Cayman Wills And Estates Practice - Q & A With Anthony Partridge

What does the Cayman estates practice involve?

Most law firms in Cayman advertise expertise in probate and letters of administration matters, but in actual fact, this is such a niche area of the law that very few attorneys have significant experience in this space.  Advice on estate matters in Cayman tends to be handled by generalists within Private Client and Trusts teams. I am fortunate enough to have had the opportunity to develop a significant estates practice since qualifying as a Cayman Islands attorney more than a decade ago. Besides the very specific requirements of Cayman Islands law in respect of estate matters, there are further complicating factors – the international nature of the clients that we deal with (and the issues that can cause in terms of interaction with other jurisdictions and questions of domicile) and the very significant value of the estates that we deal with here in the jurisdiction. Some of the world's wealthiest people have assets in