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It has been said that we are in the middle of a multi-trillion dollar transition of family wealth between generations. In order to facilitate that transition, careful planning and management of family wealth and assets...

The Cayman Islands is a leading jurisdiction in the establishment and management of trusts; this is highlighted by the variety of structures that can be utilised, including the flexible discretionary trust and STAR trusts, which are completely unique to the Cayman Islands

In September, Intertrust hosted two panel briefing discussions for Brazil investment funds and private wealth market participants.

In most cases, a competent private wealth expert is well equipped to explain the risk profile of each option as well as the relevant advantages and drawbacks. However, there remain circumstances in which a presently advantageous mode of wealth structuring...

Those in the private wealth and trusts industry will be well aware of 'Anti-Bartlett clauses' in trust deeds. Such clauses are drafted to exclude the duty of a trustee to supervise or intervene...

Like many offshore jurisdictions, the Cayman Islands has bespoke reserved powers trust legislation, providing clarity and certainty for settlors and trustees of Cayman Islands' trusts.

Conyers' Robert Lindley and Bernadette Carey discuss new case law confirming the operation of the "firewall" provisions of the 2011 Trust Law in relation to foreign matrimonial proceedings.

The Cayman Islands offers many advantages to global families: the structures available are modern and flexible; the jurisdiction's legislation is continually updated in line...

In a recent case before the Financial Services Division of the Grand Court Walkers successfully argued that a discretionary interest in a Cayman Islands trust was not an available asset ...

Introduced in the jurisdiction in the 1990s, Cayman Islands STAR trusts are widely known as a unique and innovative form of statutory trust which offer great flexibility...

As Downton Abbey captivates audiences worldwide with its portrayal of British aristocracy, it may be timely to consider some old English concepts which have an enduring effect on contemporary trusts practice.

We round out 2022 against a backdrop of significant challenges for many economies, as a result of high inflation and the ongoing fallout of the pandemic and the war in Ukraine.

Rapidly changing concepts of the family and advances in reproductive technologies have, in recent years, presented well-publicised and much-discussed problems for legislators worldwide.

This article discusses the implications of the community property regime and how it affects trusts and similar structures.

The new Cayman Islands ('Cayman') Trusts (Amendment) Law 2019 (‘Amendment') will bring welcome amendments to enhance the existing Cayman regime under the Trusts Law (2018 Revision) (‘Trusts Law').

Trust and estate disputes in both the Cayman Islands and the BVI, and claims against the actions of a trustee/executor or disputes related to an interested party's...

Mr Al-Sanea, owner of certain shares in five Saudi Arabian companies (including the respondent Samba Financial Group (Samba)), purported to transfer the beneficial interest in those shares by six transactions (Transactions) which included declarations of trust in favour of Saad Investments Company Limited (Saad), the appellant company in liquidation.

In the recent judgment of AA v JTC (Cayman) Limited (unreported, Cause No, FSD 12 of 2024 (IKJ)), the Honourable Justice Kawaley held that that an enforcer of a Cayman Islands...