Henry Wickham

Henry is head of Ogier's estate planning, wills and probate team. He is very experienced in estate planning, the administration of high net worth and multi-jurisdictional estates, complex succession planning and will drafting. He also advises on all aspects of Jersey trusts, foundations, philanthropic structures and related corporate law issues. Originally England and Wales qualified, Henry is a Jersey advocate and notary public assisting with a variety of notarial matters on a regular basis.

Background and experience

Henry acts for a wide range of families, professional trustees and other financial intermediaries and has been recognised in Chambers HNW, Chambers UK, Legal 500 UK, Legal Week, Private Global Elite and Citywealth. His practice includes advising on the creation and ongoing operation of trusts and foundations, the construction and validity of wills, forced heirship, the registration of immovable wills, probate applications, tuteurs and the role and rights of executors, heirs and beneficiaries. Henry also advises on mental capacity to include the creation of local and registration of foreign lasting powers of attorney and acts as a court appointed delegate for a number of incapacitated clients in Jersey.

In 2019-2020, Henry undertook a secondment to HSBC Jersey as senior legal counsel to their Trust & Fiduciary Services team. It is this breadth of knowledge across private client matters from a private practice and inhouse perspective and, in particular, his ability to advise in depth on the practicalities of lifetime and post death affairs which differentiates his advice from other advisors.

Henry is an exam qualified STEP member, sits on a number of consultative bodies relating to Jersey's trust industry and is lead editor of the STEP Directory Jersey overview. A former Chair of the STEP Jersey Branch, Henry was awarded a STEP Founder's Award for Outstanding Achievement at the end of 2021. The Founder's Awards are presented to exceptional volunteers who have made an extraordinary and outstanding long-term contribution to the Society above and beyond that normally expected of a volunteer.  

Admitted in:
2014 - Jersey
2008 - England and Wales (non-practising)