Adrian Pilcher

Practice Areas

A Partner at ISOLAS LLP, Adrian has particular expertise in international corporate and trust structures, tax and estate planning, pensions and financial services.

Adrian is very active in the Private Client and Family Office space, advising high profile high net worth individuals and families, locally and internationally, on a wide array of matters including wealth and succession planning and family governance. He acts as the trustee of a number of private family trusts and as director of various family-owned investment holding corporate entities.

Recognised as an expert in the area of trusts, Adrian has been instrumental in the development of the law in this area, having been involved in the drafting of the Private Trust Companies Act 2015 and the Private Foundation Act 2017. His technical expertise in trusts and compliance matters led to Adrian being instructed by HM Government of Gibraltar to transpose into Gibraltar law the EU’s Fifth Anti-money laundering directive via the Proceeds of Crime 2015 (Amendment) Regulations 2020. Since then Adrian has been regularly instructed by HMGoG to further develop the financial services regulatory landscape, particularly in relation to matters concerning compliance and transparency, and has consequently contributed to the drafting of the Proceeds of Crime 2015 (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2021, the Proceeds of Crime 2015 (Transfer of Virtual Assets) Regulations 2021 and the Proceeds of Crime 2015 (Relevant Financial Business) (Registration) Regulations 2021.

Adrian’s technical expertise in this area also led to his instruction during the authorised administration of one of Gibraltar’s largest professional trustee service providers, where his brief included overseeing the transfer of trusteeship of all active trusts to alternative service providers.

Adrian was appointed Chair of the Gibraltar branch of The Society of Trusts and Estate Practitioners (STEP) on 22 June 2023.

On pensions, Adrian is instructed by clients on a wide range of matters including the establishment and authorisation of occupational schemes for large institutional clients, pension regulation compliance matters and pension issues arising from acquisitions or mergers between large corporations. Adrian also forms part of a thriving M&A practice