TRIAY - Key Persons
Alan moved to Gibraltar and joined Triay & Triay in September 2008 following his qualification as a Northern Irish solicitor in 2003. Alan is a Director in the Corporate & Commercial and Financial Services teams.
Alan specialises in corporate finance and mergers and acquisitions (M&A). He has developed an excellent reputation as a leading lawyer in this sector and regularly works on international high value transactions, advising on a full range of corporate, commercial and financing matters including acquisition and project financings (including aircraft and ship finance), leveraged, asset-based, syndicated, secured and multi-currency lending, capital markets transactions, working capital facilities and structuring, takeovers, management buy-outs, buy-ins, shareholders' disputes, joint ventures, franchising and commercial agency. Alan has additional expertise in employment law and advises on employment law matters within a commercial context.
Alan has also gained a wealth of experience in the Financial Services sector and, as part of our Financial Services practice, regularly advises on insurance and associated regulatory matters.
PRACTICE AREAS
Corporate & Commercial
Celine is an Associate at Triay and forms part of the Dispute Resolution team where her primary focus is Family and Personal Injury.
Within the Family department, Celine works closely with Charles Simpson dealing with various matrimonial and child related matters including, but not limited to, divorce, maintenance, child contact and adoption. Within the Personal Injury team, Celine works closely with Simon Triay and has assisted in several matters arising from road traffic accidents, breaches of health and safety, clinical negligence and employer's liability.
Prior to joining the firm, Celine completed her Bachelor of Arts with Honours at the University of Cumbria in 2018, and later went on to successfully complete the Graduate Diploma in Law followed by the Bar Training Course both, at Manchester Metropolitan University. Celine was subsequently called to the Bar of England and Wales by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple in October 2022.
Upon joining the firm in September 2022, Celine completed her training contract which consisted of completing her seats in the Property, Litigation and Corporate and Commercial departments while simultaneously undertaking the Professional Skills Course and the Professional Certificate of Competence in Gibraltar Law with the University of Gibraltar.
PRACTICE AREAS
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Charles was called to the Bar in England and Wales in 1996 and subsequently in Gibraltar in 1997. He qualified as an English solicitor in 2003. His main practice areas are: commercial litigation (including commercial fraud / asset tracing); insolvency; and Private Client disputes (including trust disputes as well as divorce/ financial remedies/ family disputes).
Charles is recognised as a leading individual (band 1) in Dispute Resolution (Gibraltar) by Legal 500 and was recently invited to join ICC Fraudnet, a specialist network of anti-fraud and asset tracing lawyers. Charles is the sole Gibraltar member. Other memberships include ACTAPS; Resolution; the Association of European Lawyers and Globalaw.
He has contributed the Gibraltar Chapter of "International Trust Disputes" as published by Oxford University Press and also the Asset Tracing and Recovery Review as published by the Law Reviews. He has also written the Gibraltar Chapter in four editions of a "Comparative Guide to Family Law" as published by Thomson Reuters as well as in International Relocation of Children as published by the same publisher.
Charles currently acts on behalf of the liquidator of Enterprise Insurance Company Plc in relation to Gibraltar's largest insurance liquidation. He appeared as junior counsel in the reported Privy Council case of Credit Agricole Corporation and Investment Bank v Papadimitriou [2015] UKPC 13 which is a leading authority in relation to proprietary claims (www.jcpc.uk/decided-cases/docs/JCPC_2014_0023_Judgment.pdf).
Charles is also an Associate Member of Gatehouse Chambers in London.
PRACTICE AREAS
Dispute Resolution
Job Titles:
- Senior Associate
- Member of the Corporate & Commercial
Chris is a member of the Corporate & Commercial and financial services teams.
He advises on a wide range of corporate and commercial matters including mergers and acquisitions, drafting articles of association, shareholder agreements, corporate restructuring, alteration of share capital, directors' duties and corporate governance, strike-off and restoration of Companies and data protection. Chris also advises on a full range of financing transactions often acting for some of the largest global financial institutions. Chris' client portfolio also includes a high-end designer furniture corporation, a world-class luxury resort hospitality company and a global multi-line reinsurer.
Daniel is an associate and forms part of the Property Team and the Corporate & Commercial Team. Daniel was recognised as a Rising Star in Real Estate & Construction in the 2023 Legal 500 EMEA and a recommended lawyer in Real Estate & Construction in the 2022 Legal 500 EMEA.
