Appleby achieves significant lawyer recognition across Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey in IFLR1000 2026 rankings

In addition, the Group’s firm rankings include a Tier 1 position in the Isle of Man for Financial and Corporate work, while the Jersey offices (Financial and Corporate and Investment Funds) are ranked in Tier 2, and Guernsey (Financial and Corporate and Investment Funds) are in Tier 3.

This recognition highlights Appleby’s depth of talent and expertise across key financial and corporate practice areas and reinforces its unique position as the only offshore law firm with a presence in all three Crown Dependencies.

Of those lawyers individually recognised, 3 are considered Market Leaders, one is a Women Leader, 8 are Highly Regarded, 5 are Notable Practitioners and 4 are considered Rising Stars.

Appleby’s set of individually ranked lawyers in IFLR100 2026 is as follows:

MARKET LEADERS

Simon Felton, Tim Morgan and Andrew Weaver (Jersey)

WOMEN LEADER

Kate Ovenden (Guernsey)

HIGHLY REGARDED

Jeremy Berchem, Kate Ovenden and Stuart Tyler (Guernsey); Garry Manley, Juan Thornley, Tom Brook, and Simon Harding (Isle of Man); James Gaudin (Jersey)

NOTABLE PRACTITIONERS

Dylan Latimer and Tristan Ozanne (Guernsey); Claire Milne and Sophie Corkish (Isle of Man); Christopher Reed (Jersey)

RISING STARS

Leona Maharaj (Guernsey); Eleanor Harding (Isle of Man); Paul Worsnop and Daniel Healy (Jersey)

IFLR1000 remains the only international legal market guide dedicated to ranking law firms and lawyers exclusively on the basis of financial and corporate transactional work. Ranked practice area categories comprise Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Corporate and M&A, Financial and Corporate, Investment Funds, Private Equity, Real Estate Finance; and Restructuring and Insolvency.