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Conyers

Offshore: Trusts

High Net Worth Guide 2025 : Cayman Islands

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Expertise, judgment and sensitivity are key requirements when advising on protection of your assets, estate planning and privacy. Conyers has long standing experience of trust law and structures in Bermuda, the BVI and the Cayman Islands.

Conyers can deliver solutions specifically tailored to your requirements. We offer you one of the most experienced international offshore private client and trust teams in the world. From our offices in Bermuda, the BVI, the Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, London and Singapore, together with leading onshore tax and legal advisers, we advise significant net worth and high-profile business owners, family-owned businesses, entrepreneurs, charitable entities and professional trustees.

Our services include:

  • Dynastic estate planning
  • Designating ownership structures of substantial family businesses
  • Corporate governance of cross-border structures for private trust companies to bolster the substance of family and business succession planning
  • Restructuring trusts to extend the duration of a trust, to improve tax efficiencies or adapt to changes in family circumstances
  • Creation of charitable and philanthropic foundations, purpose trusts, employee benefit trusts, BVI VISTA trusts and Cayman STAR trusts
  • Advising on fiduciary decision-making and related issues and trustee liability issues
  • Advising on regulatory issues affecting trusts
  • Prenuptial agreements and protection of trusts from divorce
  • Customised reporting solutions for both FATCA and CRS compliance

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Offshore: Trusts - Cayman Islands

Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Conyers has considerable experience in advising on trust structuring as well as other non-contentious matters, acting for high net worth individuals, businesses and trust corporations.

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Strengths

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  • Conyers is a very strong firm. It is very good at advising on Cayman trust law.

    Offshore: Trusts respondentHigh Net Worth

  • The Conyers team is very commercial and practical.

    Offshore: Trusts respondentHigh Net Worth

  • Conyers is one of our preferred firms in Cayman and BVI.

    Offshore: Trusts respondentHigh Net Worth

  • The Conyers team is easy to communicate with and very practical in the advice it provides.

    Offshore: Trusts respondentHigh Net Worth

Notable Practitioners

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  • Robert Lindley
    Robert Lindley

    Robert Lindley

    Robert Lindley has a good reputation for advising high net worth clients on trust matters, and leads the firm's BVI and Cayman Islands private client and trust practice.

    • Robert Lindley is as good as they come. He is very enjoyable to work with. He is very practical.

      Offshore: Trusts respondentHigh Net Worth

    • I have been very happy with Robert Lindley. He is to the point and excellent.

      Offshore: Trusts respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Robert Lindley is very involved and easy to work with. He is great on strategising and coordinating large projects. He is marvellously approachable as well.

      Offshore: Trusts respondentHigh Net Worth
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  • Sally Peedom
    Sally Peedom

    Sally Peedom

    Sally Peedom is a counsel in the private client team of Conyers.

    • Sally Peedom is an excellent trust litigator.

      Offshore: Trusts respondentHigh Net Worth
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  • Wesley O'Brien
    Wesley O'Brien

    Wesley O'Brien

    Wesley O'Brien advises high net worth clients on a range of trust administration, structuring and private client matters. He is currently on secondment in Conyers’ Hong Kong office.

    • Wesley O'Brien is excellent.

      Offshore: Trusts respondentHigh Net Worth
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