Lexstone Lawyers is thrilled to announce the strengthening of its property practice with the full-time appointments of Advocate Peter Bertram and Shaun O’Connor. 

Peter began his career in Jersey property law in 1980 with Le Masurier, Gifford & Poch, which merged with Ogier & Le Cornu in 1995 (now Ogier). He retired as a partner of Ogier in 2013. Following a stint in the UK, Peter returned to Jersey and has since provided consultancy work for various local law firms. Peter joined Lexstone as a consultant in 2023. He now hopess to contribute to reforming the island’s property title registration system, which is under severe pressure due to a chronic lack of skilled and experienced conveyancing practitioners. 

Following the introduction in 2017 of the highly successful Jersey Private Fund (JPF) regime that provides fund promoters with a cost-effective, fast-tracked (48 hours) regulatory approval process for their private fund, that can be offered to up to 50 investors, further enhancements were introduced in July 2024 as part of Jersey’s constant and continuous effort to evolve its offering as a leading international finance centre.

Jersey based independent law firm Lexstone Lawyers acted for lending specialist Hawk Group in connection with its acquisition of local business Albion Lending.

The Lexstone team, led by senior consultant Howard O’Toole, acted closely with Hawk Group advising on all aspects of the acquisition. Howard said “We were delighted to assist Rob Morton and his team with such an important acquisition in what represents a key moment in the Group’s growth”.