Stephan Venter

Solicitor, Mourant Ozannes

I am a Senior Associate in the Litigation and Dispute Resolution team of Mourant in Jersey. I specialise in multi-jurisdictional commercial disputes that cover a wide range of areas, including contentious trust disputes, insolvency litigation, corporate recovery, fund disputes, and general commercial litigation. With extensive experience in these fields, I am well-equipped to provide valuable counsel and guidance to clients seeking legal support for their complex and high-stakes disputes.

Work highlights:

Advising the trustees of various family trusts on an ongoing basis with the trustees together holding substantial assets valued in excess of £4,5 billion in different offshore jurisdictions.
Representation of Shinhan Securities Company Limited [2022] JRC 293 – advised the KS Asia Absolute Return Fund IC (a Fund managing assets worth approximately $700 million), which successfully applied for a stay of legal proceedings before the Royal Court of Jersey pending the outcome of arbitration proceedings in Hong Kong.
Adeem Investment Holding Company KSCH v Al-Humaidi and Ors [2022] JRC 038 - advised a high-net-worth Kuwaiti businessman and related Jersey companies. Successfully challenged the Royal Court's jurisdiction over one of our clients and also succeeded with a forum non conveniens stay application.
Investin Quay House Limited (in Liquidation) v BUJ Architects LLP [2021] JRC 233 – acted for and advised BUJ Architects LLP and successfully defended an interim injunction application that was issued by the Plaintiff to restrain our client from pursuing a winding-up petition before the English High Court.

Contributed to

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Fixed charge receivers—a view from Jersey

Practice Notes

This Practice Note, produced in partnership with Stephen Alexander and Stephan Venter of Mourant Ozannes (Jersey) LLP, looks at the Jersey law issues concerning the enforcement of secured property interests in respect of Jersey entities that own immovable property located in England and English entities that own immovable property located in Jersey.

Restructuring & Insolvency