Bio
Stuart Tyler is a Partner and Group Head within the Corporate Department in Guernsey. Stuart deals with a number of corporate and commercial matters including fund raising, acquisitions, debt finance, financial services regulatory matters, insolvency, shareholder arrangements, insurance structures and the commercial aspects of trusts and foundations law.
Stuart joined Appleby in January 2020 from Guernsey’s then largest single jurisdiction firm, where he had been a partner for the previous ten years. Stuart originally came to Guernsey in 2006, having previously been a partner at Stephenson Harwood LLP in London.
Bio
Stuart Tyler is a Partner and Group Head within the Corporate Department in Guernsey. Stuart deals with a number of corporate and commercial matters including fund raising, acquisitions, debt finance, financial services regulatory matters, insolvency, shareholder arrangements, insurance structures and the commercial aspects of trusts and foundations law.
Stuart joined Appleby in January 2020 from Guernsey’s then largest single jurisdiction firm, where he had been a partner for the previous ten years. Stuart originally came to Guernsey in 2006, having previously been a partner at Stephenson Harwood LLP in London.
Recognition
Stuart was named as a ‘Leading Individual’ in The Legal 500 UK 2023. Stuart is praised for having “bags of experience and a sound commercial head on his shoulders. We consider their work to be first class.” Clients say that “Stuart is regularly instructed on blue chip transactions in Guernsey due to a combination of his stellar reputation and his excellent commercialism. He takes absolutely no nonsense and is both absolutely dedicated and hugely reliable. A fantastic lawyer.”
The team are praised for their “breadth of commercial subject matter” which “means that they can service any form of corporate work in any sector.”
Legal 500 go on to say that Stuart “wears his incisive approach and intellect very lightly, meaning that very complex instructions are made user-friendly for non-specialists. He is the go-to corporate brief for several boards I am involved with and what he produces is exceptional.”
Chambers UK 2023 recognise Stuart for being a ‘Notable Practitioner’. Clients say that “he is highly knowledgeable on the relevant legislation and regulatory matters, with an extremely sharp and commercial mind. The advice I have received is always top-notch.” and that “he’s a seasoned professional who knows the law inside out and is a wise counsel.” The team are commended for being “very good in cross-jurisdictional matters” and described as ‘extremely responsive, commercially astute… and very knowledgeable in the markets they operate in.”
IFLR1000 named Stuart as ´Highly Regarded´ in the 2022/3 edition for his Corporate and Investment Funds work. Clients told IFLR1000 that Appleby are an “established team with very strong technical knowledge and outstanding commercial sense.” In addition that Stuart is “Approachable, commercial with a can-do attitude.”
Recognition
Stuart was named as a ‘Leading Individual’ in The Legal 500 UK 2023. Stuart is praised for having “bags of experience and a sound commercial head on his shoulders. We consider their work to be first class.” Clients say that “Stuart is regularly instructed on blue chip transactions in Guernsey due to a combination of his stellar reputation and his excellent commercialism. He takes absolutely no nonsense and is both absolutely dedicated and hugely reliable. A fantastic lawyer.”
The team are praised for their “breadth of commercial subject matter” which “means that they can service any form of corporate work in any sector.”
Legal 500 go on to say that Stuart “wears his incisive approach and intellect very lightly, meaning that very complex instructions are made user-friendly for non-specialists. He is the go-to corporate brief for several boards I am involved with and what he produces is exceptional.”
Chambers UK 2023 recognise Stuart for being a ‘Notable Practitioner’. Clients say that “he is highly knowledgeable on the relevant legislation and regulatory matters, with an extremely sharp and commercial mind. The advice I have received is always top-notch.” and that “he’s a seasoned professional who knows the law inside out and is a wise counsel.” The team are commended for being “very good in cross-jurisdictional matters” and described as ‘extremely responsive, commercially astute… and very knowledgeable in the markets they operate in.”
IFLR1000 named Stuart as ´Highly Regarded´ in the 2022/3 edition for his Corporate and Investment Funds work. Clients told IFLR1000 that Appleby are an “established team with very strong technical knowledge and outstanding commercial sense.” In addition that Stuart is “Approachable, commercial with a can-do attitude.”
Qualifications & Education
Stuart qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales in 1992 and as a Guernsey advocate in 2010.
- Brasenose College, University of Oxford
Qualifications & Education
Stuart qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales in 1992 and as a Guernsey advocate in 2010.
- Brasenose College, University of Oxford
“Our lawyer of choice for any M&A work where there is any complexity at all.”