Ashton & Co

St Peter Port

About

Ashton & Co is a specialist law practice providing counsel in taxation, trusts, white-collar crime, and commercial affairs. The firm's principal, Advocate Dr Raymond Ashton, is a Guernsey Advocate and Notary Public, also dual-qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Advocate Ashton is a member of the English, Irish and Jersey Bars, the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists, and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners. He is fluent in Dutch, French and German, supporting the firm's cross-border practice.

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Quick facts

Legal form
Registered with the GFSC as a Prescribed Business - Accountant, reference 2596980 — an AML/CFT registration under Schedule 5, not a financial-services licence
Client focus
Corporate and personal clients largely domiciled off-island with historic financial connections to Guernsey

People2

  • Advocate Raymond Ashton
  • Advocate Dr Raymond Ashton — principal of the firm

From their website

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  • Defence in tax investigations
  • fraud
  • financial crime
  • money laundering and confiscation proceedings
  • Representation on regulatory inspections
  • enforcement negotiations
  • applications and appeals

Credentials

Qualifications

  • member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
  • Chartered Accountant (the principal is dual-qualified as advocate and accountant)
  • Chartered Accountant
  • Advocate Royal Court
  • Guernsey Advocate
  • Notary Public
  • member of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists
  • Member of the English, Irish and Jersey Bars

Memberships & accreditations

  • Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS) and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) — held by the principal

Contact

Address
Ground Floor, Channel House, Forest Lane, St Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 2NF

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