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Professional Biography

Charles advises HNW individuals, families and institutional clients in relation to the creation, restructuring, ongoing management and termination of Cayman trusts. He is also experienced in representing trustees, beneficiaries, protectors, administrators and other office holders in relation to all manner of trust and estate applications and proceedings. He is recommended in the leading legal directories including, Legal Weeks “Private Client Global Elite”, Chambers HNW and Legal 500 (which recognised him as a next generation partner with clients saying he is “going to be a real jewel in the private client disputes world in Cayman: very good with clients, highly responsive and knowledgeable.”)

What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?

Morgan's in Grand Cayman

What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?

Work hard, play hard. Be straightforward, with clients, colleagues, courts and opponents alike. Integrity is an absolute prerequisite.

What was your first job?

Milk run (glass bottles!)

What is the book you recommend to everyone?

Pillars of the Earth

What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?

A continuation of HNWIs and family offices relocating to the Cayman Islands. Some more s.64A (statutory Hastings-Bass) cases and contentious trust and estate matters in Cayman.