The International Financial Centre Awards 2024 | Citywealth Magazine | TBA

Now in their thirteenth year, the Citywealth International Financial Centre Awards were established to highlight the excellence of the advisers and managers in the private wealth sector in the major international financial centres.

• For financial services organisations and individuals who include trustees, investment managers, private bankers, lawyers and UHNW advisers
• Judged by an international panel of highly respected practitioners from all private wealth sectors covering all the jurisdictions
• The winners are those judged to have excelled in achievement, innovation, expertise and service
• A unique opportunity for both large and small offshore companies to be recognised for an outstanding achievement

Individual Categories
• Advisor of the year – Succession Planning/Trusts
• Investment Manager of the Year – Channel Islands & Isle of Man
• Lawyer of the Year
• Lawyer of the Year – Channel Islands & Isle of Man
• Lawyer of the Year – Switzerland
• Lawyer of the Year – Litigation
• Private Banker of the Year – Channel Islands & Isle of Man
• Private Banker of the Year – Switzerland
• Trustee of the Year – Channel Islands & Isle of Man
• Trustee of the Year – Switzerland

Organisational Categories
• IFC of the Year
• Boutique Law Firm of the Year
• Law Firm of the Year
• Law Firm of the Year – Caribbean
• Law Firm of the Year – Gibraltar
• Law Firm of the Year – Guernsey
• Law Firm of the Year – Hong Kong & Singapore
• Law Firm of the Year – Isle of Man
• Law Firm of the Year – Jersey
• Law Firm of the Year – Luxembourg
• Law firm of the Year – Mediterranean
• Law Firm of the Year – Monaco
• Law Firm of the Year – Switzerland
• Law Firm of the Year – Litigation
• Private Bank of the Year – Channel Islands & Isle of Man
• Private Bank of the Year – Switzerland
• Independent Trust Company of the Year
• Trust Company of the Year – Caribbean
• Trust Company of the Year – Guernsey
• Trust Company of the Year – Hong Kong & Singapore
• Trust Company of the Year – Isle of Man
• Trust Company of the Year – Jersey
• Trust Company of the Year – Luxembourg
• Trust Company of the Year – Mediterranean
• Trust Company of the Year – Switzerland
• Family Office Advisor of the Year
• Investment Management Company of the Year – Channel Islands/Isle of Man

2023 Winners

Editor’s Choice Award
Winner: Régis Bergonzi, Régis Bergonzi Law Firm

Career Achievement Award
Winner: Haydn Taylor, Ravenscroft

IFC of the Year
Bronze: Isle of Man
Silver: Jersey
Gold: Guernsey

Outstanding Individual of the Year
Bronze: Justine Markovitz, Withers
Silver: Stella Mitchell-Voisin, Summit Trust International SA
Gold: Andy Morgan, Affinity Group

Advisor of the year – Succession Planning/Trusts
Bronze: Rupert Morris, Walkers
Silver: Clifford Ng, Zhong Lun Law Firm LLP
Gold: Russell Clark, Carey Olsen

Boutique Law Firm of the Year
Bronze: Belluzzo International Partners
Silver: Dickinson Gleeson
Gold: LINDEMANNLAW

Law Firm of the Year – Caribbean
Bronze: Walkers
Silver: Ogier
Gold: Harneys

Law Firm of the Year – Guernsey
Bronze: Appleby
Silver: Ogier
Gold: Carey Olsen

Law Firm of the Year – Hong Kong & Singapore
Bronze: Withers
Silver: Charles Russell Speechlys
Gold: Zhong Lun Law Firm LLP

Law Firm of the Year – Isle of Man
Bronze; Simcocks
Silver: Advocate John Rimmer
Gold: Appleby

Law Firm of the Year – Jersey
Bronze: Voisin Law
Silver: Bedell Cristin
Gold: Ogier

Law firm of the Year – Mediterranean
Bronze: Michael Kyprianou & Co
Silver: Elias Neocleous & Co
Gold: L. Loucaides – Theophanous LLC

