As the global legal and regulatory landscape becomes ever more complex, managing wealth across generations, succession planning and transferring control of assets has never been more challenging. That's why it's important to work with lawyers who can offer solutions that are tailored to your unique circumstances.
Our full-service team offers wealth structuring, advisory and disputes expertise to trustees and high-net-worth individuals, and a range of services to clients within our local jurisdictions. With our strong global presence and partner-led approach, clients can benefit from our leading expertise and experience around the world.
We have many years of collective experience in providing trusts, foundations and other fiduciary services using Cayman, Guernsey and Jersey law - jurisdictions which are collectively recognised as leaders in the provision of offshore fiduciary services. We also have significant experience in specialist products and services, including pensions and Shariah, with many of the team having worked in the world of wealth management in other prominent offshore and onshore jurisdictions. We represent trust corporations, individual trustees and beneficiaries and have conduct of many of the leading cases in this area, dealing with novel points of law and creating new and innovative solutions.
Our experts in family law, wills, probate and estate planning offer discreet, practical advice to reach the best possible outcomes for our clients, many of whom we have worked with for a number of years.
Our team has extensive expertise in all areas of family law and is known for providing a personalised, responsive service to clients.
We advise internationally based companies and trustees on the establishment and operation of employee incentive schemes, addressing issues such as the funding and structuring of awards as between sponsoring employer and trustee, treatment of dividend entitlements for share awards and the formulation of the beneficial class of employee benefit trusts (EBTs) having regard to international legal and taxation requirements.
Read moreFor wealthy individuals, family-controlled businesses and entrepreneurs managing wealth across generations, succession planning and transferring control of assets has never been more challenging. That's why it's important to work with lawyers who not only have the highest standards of legal knowledge and expertise, but also the ability to find unique solutions tailored to your unique circumstances.
Read moreThe role of a modern trustee has never been more complex. Trustees must satisfy the needs and desires of their beneficiaries, manage complex assets and navigate an ever-changing legal and regulatory landscape.
We know that trustees can need assistance and advice on how best to satisfy their duties and to meet their legal and regulatory obligations. We understand and have a great deal of experience in working with trustees to get ahead of any potentially difficult situation and resolve it in a way that minimises risk and conflict.
We represent beneficiaries, high-net-worth individuals, trustees, protectors and other power holders in a range of contentious and semi-contentious situations. Our lawyers have been at the forefront of the most complex, high-value private wealth litigation offshore.
We often deal with novel points of law, creating new and innovative solutions to meet the needs of our clients.
Read moreManaging wealth, asset preservation, planning for succession and inheritance, and writing wills can be a complex and difficult experience. It's important to ensure that your assets are distributed according to your wishes and that your family and/or successors are taken care of.
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The team was capable of quickly grasping complex matters and provided helpful advice.
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The team provides expert advice on cross-jurisdictional matters and as a firm we regularly refer clients to each other and lean on each other's expertise.
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Collas Crill provides an exceptional service to clients and is a pleasure to deal with. Not only does it provide the highest level of professional service, it also relates to clients and makes them a priority in all that it does.
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The team is highly responsive and efficient. The level of service is excellent.
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Collaboration between the partners feels fluid and client-centric.
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Cayman Islands private wealth solutions for Latin American high net worth families
Introduction In the constantly evolving regulatory, political, and economic landscape of Latin America, high net-worth (HNW) families face unique challenges in the preservation and intergenerational transfer of wealth and succession planning. Civil...
This article examines how Jersey, Guernsey and Cayman's trust legislation interacts with Islamic rules on inheritance (Fara'id) and lifetime gifts (Hibah). Introduction Across the Islamic world, wealth holders frequently seek to balance faith-based...
A practical guide to trustee blessing applications for 'momentous' decisions
This briefing note is intended for trustees who are interested in trustee blessing applications (often arising in contentious or high-stakes trustee decision-making). What is a 'blessing application' and what use does it serve? A blessing application is ...
Jersey is one of the world’s leading jurisdictions in which to establish and manage private wealth through trusts. While many modern trusts include powers that allow the trustees to amend the terms of their trusts without the Court's assistance, there ar...
The Trusts (Guernsey) Law, 2007 (Trusts Law) confirms that the terms of a trust may not relieve a trustee of liability for a breach of trust arising from its own gross negligence. Trustee gross negligence therefore sits at the sharp end of fiduciary resp...
Expertise recognised in Lexology Index
The expertise of a number of partners across the firm has been recognised in Lexology Index (formerly Who's Who Legal). Trusted by thousands of companies and organisations worldwide, Lexology Index combines extensive research with objective case an...
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