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Private Wealth: Trusts - UK
Individual Editorial
Gilead Cooper KC is instructed in some of the most important and high-profile trusts cases of recent years. He has a well-regarded international practice and acts for many significant clients in this area. Cooper is admitted to the BVI Bar and frequently appears in the courts of the Cayman Islands and Hong Kong.
Strengths
A masterful advocate, with the ability to read a courtroom and improvise very impressively. He is somebody you go to when you really need an innovative and creative solution to a case.
One of the most intelligent barristers out there. His brain works in the most incredible way, and he is able to make fantastic arguments.
Gilead is very bright and has this ability to take the most complex of problems and break them down into simple terms. He unties knotty and intertwined situations and turns them into clear concepts.
Gilead has a very fine intellect and is someone who approaches problem-solving from unexpected angles. He anticipates situations and thinks of potential solutions to problems that not many would.
Helpful, sensible, clear in his drafting and a man with huge integrity. His advice was extremely sound and really helpful.
Offshore (Bar) - UK
Individual Editorial
Gilead Cooper KC has a great standing in offshore litigation and has noted ability in trusts, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and professional negligence disputes. He also handles property disputes and art law. Cooper's practice spans across offshore jurisdictions, including the BVI, Bermuda, the Cayman Islands and the Channel Islands.
Strengths
Gilead is very user-friendly, very responsive, able to turn things around quickly on short timescales and has a lot of inventive ideas. He's at the top of his game.
Gilead is great. Very thorough, commercially minded and I admire his ability to tackle new areas of law. He is extremely knowledgeable and is a delight to be around.
He has this ability to take the most complex of problems and break them down into simple terms and untie knotty and intertwined situations. He is incredibly bright, technical and very user-friendly.
Gilead knows his trust work inside out. An easy person to work with - a solicitor's delight.