foundation and trust structures in Guernsey involving the migration of six multi-billion dollar securitisation structures.
  • Advising on the creation of a bespoke family office structure using foundations to run underlying trusts, foundations and companies, including advice on the regulatory and licensing requirements of the GFSC.
  • Advising on a bespoke governance and risk mitigation framework for an international offshore pension scheme with assets in excess of £100m.
  • Providing expert evidence on technical Guernsey pensions law to the High Court in England and Wales.
  • Advising on re-structuring of trust and underlying corporate structures to release USD 500m to principal beneficiaries.
  • Advising an international pensions trust provider on the provision of a more integrated global offering of offshore pensions products, based on differences between pensions and tax legislation.

Nick qualified as a solicitor in England in 1997. After working at leading firms Reed Smith and McDermott Will & Emery, he moved to Babbé LLP to grow and enhance its trusts advisory practice and heads the firm’s Trusts and Pensions team.

Association of Pensions Lawyers
Guernsey International Lawyers Association
Chancery Bar Association of England and Wales

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