Mourant Ozannes has announced the appointment of three new partners to its global partnership, bringing the firm’s total number of partners to 60. Stephen Alexander and Carla Benest joined the partnership last month. Stephen joined Mourant Ozannes in 2014 and is based in the Jersey office. He has broad experience in multi-jurisdictional commercial litigation, arbitration and regulatory matters and regularly advises in relation to a wide range of commercial disputes, trust issues, investment fund matters, and insolvencies and restructurings. Stephen qualified as a Solicitor in England & Wales in 2004, a Cayman Islands Attorney-At-Law in 2008 and a Jersey advocate in 2016. He has regularly appeared as an advocate before the English, Cayman Islands and Jersey courts. Carla joined Mourant Ozannes in 2007 and is based in the Jersey office. She is a highly regarded and experienced employment lawyer in both contentious and non-contentious employment matters including tribunal and Royal Court proceedings, discrimination issues, executive appointments and terminations and employment aspects of business reorganisations and corporate transactions. Her practice also includes relocations of businesses and HNWIs to Jersey, advising on data privacy and protection requirements including governance and control, privacy policies and subject access requests as well as advising on all aspects of Jersey’s competition law.
