Julia Schaefer

Julia is an advocate and consultant in the Guernsey Dispute Resolution team. She advises international and local clients on a wide range of contentious matters, specialising in complex and high value commercial, regulatory, and trust disputes. 

Background and experience

Having worked across Guernsey, the UK, and Europe, Julia is experienced in handling high-profile and high-value litigation, often with challenging international and cross-border elements.

Julia joined Ogier from another leading offshore law firm in Guernsey. She qualified as a Guernsey advocate in 2019. Prior to moving to Guernsey in 2014, Julia worked in the City of London, where she qualified as a Solicitor of England & Wales in 2010.

Julia has a keen interest in European and socio-political matters, having worked in the European Parliament before qualifying as a lawyer. She holds a Masters degree from the University of Bristol, having previously studied law and European law at Warwick University and has also studied at Lille University, the Sorbonne in Paris, and Wellesley College, Massachusetts. In 2019 Julia qualified as a Guernsey Advocate, having obtained the Certificat d'Etudes Juridiques Françaises et Normandes from the Université de Caen Basse-Normandie. She speaks fluent German and French.

Admitted in:
2019 - Guernsey
2010 - England and Wales (non-practising)