The hires and promotions affect jurisdictions such as Guernsey, the UK and Switzerland.

Saffery Champness has made three hires, including naming Dominic Lawton-Smith as trust director. It has also promoted seven people in its Guernsey and Geneva offices.

Lawton-Smith, who will be primarily based in the UK, is joining from Crestbridge, where he led the Cayman private client business and was a managing director of the firm’s US joint venture. He has almost three decades of experience in senior management, relationship, and project management roles spanning the Cayman Islands, Geneva, the US and UK. Lawton-Smith will be working in partnership with private clients, and Saffery’s global network of specialist advisors, with a focus on intergenerational planning and investment solutions through bespoke wealth structuring.

Also joining Saffery Champness are Sally Hunt as senior trust officer and Sophie Walden as compliance manager. Both will be based in Guernsey.

The promoted staff in Guernsey are Claire Tersigni and Simon Ricketts – both trust managers; Lily Simmons and Denise Brehaut – senior trust officers; and Caitlin Le Gallez as people and culture officer.

In Geneva, Alexia Laird and Saskia Scheelbeek have both been elevated to trust officers.