Dr Raymond Ashton is a highly respected figure in legal circles, Dr Ashton has extensive experience in both the world of academia and the law in practice. Having started his career in accountancy, Dr Ashton was drawn towards law, particularly international law and soon established a reputation in trusts, taxation, money laundering, funds and private client business.
Hello I’m Dr Raymond Ashton, a Guernsey based lawyer, lecturer and passionate football fan.
Why should you speak to Raymond Ashton?
Raymond has combined a business and academic career spanning over 30 years that has specialised in the subjects mentioned below. In the areas of law Raymond has advised both football clubs and players.
What are people saying about Dr Raymond Ashton
Raymond is a highly respected lawyer and chartered accountant with an international expertise and understanding in his field. His books on tax, trusts and related forensic skills are noteworthy as is his membership of a number of foreign Bars.
In all, an excellent lawyer
Michael Mayhew-Arnold
Raymond Ashton, is highly respected for his tax expertise, and is described as “a very able guy” with “a very big tax reputation
IFLR
About Raymond
Dr Raymond Ashton is a member of the English (1979) and Irish Bar (2003) and a Guernsey Advocate. He has degrees in Economics and Law from the University of London and has studied at Universities in Holland, France and the US. He is also a Chartered Accountant. After practicing at the Bar in England and lecturing at the Universities of Nottingham, Durham and Bristol, he returned to Guernsey and qualified as an Advocate in 1995.
Dr Ashton is the author of numerous articles and books, the latest of which is on Taxation in Guernsey. This is his third book on the laws of the Island. The first one being The Guernsey Law of Trusts which was followed by a book on Money Laundering which was based on the Guernsey Legislation. Dr Ashton is also the author of a book on English Anti-Avoidance Legislation published by Butterworths. Raymond has a lifetime’s devotion to Manchester City football club, supporting them both at home and away. He enjoys classical, popular and opera music and dedicates much of his spare time to charitable work.
He specialises in international taxation (both corporate and individual), money laundering, white collar crime, trusts and private client work.
After more than serving his apprenticeship in legal and academic positions in the UK and throughout the globe, Dr Ashton returned to Guernsey in 1994 setting up Ashton Allen in 2003.
During a distinguished career, Dr Ashton has amassed considerable academic and professional qualifications and is also an extensively published author.
Qualifications
Academic
• LLM by Examination, specialising in Taxation, Trusts and Company Law,
King’s College, University of London, 1980
• PhD University of London, 1980, International thesis based in London
and Rotterdam on an aspect of Competition Law in EU
• MSc (Economics), University of London, 1974
• BSc (Economics), University of London, 1969 Visiting Scholar at Erasmus and Rotterdam. Attendance at the University of Caen, in connection with qualifying as a Guernsey Advocate
Professional
• Guernsey Advocate, called August 1995
• Barrister at Law, Kings Inn, Dublin, October 2003
• Barrister at Law, Lincoln’s Inn, called July 1979
• ACA/FCA – Fellowship of Institute of Chartered Accountants
(Associate 1973) Fellow, 1976
• FTII – Fellowship of Institute of Taxation, 1973
• ACIS – Associate Member of Institute of Chartered Secretaries, 1978
• ACMA – Associate of Institute of Cost and Management Accountants,
Examinations passed 1976, Admitted 1977
• Notary Public – Examination passed September 2011
Expertise
The diversity of Raymond’s qualifications are reflected in his practical day to day work. Not surprisingly having initially trained as an accountant; funds, taxation, trust and solvency work has formed the back bone of his career.
International Funds Management and Products
Dr Ashton has a wealth of international experience in different aspects of trust law dating back over 30 years. His knowledge includes specific statutory provisions in different offshore and cross-border jurisdictions as well as taxation law, stamp duty, e-commerce and privacy related matters.
The creation and development of products including superannuation schemes, trust funds, trust deeds and the exploration of issues relating to trustee duties are other areas of intellectual focus and advice that Dr Ashton provides to his international clients.
Dr Ashton has published extensively on these issues.
International and Local Taxation
Dr Ashton’s experience as a taxation litigator and advisor is well established throughout the United Kingdom. His depth of experience and expertise across a range of tax jurisdictions and offshore havens means he can provide specialised knowledge relevant to a broad range of industry sectors. Advice can cover key jurisdictions as well as extending to other international countries or territories. Additionally, Dr Ashton can call on the support of his Guernsey and Dublin practices to provide a full range of intellectual and administrative support for clients.
