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Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited Offices
Rosebank Centre, 5th Floor
11 Bermudiana Road
Pembroke HM 08
Bermuda
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Laura Kearns
Work Department
Trusts and Private Wealth; Private Client
Position
Laura Kearns TEP is a senior associate in the trusts and private wealth team at Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited.
Laura has significant experience advising on all aspects of private client work. Laura’s practice in the UK was focussed on lifetime and succession planning for individuals and families, often with an international element to their affairs. This included advising on complex trusts and estates, the preparation of Wills and mental capacity issues.
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.
Memberships
Laura is a full member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners.
Lawyer Rankings
Bermuda > Trusts/private client
(Leading associates)For Carey Olsen Bermuda Limited, contentious and non-contentious trusts and private wealth matters are core areas of focus, and the practice is praised by one client as ‘exceptionally strong in dealing with international complex trusts, wealth and succession planning’. Its client base is broad ranging and encompasses ultra-high-net-worth families and professional and lay trustees, as well as banks, financial institutions, and charities. Practice head Keith Robinson is widely recognised as a ‘go-to adviser in Bermuda for complex international trust matters’, and he has represented clients before the Supreme Court of Bermuda. Senior counsel Claire van Overdijk KC boasts expertise in cross-border trusts and estates disputes, while counsel Stephanie Bernard is skilled in international and local estate planning arrangements, wealth management structures, and trust restructurings. Counsel Ashley Fife is a trust structuring expert, and litigator and counsel Oliver MacKay is another name of note, as is the ‘simply brilliant’ senior associate Laura Kearns, who has expertise in the establishment and ongoing administration of trusts.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Corporate and commercial
- Dispute resolution
- Insurance/reinsurance
- Regulatory and compliance
- Trusts/private client