Trusts & Estates Litigation
We have advocated in some of the highest-profile trusts disputes of recent times, acting on behalf of trustees, beneficiaries and protectors in contentious matters that involve misappropriation of assets.
Extensive Experience in All Aspects of Complex Trusts and Estates Disputes.
We have advocated in some of the highest-profile trusts disputes of recent times, acting on behalf of trustees, beneficiaries and protectors in contentious matters that involve misappropriation of assets.
Our team has handled some of the largest asset forfeiture and asset freezing cases, with a successful track record of convincing the government to unfreeze assets or reduce forfeiture requests that often have hundreds of millions of dollars at stake. Our global, integrated team includes former U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutors, English solicitors and barristers (including English King's Counsel), Hong Kong solicitors, and offshore lawyers. The team regularly handles cross-border trusts and estates litigation in the Americas, EMEA, Asia and several Caribbean jurisdictions, including the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, and Bermuda.
Representative Engagements:
Representation of a Brazilian family in asset forfeiture matters in the UK, related to criminal proceedings in Brazil in connection with "Operation Car Wash."
- Representation of the protector of a US $400 million+ offshore trust in resisting U.S./onshore efforts at freezing and forfeiting assets, involving parallel proceedings in the U.S. and Cayman Islands courts, as well as in Switzerland and Italy.
Representation of the widow of Dr. Atkins (creator of the Atkins Diet) and beneficiary of an estate worth US $600 million+ in a contest against trustees relating to permissible use of corpus of funds in proceedings in the Surrogate's Court of the State of New York and Florida state courts.
Representation of the principal beneficiary of an offshore trust with regards to contested issues of trustee disclosure and use of trust assets in respect of London High Court Chancery Division trial (parallel proceedings).