Jersey: Corporate and Company Law

For trustees and their advisers, geopolitical risk is no longer an abstract backdrop, it is an active force shaping client behaviour, structuring decisions, and long-term wealth strategies.

Jersey’s company law framework is now even more compelling to international markets, thanks to a number of updates.

Jersey offers an exceptional combination of lifestyle and substance: 43 miles of stunning coastline, a temperate climate, and a distinctive Franco-British character – all within a one-hour flight from London.

Jersey remains one of the leading offshore jurisdictions for cross-border lending transactions and central to many of these arrangements is a robust security package governed by Jersey law.

Jersey SPVs combine tax neutrality, flexible corporate governance, and regulatory clarity to create compelling vehicles for co-investment structures. This analysis explores how Jersey's modernised company law, professional infrastructure, and operational efficiency provide distinct advantages for family offices, high-net-worth individuals, and sophisticated sponsors seeking targeted investment exposure without traditional fund complexity.

The Control of Borrowing (Jersey) Amendment Order 2026 significantly relaxes COBO requirements, reducing the need for JFSC consent across many structures. It simplifies unit trust...

On 8 December 2025, the Jersey Financial Services Commission (“JFSC”) published a consultation (“Consultation”) in relation to revising the JFSC’s ‘Guidelines on the interpretation of Article 36 of the Proceeds of Crime (Jersey) Law 1999’.

Access an article by Philip Pirecki, Americas Lead for Jersey Finance, who provides an interesting slant on tokenisation.

The English Court of Appeal in Servis-Terminal LLC v Drelle (Drelle) held that a creditor cannot bring a bankruptcy petition in England and Wales on an unpaid foreign judgment that has not been recognised...