Woman of the Year gold award for Mourant Ozannes' Jessica

The award was made in London just a few weeks after Advocate Roland was listed in the Citywealth IFC Power Women Top 200 list for the first time.

'This is obviously a great honour for me personally, but it also reflects the ethos of Mourant Ozannes to promote equality and excellence in everything we do. I am delighted to receive this accolade, which was voted for by my peers, colleagues and clients,' she said.

Mourant Ozannes global managing partner Jonathan Rigby added: 'As the managing partner of our highly successful Guernsey office and a member of the firm's global management committee, Jessica makes an outstanding contribution to the leadership and management of our business and is a role model to others. We are extremely pleased that her contribution has been recognised in this way.

'At Mourant Ozannes we are committed to achieving greater diversity within the partnership and the leadership team and I hope that this award will inspire many of our female lawyers to follow in Jessica's footsteps.'