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Gilead Cooper KC
Position
Gilead specialises in complex, high-value disputes, often involving allegations of fraud, breaches of trust and fiduciary duties, and professional negligence. He also has a notable specialism in matters involving art and antiquities.
Gilead’s practice has a strong international element. He has appeared in the courts of Hong Kong, the BVI, Bermuda, Cayman and Nevis, and has been involved in litigation in Jersey, Guernsey and Gibraltar.
Career
Call: 1983, KC: 2006.
Memberships
Chancery Bar Association; Professional Negligence Bar Association; PAIAM (Professional Advisers to the International Art Market); ACTAPS; LCIA.
Education
BA in English, Christ Church, Oxford; Dip. Law, The City University.
Lawyer Rankings
London Bar > Art and cultural property
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Gilead Cooper KC – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Very cerebral and knowledgeable and excellent for a written opinion.’
London Bar > Private client: trusts and probate
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Gilead Cooper KC – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Gilead has the ability to take hugely complex issues and distil them into crystal-clear concepts that clients and courts find compelling. He is a first-rate advocate and consummate trust lawyer.’
The English Bar Offshore > The English Bar Offshore
(Leading Silks)Ranked: Tier 1Gilead Cooper KC – Wilberforce Chambers ‘Gilead is very experienced and provides thoughtful insights as to the law and strategy.’
Wilberforce Chambers is noted for being ‘excellent from top to bottom’ and retains its robust offshore reputation for representing international clients on high-profile and complex cases in the Bahamas, Bermuda, BVI, Cayman Islands and the Channel Islands. Prominently, Clare Stanley KC is acting in Kuwait Ports Authority v Port Link, regarding derivative actions brought on behalf of exempted limited partnerships and raising important points of law in relation to security for costs. Robert Ham KC is well-known for his offshore litigation and advisory practice, which emphasises trust law. Gilead Cooper KC is praised as ‘one of the top silks in the international trust and estate litigation world’, while turning to the set’s senior juniors, Graeme Halkerston is an expert in offshore and cross-border Chancery litigation, particularly matters in the Cayman Islands and BVI. Anna Littler maintains her broad offshore practice, encompassing fraud claims, company and insolvency issues and trusts disputes.