Natasha deals with all aspects of contentious and non-contentious trust matters. She advises professional trustees, family offices and ultra high net worth families and individuals on the establishment, administration and restructuring of complex trusts and foundations and underlying structures. She has acted on the establishment of and continues to advise some of the largest family offices and philanthropies established on the Island. Natasha also advises on insurance regulation.

She regularly appears before the Royal Court of Guernsey in trust administration proceedings including applications regarding the interpretation of trust powers, the variation of trusts, the doctrine of mistake, the application of the Rule In Hastings Bass, Beddoe applications, rectification and the blessing of momentous decisions.

Natasha is a regular contributor to law and industry journals and is the author of the Guernsey chapters in Trusts in Prime Jurisdictions and Private Foundations - A World Review. She is ranked as a leading individual for Private Client, Trusts and Tax, in Guernsey in the Legal 500 and is also ranked in the Chambers UK and HNW Guides. Natasha is also featured in the Private Client Global Elite Directory, a respected global directory of the world's top private client and trust and estates litigation talent.

Career

Prior to joining Carey Olsen in 2009 Natasha was a partner at Jan S De Villiers (since incorporated with Werksmans) in Cape Town, South Africa. Natasha is qualified as an attorney, notary and conveyancer of the High Court of South Africa and a solicitor of England and Wales (non-practising) and is an Advocate of the Royal Court of Guernsey.

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Awards and accolades

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Natasha has been listed on the Citywealth Leaders in Private Wealth List since 2014, she has also been recognised in Legal Week's Private Client Global Elite listings in 2021. She is ranked as a leading individual for Private Client, Trusts and Tax, in Guernsey in the Legal 500. She is also ranked in the Chambers UK and HNW Guides. Natasha is listed by Who's Who Legal for Private Client and also features in the Private Client Global Elite Directory, a respected global directory of the world's top private client and trust and estates litigation talent.