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Konrad Friedlaender

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Work Department

Trusts and Private Wealth; Employment, Pensions and Incentives; Private Client; Regulatory; Dispute Resolution and Litigation; Corporate

Position

Konrad is a consultant in the trusts and private wealth department and specialises in contentious and non-contentious trust matters, pensions, employee benefit schemes and share option schemes.

He advises on the establishment and administration of complex private and corporate trust structures as well as all regulatory matters relevant to the trust and company administration sector. He has advised on the establishment and continues to be adviser to some of the largest endowments and philanthropies established on the island.

Konrad also advises on the structuring and establishment of corporate vehicles and has a particular interest in non-contentious insurance matters and insurance regulation.

He represents trustees, protectors and beneficiaries in various high value contentious trust matters aided by his extensive experience gained over 40 years of involvement in contentious matters.

Career

Konrad qualified as a South African attorney and conveyancer in 1984, and as a Notary Public in 1985. He is also a Solicitor of England and Wales and was called to the Guernsey Bar in 2005. Prior to joining Carey Olsen in 2001, Konrad was a partner in the firm Jan S de Villiers (now incorporated with Werksmans), a leading Cape Town legal practice, where he was head of litigation. He became a partner in 2006.

Languages

German, Afrikaans, reading knowledge of Dutch and Flemish.

Education

University of Stellenbosch (1980 BA LLB).