Daniel primarily focuses on property matters, including residential and commercial conveyancing, advising landlords and tenants in contentious and non-contentious matters involving leases, advising lending institutions on corporate financing and acquisitions involving real estate, and assisting various property management companies with their day-to-day business. Daniel also occasionally assists the Corporate & Commercial team with employment matters, shareholder disputes, mergers & acquisitions, and general corporate work.
Daniel undertook his BPTC at City Law School, London, and was called to the Bar of England & Wales by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple in 2016. He then gained valuable in-house experience at the London, Sydney and Melbourne offices of a global private education company. Daniel joined the firm in September 2018 and was called to the Bar in Gibraltar in February 2020 upon completion of his training contract.
PRACTICE AREAS
Corporate & Commercial
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Senior Associate
Dhiraj is an Associate and forms part of the Dispute Resolution team, with a wide litigation practice.
He is frequently instructed on matters of personal injury & clinical negligence and on matters of commercial litigation. He also regularly advises on wide range of litigious matters including contractual disputes, trust disputes, debt recoveries, property disputes, landlord & tenant matters, professional negligence, judicial review and police misconduct and has experience in company and insolvency applications. He frequently appears in the Supreme Court of Gibraltar. He is also familiar with regulatory proceedings and processes.
Dhiraj is well acquainted with various methods of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) and is regularly instructed to take part in Joint Settlement Meetings and Mediations on behalf of clients. He has experience in other cost-effective options of ADR such as Early Neutral Evaluation and Expert Determination and is able to advise on a range of out-of-court settlement options and pragmatic solutions to disputes.
Dhiraj also advises on the administration of estates and has experience in probate claims. He is regularly instructed in connection with lasting powers of attorney.
Dhiraj read European Law at the University of Warwick, studying for a year at Université Lille II, France, where he developed a good understanding of civil law systems. He completed the BPTC at City Law School, London, and was called to the Bar of England & Wales by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple in 2015. Dhiraj is fluent in English and Spanish, and proficient in French.
PRACTICE AREAS
Dispute Resolution
Helen is an Associate and forms part of the Financial Services Team and the Dispute Resolution Team.
Helen works closely with Jay Gomez and Javi Triay of the Financial Services Team, advising on prospective funds, investment managers, insurance companies, insurance intermediaries, banks, e-money institutions, payment service and DLT providers on licensing requirements and regulatory, operational, passporting and distribution matters. Helen also works with Simon Triay and Dhiraj Nagrani of the Dispute Resolution Team, assisting on personal injury, medical malpractice and professional negligence claims.
Helen initially read Law at the University of Sunderland, graduating with a First-Class Honours in 2015 as well as a Higher Diploma in Paralegal Studies. Thereafter, she completed the LLM in Legal Practice and Legal Practice Course with Distinction from the University of Sunderland in 2017. Prior to joining Triay & Triay, Helen worked as an Underwriter at a Gibraltar-based motor insurance company. Helen has also previously worked as a paralegal for the independent legal charity, Prisoners' Advice Service based in London city centre.
Helen joined the firm in September 2019 and was called to the Bar in Gibraltar in December 2020 upon completion of her training contract.
PRACTICE AREAS
Dispute Resolution
James is a Director in the firm's Shipping & Admiralty department.
James has 25 years of experience in the maritime law sector. He acts on behalf of both ship owners and banks in the registration and financing of vessels on the Gibraltar Commercial Ships Register. He has advised extensively in relation to the Gibraltar aspects of a number of high profile maritime restructurings in the last few years.
He also acts for individual private clients who wish to register vessels on the Gibraltar Pleasure Yacht Registry, negotiating yacht building contracts if required, as well as for banks and leasing companies financing those yachts.
Separately, James is extremely experienced in ship arrests, especially on behalf of mortgagee banks and bondholders. He has acted on almost all major admiralty actions in Gibraltar in the last 20 years, including the jurisdiction's two largest fleet arrests as well as numerous other enforcements.
James also acts on behalf of P & I clubs.
He is listed as a Leading Individual in Legal 500. Chambers & Partners confirms: ‘James Ramagge excels in shipping-sector matters and "has a reputation that precedes him" in the area'.
PRACTICE AREAS
Private Client Services
Javi is a Partner and forms part of the Financial Services team and the Shipping and Admiralty team.
