Karen Corless > Conyers > Hamilton, Bermuda > Lawyer Profile

Conyers
PO BOX HM666
CLARENDON HOUSE, 2 CHURCH STREET
HAMILTON HM CX
Bermuda

Work Department

Private Client & Trust

Position

Director

Career

Karen Corless is a Director in the Private Client & Trust department of Conyers Dill & Pearman. Karen joined Conyers in 2006 and became a director in 2012. Karen’s practice covers all aspects of trust and private client law with particular focus on international and local estate planning arrangements, the review, restructuring and resettlement of trusts, providing advice on matters of trust interpretation and advising individual and corporate trustees and private trust companies on their duties and obligations.

Languages

English

Memberships

  • Member, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
  • Bermuda Bar Association

Education

  • College of Law, Law Society’s Final Examinations, 1991
  • Bristol University, LLB, 1990
  • Queens University, B.A. (Hons.), 1987

Lawyer Rankings

Bermuda > Trusts/private client

(Rising stars)

Karen Corless – Conyers

Conyers‘ private client and trust team has extensive experience in advising ultra-high-net-worth individuals, including local and multinational clients and is praised by clients as ‘the best team in Bermuda‘. It’s expertise spans matters involving private trust companies, including trust establishments, trust restructurings and the strategic use of trusts in commercial applications. Co-leading the team, Craig MacIntyre specialises in non-contentious matters, while Helen Cooper is an expert in trust company structures, and Ben Adamson is a key name for litigation. Karen Corless is recognised as ‘knowledgeable, dedicated, and hardworking’  with a focus on international and local estate planning arrangements. Directors Scott Pearman and Anna Bruce-Smith are both key contacts alongside senior associate Davina Hargun; between them, they cover the full spectrum of private client and trust issues concerning legal and administrative trust matters.