Barclays Wealth has been looking after clients on ‘The Rock’ for over 120 years, and thanks to the newly expanded intermediaries team who have a ‘passion to deliver,’ the global organisation continues to serve professional intermediaries and their clients.
‘Give us the problem or circumstance and let us find you the solution’: these are the inspiring words of Carlos Garcia, Head of Intermediaries, who leads the newly-formed team, comprising of relationship managers and account managers, all of whom have a wealth of experience and in-depth knowledge on a host of subjects, from property financing to high value international trading.
In order to serve clients’ needs, the department is assisted by a remote team which supports it with basic day-to-day activities, from service payments to day to day treasury needs.
The wide range of expertise within the group ensures that their chosen client segment is served in the best and most efficient way, providing global reach.

Determined to continue driving the service agenda for constant improvement forward, the team is working with in-house experts to ensure that the systems and processes are reviewed to make sure they meet the needs of their clients in this fast changing environment.
So, apart from their passion, drive and determination, what makes this team of experts stand out from the competition?
Carlos says: ‘Whilst others are focused on their internal issues at a time when banks remain in the spotlight, we are solely focused on the external stakeholder, the client.
‘We continue to be committed to our clients and want to leverage the full Barclays Wealth capability, dovetailing
with the Corporate banking suite of products and expertise, Barclays in Gibraltar is the gateway to the Barclays group.’
‘This is unique, as we find that our competitors can only do one of the two; either corporate banking or investment banking. We can do all of this from within the same team.’
Barclays Wealth is the wealth management division of Barclays and operates through Barclays Bank PLC and its subsidiaries.
Barclays Bank PLC. Registered in England. Authorised and regulated by the Financial Services Authority. Registered Number: 1026167. Registered Office: 1 Churchill Place, London E14 5HP.
Authorised by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission to conduct banking and investment business in Gibraltar.

Charles Serruya, Chairman of Baker Tilly Gibraltar, has retired after 30 years with the firm.
Jose Julio Pisharello takes over as Chairman with Ian Collinson continuing as Managing Director. Congratulations to JJ as he is known, and we wish Charles a very happy retirement.

Stan Cech has recently joined Ibex Insurance Services Limited in the position of Finance Manager, working at the new company headquarters at 68 Irish Town.
Stan has been in Gibraltar since 2006, working previously at Hassans Law Firm as a Legal Accountant. The two years that Stan spent with Hastings Insurance Services Ltd in the UK will no doubt also hold Stan in good stead in his new role. ‘I am delighted to have been given the opportunity to join Ibex, which I have already seen in my short time is a dynamic and growing business. I am looking forward to the challenges ahead.’ he told B2B
Stan who hails from the Czech Republic, moved to London in 2001 to study English and Accountancy where he remained for five years before making Gibraltar his home with his wife and two daughters.

