Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey are renowned global finance centres with long-established fiduciary sectors. They are regulated to the highest standards of modern commercial practice.
Carey Olsen has one of the largest trusts and private wealth teams in the offshore world, and provides advice on the laws of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey to local and international clients and their advisers.
Our offices in Hong Kong and Singapore, with growing private wealth practices, also ensure that we are able to advise clients in Asia on both contentious and non-contentious trusts and private wealth matters.
Our global reach, scale and experience means that we are perfectly positioned to assist and advise on the most demanding and complex cases concerning wealth planning and asset protection as well as the more straightforward day-to-day instructions. We understand the longevity of trusts work, which is why we focus on building long-term relationships with our clients and their other advisers.
We represent professional trustees, private individuals and families, banks, financial institutions and charities from all over the world. International law firms and accountancy practices look to us for support on projects that require specialist advice on the laws and regulations of our jurisdictions.
Our lawyers work across a range of structures including private, corporate, charitable, purpose and commercial trusts, foundations, family offices, partnerships and companies. We advise on settlor reserved power trusts, private trust company arrangements, pension and employee benefit schemes, wills and matters of inheritance, international estate planning, regulatory advice and trust-related disputes.
With a fully integrated practice, we also represent trustees, executors and beneficiaries in contentious matters such as breach of trust actions, estate disputes, and other administrative applications that need to be made to the courts. Our contentious trust lawyers have appeared in many significant offshore trust cases to come before the courts, including representing clients before the Privy Council in the UK.
News and Deals
19 September 2023 | News
Carey Olsen shortlisted for Offshore Firm of the Year at The Lawyer European Awards
12 September 2023 | News
Two Carey Olsen lawyers sworn in as Guernsey advocates
11 September 2023 | News
Carey Olsen pair named NextGen Leaders by eprivateclient
20 July 2023 | News
Carey Olsen leads offshore firms in Chambers High Net Worth 2023
18 July 2023 | News
Carey Olsen's Helen Wang achieves Full (TEP) Membership with STEP
Briefings and Articles
25 September 2023 | Briefing
Jersey AML registration– update on non-executive directors and step-by-step guidance on how to register
20 September 2023 | Article
Singapore as a regional legal hub
31 July 2023 | Briefing
Summary of Guernsey Taxation
06 July 2023 | Article
Privy Council clarifies proper purpose rule to Bermuda trustee's powers
30 June 2023 | Briefing
Trustee Troubleshooting: Dealing with trust deeds that are no longer fit for purpose
27 April 2023 | Briefing
Private Client Guide 2023 - Bermuda (Legal 500)
Recent video briefings
Carey Olsen People behaviour and governance podcast series: episode two
The Carey Olsen People, Behaviour and Governance podcast series is a series of podcasts lead by partner Huw Thomas. We speak to subject matter experts from across the firm and other companies to discuss topics relating to people, behaviour and governance in an offshore context.
The second episode the series looks at governance – in particular something which is currently dominating the financial services governance scene in Jersey – the changes to Jersey's AML regime which are in the process of being made to take account of Jersey's Moneyval evaluation,
In this epiosde, Huw is joined by Carey Olsen market leading experts, partner Robert Milner and counsel Oliver Lindop. With these changes being the most significant in the Jersey AML landscape since the inception of the AML regime in 1999, Huw, Robert and Oliver will cover the key issues and changes, what they mean in practice and what actions financial services organisations and non executive directors should be taking.
信託介紹 - an introduction to trusts (HK)
Presented by Carey Olsen partners Siobhan Riley and Russell Clark
信托介绍 - an introduction to trusts (PRC)
Presented by Carey Olsen partners Russell Clark and Siobhan Riley
Foundations in Guernsey and Jersey – an introduction
Presented by Carey Olsen partners Natasha Kapp and Alexa Saunders
Grants of Representation in Guernsey – an introduction
Presented by Carey Olsen counsel Patricia Montgomery