Dr Ashton has published extensively on these issues.
International Trust Law
Dr Ashton has published extensively on these issues.
International and Local Mergers and Acquisitions
Dr Ashton’s experience in Mergers and Acquisitions (M & A) is well established across numerous international jurisdictions. M&A work involves specialist knowledge in a variety of areas such as competition law, taxation, finance law, employment law and the resolution of disputes.
Specialist knowledge and expertise includes:
• Management buy-outs
• Minority buy-outs
• Merger and acquisitions by schemes of arrangement
• Share by back schemes
• Strategic capital reduction
• International mergers, acquisitions and divestments
• Corporate advisory and restructuring analysis
Dr Ashton has published extensively on these issues.
White Collar Crime
An internationally respected academic and legal practitioner, Dr Ashton started his career in accountancy before being drawn to the law and in particular international law. Raymond Ashton specialises in criminal and civil cases involving fraud, money laundering, asset forfeiture, international mutual assistance, financial services and corporate regulation. With the increasing globalisation of criminal law enforcement and expanding extraterritorial application of criminal laws, Raymond Ashton (a founding partner of Ashton Allen Barnes Guernsey, a boutique law firm based in the Channel Islands), is uniquely positioned to assist foreign and local clients in addressing criminal issues in the United Kingdom, the Channel Islands and abroad.
Areas of expertise include criminal antitrust, money-laundering, trust fraud, securities fraud, customs fraud and other crimes.
• Criminal antitrust
• Criminal tax
• Foreign corrupt practices
• Government contracting fraud
• trust fraud
• money-laundering
• Securities fraud
Dr Ashton can also offer advice on the consequences of criminal prosecution, including debarment, civil and criminal forfeiture. Assistance with out of court settlements can be provided and in-house mediation services offered.
Dr Ashton has published extensively on these issues.
Football
Raymond has been supporting Manchester City Football Club for over 50 years. He originally started following ‘City’ because his mother was evacuated from Guernsey on the same boat as Bill Spurdle who went on to play at Wembley for City.
At boarding school and University Raymond gained a reputation for bunking lectures to watch City train and play. It was whilst at school I was certified as ‘insane’!
Raymond is a season ticket holder at Eastland’s and attends every home match and most away games in both the league and cup competitions. Raymond is particularly excited about the clubs participation in this season’s Champions League.
He is also currently writing a book about City and the great era from 1965 onwards, the Genesis, Exodus and Promised Land.
For more information on the history of this fantastic football club click on this link –
Publications
Raymond’s publications reflect his diversity in interests. The articles emanate from his academic career and the books from his professional career. Raymond is currently writing a book about Manchester City Football Clubwhich he anticiaptes will be in excess of 100,000 words, the same length as his doctorate but hopefully more readable and interesting!
Written work:
• Lutea Trustees v Orbis Trustees
• The Offshore Taxation Review
• Garner v Murray – A Legal Analysis
• Abacus, December 1984, Vol. 20, No. 4
• A Statistical Analysis of Decision by theHouse of Lords in Revenue Cases
• Accounting and Business Research,Winter 1984, Vol. 15, No. 57
• British Tax Review, September 1983
• Taxation and the Small Business Sector
• British Tax Review, February 1974
• Guernsey – The Ignored Tax Haven
• Certified Accountants Journal, February 1974
• Guernsey – The Aspiring Tax Haven
• Accountants Weekly, January 1974
Books:
• Anti-Avoidance Legislation
• Butterworth’s, December 1981, 255pp
• An Analysis of the Guernsey Law of Trusts Keyhaven, February 1998, app. 300pp
• Money Laundering, A Practitioner’s Guide Keyhaven, June 2000, 275pp
• Taxation in Guernsey – A Global & Regulatory Analysis Keyhaven,December 2002/January 2003, 400pp
• Financial Accounting for Managers – London Business School – 1983
• Taxation in Guernsey – The New Provisions – 3rd Edition – 2011
• Work in Progress – The Space Odyssey 1965 – 1973 The Mercer and Allison Years
Gallery
The gallery is a reflection of Raymond in both his professional life and his sporting life. His commitment to both is outstanding and can be seen by the passion in some of these pictures.
Contact Raymond
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Write to:
Ashton Barnes Tee, Old Crown Office, Ann’s Place, St. Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 2NU
