The Conyers Private Client & Trust teams in Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and BVI are by far the largest offshore Private Client teams in the Bermuda / Caribbean / Americas region. The Conyers Private Client team has a long-established reputation for providing intelligent and creative solution-driven advice to ultra-high net worth clients, particularly involving private trust companies and those owning businesses worth in excess of US$1 billion. The team's client base includes individuals, families, and corporate clients including trustees and private trust companies.
The team has wide expertise including:
- the establishment of trusts and related entities,
- the restructuring of trusts, inclusive of Court applications to effect such restructuring,
- thoughtful and considered advice on governance and on-going trust administration,
- the establishment and administration of private trust companies,
- cross border structuring using trusts, and
- the use of trusts in commercial applications.
Clients benefit from Conyers’ international scope with access to our global network through long-standing close relationships with leading onshore tax and legal advisers. Our lawyers possess high levels of problem-solving acumen and deliver top-tier technical advice. They are also known for adding value by sensitively providing creative solutions to the challenging dynamics of family relationship issues.
The private client team advises individuals, families and corporate clients, including trustees, on a broad range of issues including:
- Inheritance structuring,
- Private investment structures,
- Charitable and philanthropic structures,
- Inter-generational asset transfers,
- Regulatory laws affecting cross-border transactions, and
- Local and international pension plans
The Conyers Private Client and Trust team is complemented by a team of experienced trust litigators with a worldwide reputation. The trust litigation team is at the forefront of both contentious and non-contentious trust litigation in Bermuda. The Conyers Trust Litigation team regularly act for trustees, beneficiaries, settlors and third parties. The Cayman practice has a very strong contentious trusts and estates specialty which attracts notable instructions. The team is increasingly involved in multi-party court applications, many of which are associated with trust structuring and restructuring and have complex cross-border elements.
