Location:
Jersey
Year of joining Mourant du Feu & Jeune:
2004
Practice Areas:
Litigation, Trusts
Employment history:
Bruce has experience of a wide range of contentious areas including insolvency, banking and professional negligence, speciailising in particular in contentious trusts work. He has previously worked at the city law firm Gouldens (and following its merger, as a litigator in Jones Day’s Finance Group) until July 2004. Following a period with Cayman Islands law firm Maples and Calder, where he was admitted as a Cayman Islands attorney-at-law, Bruce joined Mourant du Feu & Jeune’s Disputes team in December 2004 and was made a partner in February 2010.
Professional qualifications:
After studying law at Oxford University, Bruce qualified as a solicitor of England & Wales (currently non-practising) in March 1999 at city law firm Gouldens. He qualified as a Jersey advocate in August 2007.
Highlight deals:
Bruce was part of the team acting for the trustee on the Internine/Alhamrani litigation.
What the directories say
Bruce is mentioned in the Legal 500 as being "exceptionally bright - he brings intellectual rigour to a case". He was also a key member of the Alhamrani litigation team that was short listed for the IFC Legal Team of the Year award at the STEP Private Client awards 2008/09.