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We advise a wide range of clients and their financial stakeholders, from fast growing and established businesses to public companies competing in global...

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We specialise in the investment management industry offering audit, assurance, tax and corporate recovery and liquidation services.

Tax

At Grant Thornton, tax is a key part of our organisation and our award-winning teams can offer you a range of solutions, whatever the size of your business or...

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Personal Tax Services
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The tax teams at Grant Thornton aim to provide the Channel Islands with a premier tax advisory service both to private clients and the business community including the investment management industry.
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Business Advisory Services

We work with a broad range of clients and their financial stakeholders, from entrepreneurs in the early days to fast growing and established businesses to...

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ESG
ESG can either be seen as a risk management tool or an opportunity, either way it is imperative to your business, whatever your size and whether you are listed or not.
Professional Services
Business and accounting support for professional services
Finance Industry
We work with a broad range of clients and their financial stakeholders, from entrepreneurs in the early days to fast growing and established businesses to public companies competing in global markets.
Local Businesses
Businesses come in many shapes and sizes – from innovative start-ups to long-established local businesses. But however large or small your business, the chances are you face similar challenges.

Recovery & Reorganisation

We supply a wide range of services to under-performing businesses and their stakeholders. We focus on identifying and resolving issues affecting profitability,...

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Corporate Insolvency
Our corporate investigation, Guernsey liquidation and recovery teams focus on identifying and resolving issues affecting profitability, protecting enterprise value and facilitating a full recovery where possible.
Corporate Simplification
Redundant corporate entities can over complicate group structures and waste thousands of pounds in unnecessary costs each year. 46% of the c.15,500 companies controlled by the FTSE100 are dormant and it is estimated that the average cost of administering dormant companies is between £3,500 and £5,000 per company, per year.
Debt Advisory
Our Debt Advisory team provides commercial and financial debt advice to corporate entities and public sector bodies in a range of sectors. Our engagements include advice on stand-alone transactions and solutions or as part of an integrated business plan, in both the project and corporate arenas.
Exit Strategy Services
We offer a tailored methodology designed to enable a company to be reviewed in a group context to assess ways to maximise its value.
Financial Restructuring
For companies challenged by under-performance we work with management teams, shareholders, lenders and other stakeholders to implement financial restructuring solutions creating a stable platform for business turnaround.
Strategic performance reviews
Strategic performance reviews analyse the key drivers of performance improvement. Our specialists utilise a framework to evaluate financial and operational options and to identify solutions for businesses and their stakeholders.

Forensic & Investigation Services

Heightened financial distress, globalisation (where companies play a pivotal role on the world stage) and increased regulation has led to an increase in the...

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Financial Reporting Advisory Group

For most companies, the responsibility to comply with the twists and turns of financial reporting obligations is an ever increasing, and sometimes dizzying...

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Regulatory Consulting

Grant Thornton Regulatory Consulting team provides assistance at all stages to financial services businesses.

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Business Risk Services

Regulatory interventions, an everchanging business environment with increased complex challenges, have a significant impact on business risk.

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Charisma Lyall joined Grant Thornton in 2023 as a director and head of the Regulatory Consulting Team. Based in Guernsey, Charisma has over 11 years’ experience at the Guernsey Financial Services Commission, most recently as General Counsel for the Commission. During her time with the Commission, Charisma was responsible for the development and implementation of the new Financial Services Regulatory Laws as well as providing guidance and advice on all aspects of the Commission’s work including supervisory matters, financial crime issues, sanctions and enforcement.

This appointment is an exciting development with the creation of the Regulatory Consulting team for Grant Thornton and demonstrates a continued commitment to providing wide ranging support to our clients.

Charisma is an accomplished regulatory specialist with almost two decades as a legal professional (currently non-practicing). She brings to Grant Thornton specialist expertise in Bailiwick financial services regulatory issue and policies as well as significant experience in delivering impactful strategic guidance and direction on complex issues.

Charisma’s extensive regulatory knowledge allows her to assist private sector clients with a range of services at every stage of the business lifecycle, including the Independent Audit Function for AML/CFT/CPT, application and change of control reviews, onsite-visit preparation and support, remediation design, implementation and reviews, and governance, risk and compliance reviews.

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Regulatory Consulting Trapped in a Sanctions labyrinth – What to do when a client’s structure contains frozen assets

Over the last three years Channel Island financial services firms are increasingly having to deal with assets "stranded" within structures due to sanctions.

Charisma Lyall

| 7 min read | 08 Sep 2024

Thought Piece The Importance of Culture

Organisational culture is a two-edged sword. Firms with good organisational culture reap numerous benefits including improved business reputation and customer satisfaction.

Charisma Lyall

| 1 min read | 17 Jun 2024