Conyers is praised as one of ‘the leading private client and trusts team in Bermuda’. Its client roster includes ultra-high-net-worth individuals, families, and corporate clients who are seeking assistance with their private trust companies and high-value businesses. The department’s trust-related expertise spans across advising on the establishment of trusts, domestic and cross-border restructurings, and administration matters. On the private client side, its offering encompasses expertise in inheritance and private investment structures, charitable and philanthropic structures, inter-generational asset transfers, and regulatory matters surrounding cross-border transactions. ’Superb trusts lawyer’ Ben Adamson leads the practice alongside co-heads Craig MacIntyre and Helen Cooper, both of whom are praised as ‘preeminent’. ’Exceptional private client partner’ Anna Bruce-Smith focuses on international and local trust mandates and estate planning arrangements, and senior associate Davina Hargun is another notable team member.
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‘Conyers are the leading private client and trusts team in Bermuda. They have an exceptional depth of knowledge and experience in dealing with complex trust structures involving international families and assets.’
‘Anna Bruce-Smith is an exceptional private client partner. The group is headed by Craig MacIntyre who is a doyenne of the offshore trust industry.’
‘We work very closely with the Conyers Private Client team in Bermuda, and in our view they are clearly the leading such team on the island. They represent significant clients and have a breadth and depth of expertise across the team.’
- 'Satjivan Aujla has been our day-to-day contact for trust matters over the past two years and has been prompt, courteous and very helpful in her responses.’
‘The top firm in Bermuda for contentious trusts work - great partners, excellent team and brilliant support from a top-notch private client team.’
‘The Conyers private client team has conspicuous depth and capability in the arena of international trust law and their professional reach within the Caribbean is more extensive than many of their competitors.’
‘Helen Cooper and Craig MacIntyre stand out as preeminent. They both have notable expertise in trust law which is allied to a pragmatism that marks them out from their peers. They are well supported by younger partners such as Anna Bruce-Smith who are gaining profile in their own right.’
‘Ben Adamson is a superb trusts lawyer. His technical knowledge is outstanding; he is a great communicator and leads a team brilliantly. An absolute leader in his field. Judith Roche is an experienced and highly able trusts lawyer. She hones in on the crux of a case and quickly identifies the way forward. She is also a pleasure to work with.'
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Practice head
Craig MacIntyre; Helen Cooper; Ben Adamson
Other key lawyers
Anna Bruce-Smith; Davina Hargun; Scott Pearman; Karen Corless; Judith Roche; Satjivan Aujla