Lawrence Cohen QC

The special type of private client work fit perfectly into the wider offshore and business practice of this highly experienced and mature silk.  He undertakes only a small number of cases each year.  All are very high value (often measured in billions rather than millions), complex and require intensive work, sometimes over prolonged periods.Over recent years, he has been instructed by family offices and a small number of very large trusts in connection with their structures and operations. 

Three points differentiate Lawrence's practice:  (1) almost all trust cases are offshore or international in character rather than domestic; (2) clients are usually the super rich or their family offices or equivalent (3) he often works on non-contentious issues, 2010 examples being trusts and corporate bodies fleeing from the Turks and Caicos Islands in view of the political situation, dealing with the re-organisation of Cayman trusts in changed family circumstances and dealing with issues relating to actions taken by a Protector.

Where litigation is involved, it is often in one of the Caribbean offshore jurisdictions such as Cayman, where he has appeared in Court on literally hundreds of occasions.  To thrive in this highly competitive arena of world class players is itself probably the greatest testimony to his standing in this market.

He has a charming but penetrating style that always cuts right through to the heart of the issues.  His advocacy is simple, clear and compelling.