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Laura Kearns

Counsel

资深高级律师

"Laura has precise, timely and excellent service delivery. She is practical and knowledgeable and a delight to work with."

Chambers and Partners HNW

"Laura is attentive and a keen problem-solver. Her services and advice are always of a very high standard."

Chambers and Partners HNW

"Laura Kearns is simply brilliant. She is incredibly knowledgeable and extremely capable when it comes to handling significant international trust matters. Laura is very astute, cuts through complex technical matters and delivers pragmatic solutions. She is highly focused and a great pleasure to work with."
 

Legal 500

"Laura is an absolute rock star who consistently demonstrates her desire for excellent client delivery. She time and again comes through for the client."

Chambers and Partners HNW

"Laura Kearns is very helpful, collaborative, efficient and personable."

Chambers and Partners HNW

About

简历

Laura Kearns TEP is counsel in the trusts and private wealth team at Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited. 

Laura has an extensive trust practice in Bermuda and advises individuals, fiduciaries and companies on all aspects of trust law, including the establishment and ongoing administration of trusts and their underlying entities, the restructuring and variation of trusts and related regulatory matters.

Laura frequently advises trustees and beneficiaries in relation to non-contentious restructurings and blessing applications before the Bermuda Court, including those pursuant to s.47 Trustee Act 1975, s.47A Trustee Act 1975 and s.4 Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 2009.  

In addition, Laura deals with a wide variety of estate planning work, often with a cross-border element, including the drafting of Wills, the administration of estates and matters of incapacity.

Laura is ranked in Chambers HNW and the Legal 500 Caribbean directories for her private client work in Bermuda.

Career

Prior to joining Carey Olsen in 2022, Laura practiced as a solicitor in the UK. She trained with Withers LLP in London before qualifying into their Private Client team. She subsequently worked for regional firm Royds Withy King LLP, splitting her time between the London and Bath offices.

Laura is a solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales, having been admitted to practice in October 2015. She graduated from Durham University in 2009 with a degree in History and later undertook both the Graduate Diploma in Law and Legal Practice Course at BBP Law School in London.

Laura is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.

 

Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited is a company limited by shares incorporated in Bermuda and approved and recognised under the Bermuda Bar (Professional Companies) Rules 2009. The use of the title “Partner” is merely to denote seniority. Services are provided on the basis of our current terms of business, which can be viewed at: www.careyolsen.com/terms-business.

Relevant experience

Laura now provides advice to individuals, fiduciaries and companies on all aspects of trust law, including the establishment and ongoing administration of trusts and their underlying entities, the restructuring and variation of trusts and related regulatory matters.

相关经验

Awards and accolades

奖项和荣誉

Laura is ranked by Chambers and Partners as an 'Associate to Watch' in the High Net Worth Guide.

Chambers HNW ranked