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Harneys

Offshore: Trusts

High Net Worth Guide 2026 : Cayman Islands


Harneys

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Whether you are acquiring or registering a business, managing multiple and complex cross-border assets, purchasing fine art, property, or a private island, our legal team will work closely with your onshore tax and legal advisors to provide personal, commercially sensitive, and pragmatic advice. We ensure that the offshore element of your structure is fully suitable to your needs but also sufficiently flexible to adapt and evolve as those needs change.

Harneys dedicated professionals have the deep knowledge and expertise to guide clients through even the most complex scenarios. We pride ourselves on providing clients with a single point of contact, backed by a global network that works closely together to develop bespoke solutions across a multitude of sectors and jurisdictions to best suit each client’s individual needs.

Our highly respected lawyers work alongside Harneys Fiduciary, our strategic alliance partner, which provides a full complement of corporate, wealth, and fiduciary services. Together we guide clients on the ideal structure to acquire, consolidate and protect their assets whilst helping to seamlessly navigate complex tax and regulatory issues to ensure that assets are passed to the next generation efficiently and in accordance with our client’s wishes.

With a global team of lawyers spanning all four jurisdictions and the international markets of London, Hong Kong, and Singapore, we are able to support clients wherever they are worldwide.

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Offshore: Trusts - Cayman Islands

Band 2

Band 2


What the Team is Known For

Harneys is a well-established firm which advises clients on contentious and non-contentious private wealth and trusts work.

Strengths

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  • Harneys is super gifted at getting all of the nitty-gritty of the business and commercial aspects of matters.

    Offshore: Trusts respondentHigh Net Worth
  • Harneys is has thorough and diligent partners who are all over the detail.

    Offshore: Trusts respondentHigh Net Worth
  • Harneys is a really good outfit. We know and like their non-contentious team as well. They have really good people and we like them a lot.

    Offshore: Trusts respondentHigh Net Worth
  • Client service is excellent at Harneys and they have a well rounded team of professionals.

    Offshore: Trusts respondentHigh Net Worth

Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 2Charles Moore
    Band 2Charles Moore

    Charles Moore

    Charles Moore advises on complex trust administration work for private and institutional clients, as well as on trusts-related litigation.
    • I very much enjoy working with Charles Moore. He is attentive, offers pragmatic advice and keeps a level head at all times. He is very aware of our position as a trustee and offers us sound advice.

      Offshore: Trusts respondentHigh Net Worth
    • Charles Moore was well prepared and read-in.

      Offshore: Trusts respondentHigh Net Worth
    • Charles Moore gives great service and has great wisdom.

      Offshore: Trusts respondentHigh Net Worth
    • Charles Moore is a solid trust lawyer.

      Offshore: Trusts respondentHigh Net Worth
  • Band 3Esmond Brown
    Band 3Esmond Brown

    Esmond Brown

    Esmond Brown advises on a range of non-contentious private client matters. He is a partner in the private client and trusts team at Harneys, having joined in January 2026 from another Cayman Islands firm, and is regarded as a rising star in the jurisdiction.

    • Esmond Brown is an exceptional lawyer who will enhance Harneys' offering.

      Offshore: Trusts respondentHigh Net Worth
    • Esmond Brown is fantastic.

      Offshore: Trusts respondentHigh Net Worth
  • Cayman Islands, expertise based abroad in UKHenry Mander
    Cayman Islands, expertise based abroad in UKHenry Mander

    Henry Mander

    Henry Mander has experience in Cayman trust disputes and advisory work and leads Harneys' global trusts and private wealth practices. He is based in London.

    • Henry Mander is very astute and he is very on top of the law.

      Offshore: Trusts respondentHigh Net Worth
    • For some time Henry Mander has been literally the doyen of Cayman Islands private client practitioners and is universally respected.

      Offshore: Trusts respondentHigh Net Worth
    • Henry has been in the industry a long time and knows the market inside and out. Henry is a very good practitioner.

      Offshore: Trusts respondentHigh Net Worth

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