Andrew Mold

Private Client 

Trusts & private client

Andrew has significant experience of trust-related matters (both offshore and onshore).  The majority of his work is contentious but he also regularly advises in non-contentious matters. 

Over recent years, he has applied his knowledge of trust law and fiduciary obligations to differing contexts, in particular divorce proceedings, commercial disputes and corporate transactions. Notable matters that Andrew has worked on include the following:

• Charman v Charman. Court of Appeal decision involving the largest-ever contested divorce award in England and Wales which considered the extent to which the assets of an offshore discretionary trust should be taken into account for ancillary relief purposes.
  
  
• Rybolovleva v Rybolovlev. Acting for a husband in satellite litigation arising out of divorce proceedings in Geneva and involving trust and related issues.
  
  
• Advising in respect of several other confidential divorce cases which involve trusts, conflicts of law, enforcement issues and interim relief.
  
  
• Al-Bassam v Al-Bassam. Long running dispute involving issues of probate, succession, domicile, conflict of laws and forgery of a will and marriage certificate.
  
  
• Advising in respect of an ongoing investigation by the SEC, IRS and New York District Attorney into a series of settlements administered in the Isle of Man.
  
  
• Advising on the appropriate drafting of an IPO prospectus which required the disclosure of various interests under settlements.
  
  
• Acting and advising in respect of cases under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975.
  
  
• Placement in a Jersey law firm dealing predominantly with trust-based litigation.