Robert Lindley, Partner, is Head of the Private Client & Trust practice in both the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands offices of Conyers.
Robert’s practice covers all aspects of Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands trust law advice and trust litigation. He regularly advises trustees, beneficiaries, protectors and other office holders on a variety of contentious and non-contentious trust and private client related matters. He has a broad range of experience in estate planning and administration of estate issues for high net worth individuals and families. Robert also advises on the establishment of private trust companies and trust structures in both jurisdictions.
Prior to joining Conyers in 2016, Robert worked in the private client and trust department with another offshore law firm in the Cayman Islands and in the Isle of Man where he qualified as a Manx Advocate, as well as in the commercial dispute resolution department for a leading firm in the UK.
Robert has authored several chapters for leading industry publications. He is also recognised in The Legal 500 and Chambers High Net Worth guides as a “very hard-working and good litigator” and “very capable, measured and personable,” as well as “very knowledgeable in what he does and calm in his demeanour”. Who’s Who Legal recognises Robert as a “First-Class lawyer” and having a “strong grasp of what matters to the client, allied with a forthright and direct but charming manner”.
Professional trustees: a discussion on whether Public Trustee v Cooper “blessing” applications are being abused by overly cautious trustees (Lindley and O’Brien, Trust & Trustees, Oxford Publishing, June 2020)
Trustees & Private Wealth Practitioners: Time to Review, Reset & Reload (Lindley & O’Brien, The Journal of Swiss-Chinese Law Review)
Firewalls and families: Analysis of recent Cayman case law and legislative changes to Cayman’s firewall provisions in relation to foreign divorces with a Cayman connection (Lindley and O’Brien Trust Leaders 4 HNW Divorce, 2020)
Change is afoot: Suggestions for legislative reform in the Cayman Islands – Trust & Trustees Journal (December 2017)
Getting the Deal Through – Cayman jurisdiction analysis (November 2017)
Trusts & Estates Law & Tax Journal – 30 years’ flaw: Absent or defective protector consent (August 2017)
Secrets and Isles – Changes to the Cayman Islands’ confidentiality laws – STEP Trust Quarterly Review (June 2017)
Trust Mistakes: a Cayman Islands Analysis – Practice Law Company (April 2017)
Families and Firewalls – Analysis of new Cayman case law regarding firewall legislation – LexisNexis (April 2017)
2023年9 月20日
债务所在地
2023年2 月14日
开曼群岛:关于 X 信托和 Y 信托的事宜— FSD 57 of 2022 (IKJ)
2023年2 月14日
英属维尔京群岛:有关 Sheikh Saoud Mohamed Al Thani 的遗产事宜—BVIHCVAP 2021/0001
2023年12 月15日
康德明就朗生医药控股有限公司私有化及后除牌向国泰国际医药生产及销售(中国)有限公司提供法律咨询
2023年12 月1日
康德明就中誉集团有限公司以重组安排计划方式私有化及后在香港联交所除牌提供法律咨询
2023年10 月6日
康德明就金鹰商贸集团有限公司以重组安排计划方式私有化提供法律咨询