The Banking team of lawyers in Guernsey and Jersey organises itself into two groups: one provides a full range of services to Channel Islands based banking businesses and the other acts on UK and international financing transactions with a Channel Islands element. The team is recognised by independent market commentators as a top tier provider of banking services.

Channel Islands Banking
Because Guernsey and Jersey are leading and well-regulated offshore financial centres, many of the world's pre-eminent banks and other lenders have branches or subsidiaries in the Channel Islands.  Our highly regarded banking lawyers act for many of these institutions.

The team provides a full range of services, including:

• acting in the establishment, acquisition or restructuring of a Channel Islands' banking business;
• compliance advice and anti-money laundering services;
• lending services and documentation;
• trade financing;
• capital markets and treasury facilities;
• insolvency;
• enforcement of security;
• compromises;
• schemes of arrangement and liquidations.

Financing Transactions
The teams also regularly act on major UK and international financing transactions with a Jersey or Guernsey element.  Our lawyers typically work with leading law firms in the City of London and elsewhere, assisting with all Channel Islands elements relating to the finance documentation and security package.

Carey Olsen's Banking Team has been ranked in the first tier by Legal 500 for many years. Legal 500 states: "Carey Olsen's banking group is strong on litigation support as well as transactional and restructuring work".