Benefitting from the firm’s global network, Conyers frequently advises clients on a range of BVI probate and resealing applications, as well as restructuring matters. With two decades of experience in non-contentious trusts and trust disputes law, the practice is led by Robert Lindley, who is skilled in estate planning, breach of trust claims, and probate claims. Other key team members include Matthew Brown, who has in-depth expertise in insolvency law.
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- The BVI team handles both contentious and non-contentious trust work for trust companies, family offices, and ultra-high-net-worth families. Its work ranges from high-value restructuring applications to breach of trust claims and contested probate. Many BVI trusts hold BVI companies, and the team can call on the firm's Tier 1 BVI corporate and dispute resolution groups. As a result, corporate and fiduciary issues are handled together. Compared with competitors, the team feels lean and senior-led, and the advice is well organized, responsive, and cost-conscious.
- Conyers rightly has a superb reputation in BVI. They are a fantastic outfit, with lots of talented litigators and are fully resourced for the heaviest of disputes.
- Real strength and depth of expertise.
- Quality lawyers at all levels.
- Quick on the uptake, excellent knowledge, and availability.
Key clients
- UHNW LATAM Family
- HNWI (South America)
- HNWI (PRC/HK)
- Executors/Personal Representatives
- BVI Trustee
- UHNW Family (MENA)
- Brigita Morina
- Pension and Insurance Company
- UHNW LATAM Family
Work highlights
Advising members of an UHNW family in relation to a large family trust structure which includes numerous BVI trusts and asset classes.
Acted as BVI counsel to Brigita Morina, a potential beneficiary in the estate of Vladimir Alekseyevich Scherbakov, a Russian billionaire who died in Belgium in 2017 and who held assets in the BVI.
Advised on the establishment of a BVI VISTA trust and the underlying corporate structure to hold equity holdings of US LLCs and US entities, predominantly holding US real estate and LATAM telecommunication business interests.
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Practice head
Robert Lindley
Other key lawyers
Matthew Brown; Mark Forte; Charles Goldblatt