Admitted in:
Jersey
England and Wales (not practising)

Qualifications:

MA (Cantab) in History from Cambridge University

TEP qualification from the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners

2019 Chambers and Partners Global Guide - Notable Practitioner (Trusts) - Robert Dobbyn is "a fount of knowledge when it comes to foundation law," comments a source. One client says: "He is great to work with and his technical knowledge is very good indeed."

2018 Legal 500 - (Private Client, Trusts and Tax) Next Generation Lawyer - Jersey

"Robert Dobbyn is described as ‘a definite rising star in Jersey’; ‘his advice is always appropriate and exactly what clients are looking for’."

2018 Legal 500 - (Banking and Finance) Recommended Lawyer - Jersey 

"Robert Dobbyn praised for his ‘excellent attention to detail and great skill in transactions' "

Chambers HNW Guide 2018 – Ranked Lawyer
“’A good, solid trust lawyer’, 'his willingness to assist is tantamount to brilliant.' 'He is great to work with and his technical knowledge is very good indeed.’ 'I like his documentation and his approach, and his understanding of the problem is very good'."

2017 Who's Who Legal: Private Client - Recommended Lawyer

2017 Legal 500 - (Private Client, Trusts and Tax) – Next Generation Lawyer - Jersey
"Robert Dobbyn is ‘a fantastic lawyer because he genuinely loves the area in which he practices – he is familiar with all the recent developments and takes great pride in his documents’."

Private Client Practitioner Top 35 Under 35 three years running

STEP Excellence Award, Administration of Trusts paper 2011 (for highest mark in the UK)

Member of the Law Society of England and Wales and the Law Society of Jersey.

Member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

NEWS

• 7 Walkers Lawyers Ranked in Chambers' High Net Worth 2019 - Seven Walkers lawyers, from three offices, have been ranked in Chambers and Partners' 2019 High Net ...
  
• Walkers – Most Ranked Practices in Offshore (Chambers Global) - Walkers' practice groups have received the highest number of rankings for an offshore law firm in th...
  
• Walkers Expands Global Private Capital & Trusts Team - Walkers is pleased to announce that leading trusts lawyer, David Pytches, has re-joined the Cayman I...
  
• Walkers Channel Islands Growth Evident in Legal 500 Rankings - Walkers' Channel Islands offices have had four practice areas promoted in the annual Legal 500 direc...
  
• Strength of Walkers' Trusts and Wealth Structuring Highlighted in Chambers HNW Guide 2018 - Walkers' Trusts and Wealth Structuring Group has for the first time been recognised in both the Jers...
  
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ADVISORY

• International Savings Plans (“ISPs”) - Following an amendment to the Income Tax (Jersey) Law 1961 (the “Law”), effective from 1 January...
  
• Taking back control: undue influence and trust revocations - Undue influence was the issue at stake in a judgment of the Royal Court of Jersey this month. In Rep...
  
• Here We Go Again: Representation of A in the Matter of the G Trust - What’s this – surely not another mistake/Hastings-Bass briefing from those people at Walkers? We...
  
• Creditor’s remorse: In the matter of the E Settlement - Not for the first time in recent years, the Royal Court of Jersey has shown itself willing to assist...
  
• A sting in the tail: the latest instalment from the Crociani litigation - Although the substantive judgment in the Crociani litigation was handed down on 11 September last ye...
  
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MEMO

• (Jersey) The Uses of Jersey Trusts - The purpose of this briefing note is to set out some of the benefits of Jersey trusts. Primarily, th...
  
• (Jersey) The Uses of Jersey Foundations - The purpose of this briefing note is to set out some of the benefits of Jersey foundations. A Jersey...
  
• (Jersey) Private Trust Companies - A settlor, when establishing a trust, will typically draw from the following categories of potential...
  
• (Global) Foundation Regimes in the Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Jersey and United Arab Emirates - The 2017/2018 financial year saw the Cayman Islands and Abu Dhabi Global Market join various other j...
  
• (Global) Comparison of Trusts in the BVI, Cayman, Guernsey and Jersey - The decision as to where to establish an offshore trust can only be made based on the specific requi...
  
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