Adrian Pilcher

Partner

Meet Adrian's team

Recognised as an expert in the area of trusts, Adrian has been instrumental in the development of the law in this area, having been involved in the drafting of the Private Trust Companies Act 2015, the Private Foundation Act 2017 and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2015 (Amendment) Regulations 2020, transposing the Fifth Anti-money laundering directive into Gibraltar law.

Adrian’s technical expertise in this area led to his instruction during the authorised administration of one of Gibraltar’s largest professional trustee service providers, where his brief included the transfer of trusteeship of all active trusts to alternative service providers.

He has also been instructed a number of times by international banks seeking to terminate their professional trustee services in Gibraltar for the purposes of assisting in the transfer of Gibraltar trusts to alternative jurisdictions or alternative local service providers.

Recognised as an expert in the area of pensions, he has been instrumental in the development of the law in this area, having been involved in the drafting of the Financial Services (Pensions) Regulations 2017.

Adrian is instructed by clients on a wide range of matters including the establishment and authorisation of occupational schemes for large institutional clients, pension regulation compliance matters and pension issues arising from acquisitions or mergers between large corporations.

On a day-to-day basis Adrian assists employers and pensions trustees with numerous issues, including the set-up of new (and amendments to existing) Gibraltar pension schemes. Adrian has experience with QROPS issues, particularly in light of recent developments in this area of the law in Gibraltar.

Adrian is very active in the private client and family office space, advising high-profile High Net Worth Individuals and families, locally and internationally, on a wide array of matters including wealth and succession planning and family governance. He acts as trustee to a number of private family trusts and as director of various family owned investment holding corporate entities.

Accreditations

  • "he certainly has a perceptive eye for understanding what the consequences may be of a decision taken today for the future."

    Chambers & Partners

Memberships & Background

Memberships

  • Honourable Society of the Middle Temple
  • The Gibraltar Bar Council
  • Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
  • Student Member of the Chartered Institute of Taxation

Background

2016: Partner, ISOLAS
2007: Associate, ISOLAS
2005: Associate, Isola & Isola
2005: Called to the Bar of England and Wales and the Gibraltar Bar

 

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