Nin is a Guernsey Advocate and a well established dispute resolution practitioner. She has a loyal client base comprising finance services businesses and those from other regulated sectors, spanning risk and regulatory, corporate disputes and contentious trust matters many of which have multi-jurisdictional/international elements.
She leads the risk and regulatory team in Guernsey to deliver a seamless offering to clients with complex and varied needs. Nin works closely with the Jersey-based risk and regulatory team to ensure that clients with a presence across the Channel Islands are able to receive a blended Channel Islands service.
Experience
Nin is known for her work in regulatory compliance and enforcement, financial crime, risk and governance. Clients rely on her skills, experience, calm manner and technical expertise to provide advice and guidance on complex legal matters with high risk factors and potentially devastating outcomes. She is trusted by her clients to provide accurate, commercial and time sensitive advice.
Nin has a strong sanctions practice that extends across transactional, advisory and contentious matters and is an expert in this legally complex and important developing area of practice. Nin has an established international network where clients require cross-jurisdictional sanctions advice.
Nin leads, and regularly presents at, an industry Risk and Regulatory forum created for leading individuals from a cross section of the finance sector to share information from a commercial and legal perspective. The event was praised by one client as 'one of the most useful and progressive initiatives in the industry.' She regularly speaks at local conferences, and writes, on regulatory matters.
Recent matters include:
- Representing individuals in a regulatory enforcement matters in the Guernsey fund and trust sectors;
- Advising on a financial crime matters in respect of the determination of provenance of funds;
- Advising on client regulatory obligations in respect of a new target market involving complex structuring; and, developing an appropriate risk based compliance framework; and
- Providing sanctions advice in respect of designations.
Background
On leaving school, Nin qualified as a nurse and worked in medical research in London.
She returned to Guernsey in 2002 where she spent eight years within the banking division of the Guernsey Financial Services Commission. During this time she obtained a law degree from Nottingham Law School and completed the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law, Bloomsbury.
She joined Collas Crill as a trainee in 2010 and qualified into the dispute resolution team.
Nin was called to the Guernsey Bar in December 2025.
Awards
Nin is recommended by Chambers and Partners for her work on contentious regulatory matters, and as an associate to watch. She was named as a 'Next Generation Partner' in the Legal 500 2026 guide.
Memberships
- Institute of Directors
- Guernsey International Legal Association
- Women's White Collar Defense Association
- Founder of the Powerhouse Book Club
- Female Fraud Forum
† not a member of Collas Crill LLP in Guernsey
"I help clients through complex situations and, on occasion, tumultuous times in the most pragmatic, commercial and careful way."
