Rupert Morris

Practice Areas

Rupert heads our Private Capital & Trusts practice group and has over 15 years’ experience as a private wealth specialist focusing on private client advisory and structuring work.

He is a qualified Guernsey Advocate and English solicitor. He has gained considerable experience in all matters of offshore private wealth structuring and is recognised as one of the leading lawyers in his field in Guernsey. Rupert also has extensive experience as a contentious practitioner, appearing before the Guernsey courts at all levels. He currently sits on the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners’ (STEP) Branch Development Committee, has sat on their worldwide council and is a former Chair and Deputy Chair of STEP Guernsey.

Rupert’s clients include leading trust companies, financial institutions, government departments and ultra-high net worth individuals. He helps them with all aspects of local and cross-border advisory and structuring work, impact investment, charitable structures, and regulatory matters including tax investigations and dawn raids.

Professional Memberships

Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) - TEP, Deputy Chair of the Guernsey Branch and STEP Worldwide Council member

Guernsey Association of Trustees (GAT) - Committee member (co-opted)

The Guernsey Bar

The Law Society of England & Wales

The Chancery Bar Association (overseas member)

ARIES / INSOL International

ConTrA (Contentious Trusts Association)

AIJA (Association Internationale des Jeunes Avocats)

Experience

Before joining Walkers in 2017, Rupert was a Guernsey Advocate in the Fiduciary and Litigation departments of two leading offshore firms. Before that he was a solicitor at a leading commercial firm in the north-west of England, and worked in London.

Education