WILLS & PROBATE
McGrath Tonner is adept at providing succession planning and inheritance advice. We listen carefully to our client’s needs before structuring and structuring the necessary legal documents and entities to ensure our client’s wishes are carried out precisely and without incident.
We also act in circumstances where disputes arise after death (such as contested wills) and where foreign orders require enforcement offshore (such as the resealing of Probate and the grant of Letters of Administration).
McGrath Tonner’s attorneys regularly work with lawyers, trustees and other professional service providers overseas in relation to complex, international engagements. We are able to draw upon an extensive network of professional contacts throughout the offshore and onshore legal community as and when required.
PRIVATE CLIENTS & TRUSTS
McGrath Tonner is pleased to provide advice and expertise to settlors and trustees concerned with the accumulation, management, transfer and disposition of family wealth.
We regularly advise onshore and offshore clients in respect of trust creation and maintenance.
We possess considerable expertise in all varieties of Cayman Islands trusts whether designed for asset protection, succession or charitable purposes and whether structured as fixed, discretionary or STAR trusts.
CONTENTIOUS TRUSTS & ESTATES
McGrath Tonner’s team of expert trust litigators handles the entire range of trust and succession disputes. We specialize in the representation of settlors, trustees, protectors, beneficiaries, heirs, creditors and/or spouses in relation to actual or potential litigation.
We frequently act for and against spouses, beneficiaries and trustees involved in contentious matrimonial proceedings in onshore jurisdictions who seek to vary or challenge the validity of Cayman Islands trust structures. In this regard, McGrath Tonner’s contentious trusts litigators work seamlessly with our matrimonial group to provide a first-class service to clients in “big-money” divorce cases.
In addition to prosecuting and defending attacks on trustees and trust structures, McGrath Tonner also advises on the disclosure and confidentiality of trust documents and information, the variation and rectification of trusts, fraud and sham, insolvency and the construction of trust instruments.
McGrath Tonner also advises fiduciaries in relation to money laundering or tax related enforcement issues, particularly with regard to disclosure of information and the enforceability of foreign claims and judgments. We are able to draw upon the expertise of our regulatory and white-collar litigators should the need arise.
For more information or to book a consultation please contact: info@mcgrathtonner.com or +1 345 623-2740
