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Marc Seddon

Partner

Jersey

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Marc specialises in contentious and semi-contentious trusts matters, and in company disputes.

He is part of our Insolvency and Dispute Resolution team, and is a Jersey Advocate with more than a decade’s experience offshore. 

Marc advises financial services clients on all types of disputes, including insolvency and regulatory issues. He focuses on advising corporate services providers on directors’ duties. He joined us in 2007.
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He is delightful to work with, he is very knowledgeable and he is really committed to getting the best outcome for a client. He can work through the tricky situations and keep a cool head the whole way through.

Chambers UK

Experience and recent work

Previously Marc was the Commercial Litigation Partner at a firm in Greater Manchester, where he advised on commercial and chancery disputes.

Qualifications

Admitted in:

  • Jersey
  • England and Wales (not practising)


Education:

  • Law Degree with Honours, Staffordshire University
  • English Solicitors Post Graduate Qualification
Member of the Law Society of Jersey

2024 - Legal 500 - Dispute Resolution - Next Generation Partner - "Marc Seddon is unflappable, with excellent commercial judgment."

2023 - Chambers UK - Dispute Resolution - Up and Coming - “Marc Seddon is able to handle a high-stakes case. He knows what it takes to manage things in a timely manner.”

2022 - Who's Who Legal - Recommended - Asset Recovery

2022 - Legal 500 - Dispute Resolution - Next Generation Partner -  "Largely by coincidence, Marc Seddon and I have been working together on three separate matters, one of which is highly complex, high value and multi-jurisdictional. Marc is a great support with a clear understanding of the issues and an ability to focus on what is important. His knowledge of Jersey trust law is excellent but he also has a sound feeling for the right approach to adopt in contentious circumstances. I hope to work with him further on other matters."

2022 - Legal 500 - Dispute Resolution - Next Generation Partner - "Great client skills, delivers sensible and realistic advice calmly and professionally."

2022 - Chambers UK - Dispute Resolution - Up and Coming - "He is delightful to work with, he is very knowledgeable and he is really committed to getting the best outcome for a client. He can work through the tricky situations and keep a cool head the whole way through."

2021- Legal 500 - Dispute Resolution - Next Generation Partner - "Marc Seddon steers the ship effortlessly, unflappable."

2020 - Legal 500 - Dispute Resolution - Next Generation Partner - "Marc Seddon brings commercialism and expertise through his supportive litigation skills in negotiating compromise agreements."

2020 - Legal 500 - Private Client, Trusts and Tax - Recommended Lawyer

2018 - Legal 500 - Dispute Resolution - Recommended Lawyer - Jersey

2018 - Legal 500 - Private Client, Trusts and Tax - Recommended Lawyer - Jersey

2017 - Legal 500 - Dispute Resolution – Recommended Lawyer - Jersey - "Marc Seddon is ‘a strong lawyer who excels at client management and relations’."

2017 - International Who's Who Legal Asset Recovery Lawyers

2016 - Legal 500 - Dispute Resolution – Recommended Lawyer - Jersey - "Senior counsel Marc Seddon is ‘a good negotiator and a wise strategist’."

2016 - International Who's Who of Asset Recovery Lawyers

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