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{{Short description|Offshore magic circle law firm}}

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| name = Bedell Cristin

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| founder = George Bedell, Dick Cristin

| ___location = [[Saint Helier]], [[Jersey]]

| industry = [[Legal industry|Legal]] & [[Fiduciary]]

| num_employees = 500175 <small>(December 2011)</small>

| homepage = [https://www.bedellcristin.com/ bedellcristin.com]

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'''Bedell Cristin''' is an offshore law firm and an independent [[trust company]] that provides legal and fiduciary services in various financial jurisdictions for corporate clients, financial institutions, and private clients. It has offices in the [[British Virgin Islands]], [[Cayman Islands]], [[Guernsey]], [[Jersey]], [[London]], and [[Singapore]]. It is also member of the [[offshore magic circle]].

'''Bedell Cristin''' is an offshore law firm and an independent [[trust company]] that provides legal and fiduciary services in financial jurisdictions for corporate clients, financial institutions, and private clients. It has offices in the [[British Virgin Islands]], [[Cayman Islands]], [[Guernsey]], [[Jersey]], [[London]] and [[Singapore]]. It is also member of the [[offshore magic circle]].

== History ==

In 1939, Advocate George Bedell set upfounded his practice at 21 Hill Street, [[Saint Helier|St Helier]], [[Jersey]] in 1939. He had previously been commissioned to introduce income tax to the island and was appointed the first Comptrollercontroller of Incomeincome Taxtax for Jersey in 1928. After moving back to England during the war, he returned to [[Jersey]] and set up in partnership with another prominent lawyer, Dick Cristin – founding Bedell and Cristin, as it was then known, in 1958.

After moving back to [[England]] during [[World War II]], he returned to Jersey and set up a partnership with lawyer Dick Cristin. Together they founded Bedell and Cristin in 1958. Dick Cristin helped pioneer the abolition of the statutory 5% cap on interest rates in 1962. In 1971 the company expanded into managing trusts and created a new division known as Bedell Trust.

Bedell Trust rebranded to [[Ocorian]] in November 2016. The company is an independent provider of outsourced administration, fiduciary, and accounting services to the corporate, funds, private client, and real estate sectors.

== References ==

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# [http://www.businesslife.co/BusinessNews.aspx?id=bedell-trust-ceo-named-one-of-the-most-influential-private-client-professionals Bedell Trust CEO named one of the most influential private client professionals]

# [http://www.hedgeweek.com/2011/11/09/157731/bedell-trust-launches-bedell-management-services-mauritius-limited Bedell Trust launches Bedell Management services (Mauritius) Limited]

== External links ==

# [http://www.legal500.com/firms/4804-bedell-cristin/8677-st-helier Bedell Cristin - Legal 500]

* [http://www.legal500.com/firms/4804-bedell-cristin/8677-st-helier Bedell Cristin - Legal 500] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110613030722/http://www.legal500.com/firms/4804-bedell-cristin/8677-st-helier |date=2011-06-13 }}

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