Who we are

We are corporate lawyers who chose to work in a niche legal practice rather than in an anonymous, impersonal monolith.  We believe our smaller, more dynamic environment allows us to personally and collectively deliver a better, more efficient legal service to our clients.

We base our business on long-term relationships with our clients and endeavour to deliver added value on a sustained basis.  We take the time to acquire an in-depth knowledge and understanding of our clients’ businesses and the sectors in which they operate.

Values and vision

Our clients’ interests are the focal point of our business, and we strive to achieve excellence in everything we do for them.  We take on work only if we can add real value for our clients.  We will not do everything for everyone.

We seek excellence and work to innovate in everything we do.

Our goal is to be a leading commercial Jersey law firm, delivering consistent, quality, value-added services to all of our clients.

We will have achieved this when:

• we are acknowledged by our clients and the market as a top-quality legal service provider in each practice area in which we operate.
• no tender list for a client seeking Jersey legal services in a practice area in which we operate would be complete without us.
  
  

What we believe

We believe in developing long-term relationships with our clients, and in being honest and ethical with our clients, our colleagues, our employees and ourselves.

We believe in respect, courtesy and openness in all of our relationships, both client and professional.

We believe in, and seek to promote, diversity in all our actions.

What others say about us

"VerrasLaw is a niche commercial firm, whose corporate partner Hiren Patel (’very knowledgeable, reliable and efficient’) is qualified in England, Hong Kong and Bermuda .. " (Jersey: Corporate and Commercial: UK Legal500 2009 ed.)

"At VerrasLaw, ’excellent’ funds partner Jonathan Bale has a niche acting for Jersey-based hedge funds .. " (Jersey: Investment Funds: UK Legal500 2009 ed.)

"VerrasLaw’s Hiren Patel and Jonathan Bale have both previously been recommended and we expect this niche corporate firm to do well." (Jersey: Corporate and Commercial: UK Legal500 2008 ed.)