He has advised on a wide variety of financial services matters which include establishing regulated entities (AIFMs, EIFs, MIFID firms, payment institutions, insurers, e-money institutions) and advising them on their applications to the GFSC. He also regularly advises licensed entities with regulatory issues and has advised a number of clients on the establishment of crypto funds in Gibraltar. Notably, Javi was actively involved in the establishment of the first Gibraltar crypto fund to list on a recognised ESMA stock exchange.
Javi has been instrumental in establishing the FinTech team as one of the most highly regarded teams in Gibraltar and since the enactment of the distributed ledger technology regulations, he has been advising numerous blockchain start-ups (to include DLT licences and ICOs) and traditional financial services firms using blockchain technology on their establishment and regulatory position in Gibraltar.
Javi was elected onto the executive of Gibraltar Association of New Technologies (GANT) and has formed part of the working group being consulted by HM Government of Gibraltar on regulations to govern token sales/initial coin offerings/token generation events.
Javi was also seconded to the Financial Services Commission where he assisted with the initial phases of the redrafting of Gibraltar's financial services legislation.
As part of the Shipping and Admiralty Team, he has assisted with numerous ship arrests (acting on behalf of the mortgagee banks and crew) and consequential court sale whether by auction or private treaty, owner/crew disputes, private yacht and commercial vessel registrations.
Job Titles:
- PARTNER
- Member of the Middle Temple and Was Called to the Bar
Javier is a member of the Middle Temple and was called to the Bar in both Gibraltar and England in 1984. He is a leading member of the Corporate & Commercial, Financial Services and Private Client teams.
Javier has considerable experience and expertise in advising on corporate and commercial matters including takeovers, company acquisitions, corporate finance, commercial property matters including new developments as well as business start ups and is internationally recognised as a leading lawyer in this area.
Described as a "true expert" for his work within the banking and finance sector, Javier regularly advises clients in this sector including major banks, successive Gibraltar Governments and insurance companies and also sat on the board as a non executive director of a locally licensed insurance company.
Javier undertakes private client work on behalf of a wide range of clients worldwide. He has been endorsed as a "true expert". He has advised numerous high net worth individuals and families in relation to all aspects affecting their wealth, taxation or estate planning. He also advises in relation to the setting up of trusts and associated matters.
Javier was also the former chairman of the Board of Governors of the International School Sotogrande and is currently the vice chairman.
PRACTICE AREAS
Corporate & Commercial
He has been elected on numerous occasions by the legal community in Gibraltar to represent them on the executive body of the Gibraltar Funds and Investment Association (GFIA). Jay has held the office of Chairman for one term, Deputy Chairman for two terms and Head of the Technical Committee of GFIA.
Jay has played an integral role in numerous changes to Gibraltar law: including the National Private Placement Rules, the Small AIFM Rules in Gibraltar following the implementation of the AIFM Directive, amendments to Gibraltar's Experienced Investor Funds regime, the creation of a dual-regime for funds following Gibraltar's exit from the European Union and the amendments to Gibraltar's financial services legislation to give effect to Brexit.
In 2022 Jay was appointed by Gibraltar's Minister for Financial Services to a policy group to advise HM Government of Gibraltar on policy relating to financial services. In 2024, the Group was tasked with acting as a think tank for finance sector product development.
Jay was instrumental in establishing our FinTech team as one of the most highly regarded teams in Gibraltar.
Job Titles:
- Senior Associate
- Member of Resolution
Joanna is a Senior Associate and forms part of the Dispute Resolution team.
Joanna primarily focuses on family matters, with particular involvement in divorce and financial remedies consequent on marital breakdown. She has also advised in a wide range of child-related matters, and has assisted clients with and represented their interests in mediation. Joanna also assists in matters of general civil and commercial litigation.
Joanna is a member of Resolution, a UK national organisation of family lawyers committed to non-confrontational divorce, separation and other family problems. She has also co-authored the Gibraltar Chapter in Practical Law's Global Guide to the 'International Relocation of Children'.
Joanna read English Literature and History at the University of Liverpool, graduating with an Upper Second-class BA (Hons). She subsequently completed the Graduate Diploma in Law at BPP Law School, thereafter achieving a commendation for the Legal Practice Course. Joanna joined the firm in September 2016, and was called to Bar in Gibraltar in October 2017 upon completing her training contract with the Firm.
PRACTICE AREAS
Dispute Resolution