Shân Warnock-Smith KC
About
Provided by Shân Warnock-Smith KC
Practice Areas
Advice and litigation in connection with all aspects of trusts, other asset-holding vehicles and succession, in the UK and internationally, particularly the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, Hong Kong, Singapore, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Has a particular interest in wealth structuring (including charity and philanthropy) for international families from both the advisory and the litigation standpoints. Accredited mediator specialising in trust and estate disputes.
Career
Called to the English Bar 1971. Silk 2002. Admitted to practice in England and Wales, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands and Trinidad and Tobago and has been admitted ad hoc in other jurisdictions including Hong Kong and Bermuda. Established International Chancery and Trusts Chambers in the Cayman Islands in 2010 and practises from there and from 5 Stone Buildings in London.
Professional Memberships
Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, Chancery Bar Association, Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists and The International Academy of Estate and Trust Law.
Publications
Lecturer, writer and broadcaster on trust and estate matters. Sits on the Editorial Board of 'The Wills and Trusts Law Reports'.
Chambers Review
Global
Shân Warnock-Smith KC
Shân Warnock-Smith KC of 5 Stone Buildings is a dominant presence in high-profile offshore litigation who has outstanding credentials in private client and wealth structuring work. She also practises at ICT Chambers in the Cayman Islands, and offers a wealth of experience of acting in Cayman cases and those in wider Caribbean jurisdictions including the BVI. She is especially active in trust disputes.
Shân Warnock-Smith KC
Shan Warnock-Smith KC is an expert on private client issues, including all aspects of trusts and succession work. She is exceptionally well known for her work offshore and overseas and is an excellent choice for work in the Cayman Islands.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Hard-hitting and very bright."
"A leader in the field and really knows the industry and the cases as she has been in most of them. She is the bar setter for trusts and offshore work."
"She is very knowledgeable and confident. She is unfazed by appearing in the highest courts."
"Shân is the queen of the Cayman Islands matters."
"Hard-hitting and very bright."
"A leader in the field and really knows the industry and the cases as she has been in most of them. She is the bar setter for trusts and offshore work."
"She is very knowledgeable and confident. She is unfazed by appearing in the highest courts."
"Shân is the queen of the Cayman Islands matters."
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