Advocate Franckel qualified as an English solicitor with DLA in 1989. He then worked at Leeds firm Walker Morris for 11 years, heading up the corporate debt recovery department. A specialist commercial litigator, Simon’s expertise includes banking, trust and funds disputes, anti-money laundering issues, regulatory investigations, asset recovery, insolvency, trustee applications, professional negligence and partnership and shareholder disputes.
Advocate Franckel is a regular speaker at seminars on trust-related matters, and offers in-house training on trust and dispute resolution matters.
In addition to having a number of published articles, Advocate Franckel was asked by the Oxford University Press to Pre-review a text on Protectors on the basis of his knowledge of the area.
Position
Partner
Career
Trained DLA and Walker Morris (Leeds); qualified 1989; Applebys (formerly Bailhache Labesse) 2001-2006; BakerPlatt 2006; partner in charge of trusts and commercial litigation 2007.
Member
Member: Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists; STEP; Jersey Law Society; English Law Society
Outside interests and leisure
Photography, karate, reading, World War 1.
Practice Areas
Litigation, contentious and non-contentious trusts, professional negligence, insolvency.
