Informa: Transcontinental Trusts Bermuda 2023

Serle Court is delighted to be an event partner at Informa's Transcontinental Trusts Bermuda Conference 2023, taking place from Wednesday 5th – Friday 7th July 2023. Richard Wilson KC, Dan McCourt Fritz KC, James Weale and Thomas Fletcher will speak at this conference.

On Thursday, 6th July:

James Weale will be speaking at 11:15 (UTC -3) at the 'Capacity – Cross-Border Enforcement Issues and Orders' presentation with Julia Abrey, (Withers) and Camilla Baldwin (Camilla Baldwin Solicitors).
Richard Wilson KC will speak at 12:00 (UTC -3) at the 'Offshore Case Roundup' session. Richard will be speaking alongside Rachael Reynolds KC (Ogier) and James Price (Stewarts).
Dan McCourt Fritz KC will be speaking at 14:45 (UTC -3) with Shân Warnock-Smith KC (5 Stone Buildings) and Anthony Poulton (Baker McKenzie) on a panel discussing the 'Implications of Halabi/Insolvency'.

On Friday, 7th July:

Thomas Fletcher will speak at 16:00 (UTC -3) on the 'Beneficial Ownership Registers: Where are We Now and What is Next?' panel with Filippo Noseda (Mishcon de Reya).

Nick Hockney (Practice Director) and Emma Quin (Deputy Practice Director) will be accompanying our barristers in Bermuda.

If anyone would like to arrange a meeting with Nick and Emma, please get in touch here.

For more information and to book your place, click here.

Related Barristers

Described by The Legal 500 as “one of the stars of his generation”, Richard Wilson KC specialises in litigation, drafting and advisory work across traditional and commercial chancery. His practice focuses on trusts and probate, both contentious and non-contentious, related company and partnership law, claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975, tax, professional negligence and civil fraud.

Richard has acted in many of the most significant and high-value cases in these areas in recent years. He is currently involved in several disputes concerning the estates of ultra-high-net-worth individuals (UHNWIs) in England and overseas.

His practice frequently involves offshore matters and private international law. He has appeared before the Privy Council, the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal of Gibraltar, the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal of Bermuda, the Supreme Court of The Bahamas, the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands, and the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court and Court of Appeal. He has also provided expert evidence on English law before the Royal Courts of Jersey and Guernsey.

Richard regularly acts in disputes across all the principal offshore jurisdictions. A significant proportion of his practice involves international clients, particularly those based in Asia, including Hong Kong.

Richard Wilson KC

Call: 1996
Silk: 2016

Dan McCourt Fritz KC

Call: 2007
Silk: 2023

James Weale KC has a very busy commercial chancery practice with a focus on domestic and international commercial and trusts disputes.

He is recognised as a leading practitioner in those fields by Chambers & Partners, Legal 500, Chambers Global, Chambers High Net Worth, and Who’s Who Legal, where they describe him as a “brilliant lawyer” and a “Superstar”. He was Chambers & Partners’ Chancery Junior of the Year in 2023.

He regularly appears (both as sole and junior counsel) in the English High Court and has appeared several times in the Court of Appeal. He also has considerable experience in overseas jurisdictions (including as sole counsel), including Bermuda, the DIFC, the BVI, Cayman, Jersey, Guernsey, Gibraltar and Panama.