Law Firm of the Year – Monaco
Bronze: Ballerio & Lecuyer
Silver: Régis Bergonzi Law Firm
Gold: CMS Monaco

Law Firm of the Year – Switzerland
Bronze: MLL Meyerlustenberger Lachenal Froriep
Silver: Bär & Karrer
Gold: Lenz & Staehelin

Law firm of the Year – Litigation
Bronze: Bedell Cristin
Silver: Dickinson Gleeson
Gold: Ogier

Lawyer of the Year – Channel Islands & Isle of Man
Bronze: Alison Ozanne, Walkers
Silver: Andrew Pinel, Pinel Advocates
Gold: Alasdair Davidson, Bedell Cristin

Lawyer of the Year – Switzerland
Bronze: Bernard Vischer, Schellenberg Wittmer
Silver: Alexander Greter, Lenz & Staehelin
Gold: Ruth Bloch-Riemer, Bär & Karrer

Lawyer of the Year – Litigation
Bronze: Martin Jones, Ferbrache & Farrell
Silver: Elaine Gray, Carey Olsen
Gold: Jonathan Speck, Mourant

Investment Management Company of the Year – Channel Islands/Isle of Man
Bronze: Brooks Macdonald
Silver: Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management
Gold: Rathbone Investment Management International Limited

Investment Manager of the Year – Channel Islands & Isle of Man
Bronze: Geoffrey Marson, Odey Wealth (CI) Limited
Silver: Jonathan Giles, Rathbone Investment Management International
Gold: Dermot Hamill, Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management

Private Bank of the Year – Channel Islands & Isle of Man
Bronze: Nedbank Private Wealth
Silver: Rothschild & Co
Gold: Investec Bank (Channel Islands) Limited

Private Bank of the Year – Switzerland
Bronze: J. Safra Sarasin
Silver: Pictet & Cie
Gold: Lombard Odier

Private Banker of the Year – Channel Islands & Isle of Man
Bronze: Justine Walley, Rothschild & Co
Silver: Jane Niles, Investec Bank (Channel Islands) Limited
Gold: Cameron Walker, Nedbank Private Wealth

Private Banker of the Year – Switzerland
Bronze: Claudia Giger, Edmond de Rothschild
Silver: Michael Welti, Banque Heritage
Gold: Caroline Jehan, Lombard Odier

Family office advisor of the year
Bronze: Crestbridge
Silver: Hawksford
Gold: Stonehage Fleming

Independent Trust Company of the Year
Bronze: HIGHVERN
Silver: Entrust Limited
Gold: ACE International SA

Trust Company of the Year – Caribbean
Bronze: HIGHVERN
Silver: Maples Trust
Gold: JTC

Trust Company of the Year – Guernsey
Bronze: Albany Trustee Company Limited
Silver: Praxis
Gold: IQ-EQ

Trust Company of the Year – Hong Kong & Singapore
Bronze: Praxis
Silver: IQ-EQ
Gold: HSBC Trustee (Hong Kong & Singapore)

Trust Company of the Year – Isle of Man
Bronze: Fedelta
Silver: IQ-EQ
Gold: Suntera Global

Trust Company of the Year – Jersey
Bronze: Ocorian
Silver: Standard Bank Offshore Trust Company Jersey Limited
Gold: HSBC Trustee (C.I.) Limited

Trust Company of the Year – Luxembourg
Bronze: Reliance Trust
Silver: TMF Group
Gold: ZEDRA

Trust Company of the Year – Mediterranean
Bronze: Fiduciary Group
Silver: Whitmill Trust
Gold: Aspen Trust Group

Trust Company of the Year – Switzerland
Bronze: ACE International SA
Silver: Saffery Champness
Gold: R&H Trust Co. (Switzerland) AG

Trustee of the Year – Channel Islands & Isle of Man
Bronze: Paul Tomlinson, Altum Group
Silver: Ian Rumens, Ocorian
Gold: Michael Giraud, Standard Bank

Trustee of the Year – Switzerland
Bronze: Kecia Barkawi, VALUEWorks
Silver: Hakim Berhoune, Praxis
Gold: Phil Lenz, Butterfield Trust