Philip Munro

Representative experience includes:

• Forming private trust companies and institutional trust companies in the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Hong Kong and Singapore.
• Establishing and restructuring trusts and foundations for international families.
• Advising on private fund structures, including open-ended and closed-ended companies, limited partnerships and unit trusts.
• Advising individuals and families on UK tax planning in connection with moving to or investing in the United Kingdom.
• Acting for executors and personal representatives in international probate and cross-border estate administration matters.
• Advising trustees of trusts facing actual or potential solvency concerns.
• Advising trustees in relation to beneficiary claims and disputes arising from commercial transactions.
• Forming blind trusts where these are required for political or commercial purposes to remove or reduce conflicts of interest.
• Implementing settlement agreements to resolve family, trust and succession disputes.
• Advising on bona vacantia issues affecting trusts, estates and corporate structures.