Christian Hay

Partner at Collas Crill

Speaker

Christian is global head of the Private Client and Trusts team. He leads a team of talented lawyers with strong expertise in contentious, semi-contentious and non-contentious matters.

Christian is among the leading commercial litigators at the Guernsey Bar with a particular expertise in contentious trust related matters and corporate disputes.

If there is a high-value dispute between trustees and beneficiaries; between bank and customer/ investor; between commercial entities; between majority/ minority shareholders; against directors; or within a contentious liquidation, Christian is likely to be acting for one of the parties.

Christian is a CEDR-accredited mediator and qualified arbitrator. He regularly acts as mediator or arbitrator in financial services and commercial disputes in Guernsey and Jersey.

Christian is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, which is the the world’s leading qualifications and professional body for dispute avoidance and dispute management. This is the highest membership level and requires a minimum of ten years’ experience in arbitration, and first-hand involvement in settlement agreements, the management of proceedings and attending hearings that have resulted in the publication of a reasoned award or decision.