The Gibraltar office of Spring Law was set up on 24 January 2011 by Chris Keightley-Pugh. Spring Law Gibraltar is an associate office of the Spring Law Group which has its head office in London.  The London office has three partners and employs a further 14 solicitors all with specialists skills having been recruited from top London law firms.
We are a full-service law firm, with the following practice area expertise:
Spring Law is dedicated to the support of business and business leaders. Distinguished by our result and value driven philosophy and the commitment of our lawyers, we maintain the very highest standards whilst providing a distinctly personalised service to our clients, presenting a real alternative to the supersized law firms.
Our managing partner, Chris Keightley-Pugh began his legal career at Fox & Gibbons in London. In 1995, after qualifying as a solicitor, Chris moved to the Gibraltar office of Fox & Gibbons and was admitted as a Gibraltar solicitor in 1996.
Since then Chris has dealt with commercial and private client work dealing with both contentious and non contentious matters. When Chris decided to leave the firm at the end of 2002 he was leaving part of the Denton Wilde Sapte group, which had taken over Fox & Gibbons in the late nineties following an earlier merger between Denton Hall and Wilde Sapte. Denton Wilde Sapte has since closed its Gibraltar office.
More recently Chris set up a company specialising in private client work dealing with wills, international estate planning and succession. He also held in house legal positions at Gibraltar Companies House and ECS International Limited (a licensed professional trustee and company manager) where he advised on company and trust law, and also dealt with regulatory and compliance matters.
Chris has now opened a Spring Law office in Gibraltar. He will combine his experiences working in private practice, private industry and his role at Companies House to provide clear, concise and pragmatic advice to commercial and private clients on a wide range of legal and commercial issues, and will be working closely with his colleagues in the London office to provide Gibraltar office clients with a full range of legal services covering all the main practice areas.
We advise companies with existing business interests in Gibraltar or looking to restructure their business interests to take advantage of the attractive 10% corporate tax regime which has now been introduced by the Gibraltar government.
We can also deal with corporate law, real estate, employment and litigation matters. If the business activities involved require a licence from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission we can help you deal with the application process, and provide advice on all the regulatory hurdles. We also handle private client matters advising company directors, employees and private individuals with all their legal requirements and local registrations.
Spring Law Gibraltar prides itself on the core duties that are expected from every firm of solicitors including integrity, independence and very high levels of service. We understand and respect our client’s confidentiality which is a fundamental obligation owed by a solicitor to his client under the terms of the solicitor’s retainer.

Hassans International Law Firm is delighted to announce that senior associates’ Richard Buttigieg, Abigail Harrison and Raquel Moss have accepted invitations to join the firm’s partnership with effect from the 1st July 2011.
Managing Partner, Javier Chincotta stated, “The addition of these three dynamic associates to the Partnership brings our total number of partners to thirty. The quality and depth of experience that each one brings to the table is significant in driving forward the future of the firm“.
Richard, an LLB Honours graduate in Law and Spanish Studies from Kingston University in the United Kingdom completed the Bar Vocational Course at the Inns of Court School of Law in London and, as a member of the Middle Temple, was called to the Bar of England & Wales and Gibraltar in 2003. He was also called to the Bar of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court and is therefore able to advise corporate service providers in all matters concerning the laws of the British Virgin Islands.
Richard started his career with Hassans in 1999 through the ‘Hassans’ Summer Student Program’ which he now oversees with another of the partners. He is a trustee of the Gibraltar charity ‘FACES’ and is an active member of other local charities.
Abigail, an LLB Honours graduate in Law from the University of Hertfordshire, completed the Bar Vocational Course at the Inns of Court School of Law, London in 2003. As a member of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple, she was called to the Bar of England & Wales and the Gibraltar in 2003. Abigail joined Hassans in 2003 and has been working with Senior Partner, James Levy QC for over 7 years, specialising in finance and commercial transactions and she also has extensive experience on private client and merger and acquisition transactions.
Raquel is a graduate of the University of Kent, who also studied at the University of Neuchatel in Switzerland and then spent five years working in Company Management in Gibraltar. She later completed a post-graduate Diploma in Law at City University, London and studied for the Bar exams at the Inns of Court School of Law, also in London and then called to the Bars of England and Wales and Gibraltar. Raquel has been the Managing Director of Line Trust Corporation Limited since 2003 and will continue in this role.
Raquel holds the Diploma in International Trust Management from the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (“STEP”), and has been serving as Secretary to the Gibraltar branch of STEP for a number of years. In this capacity, she represents STEP at the Gibraltar Finance Centre Council, and also sits on the Legislation Committee of the branch, advising on proposed updates to local legislation.
She has contributed to the journal “Trust and Trustees” and other books and publications on Gibraltar trust law published by the Oxford University Press and Sweet & Maxwell.
She is a keen advocate of the professionalization of the local trust industry.
James Levy QC, Senior Partner said: “I am delighted that Richard, Abigail and Raquel have joined the partnership and I am sure they will continue to prove to be tremendous assets to the firm.
The promotion to partnership from our internal ranks shows the quality of lawyers and staff that we attract and demonstrates the commitment and expertise both from a product and geographic perspective allowing us to offer the best quality of service to all our clients, locally and worldwide.”