Fiduciary & Estate Planning

Richard left Edinburgh University in 1988. By 1990 he was running two branch offices in Scotland. He then replaced one of the partners of that firm approximately two years later in the practice’s Court Department. Richard established Bannerman Solicitors, commencing practice on his own on 1 April 2005. The firm has significantly grown since then, now employing seven other solicitors. From the outset, Richard has undertaken work for both private and legally aided clients. When establishing Bannerman Solicitors, Richard made a commitment to undertake a large proportion of Legal Aid work. Bannerman Solicitors has been in the top five law…

Giovanna Bernal, holds a degree in Law and Political Sciences, obtained in 2004 at the Universidad Santa María La Antigua in Panama. She has successfully completed several Master's degrees, including Business Administration (Taiwan M.B.A), Commercial Law, Higher Education and Taxation and Fiscal Management. She has taken a number of specializations, including ITC Leiden Latin America's Executive Program in International Tax Law, Certification (CP/AML) in University of Florida on Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing on Prevention of Money Laundering (FIBA AML Institute) of Florida, USA. Currently, she is an active member of several associations: The Association of Panama Compliance…

A graduate of the University of Manchester in England (1997). Specializing, with an international reputation, in the fields of multi-national family asset protection, trust law, the establishment and administration of trusts, international taxation, trust taxation in accordance with Israeli tax rules, and family wealth preservation and management, including the drafting of documents for various family structures including will trusts, and wills for assets situated in various places of jurisdiction. Serves as the Chairman of the Trusts Committee of the Israel Bar Association and previously set up and served as the Chairman of the Trusts Committee of the District Council, Tel…

Cédric has 18 years experience in the Luxembourg domiciliation business. He has specialized in providing services to a wide variety of clients like private equity funds, Islamic finance, maritime companies, venture capital funds, real estate funds, investment funds, securitization vehicles and private holding companies. Cédric, the founding partner and co-owner of REFERENCE CORPORATE SERVICES, was director / head of a business units at Pandomus and at Alter Domus (ex-Fideos) where he was in charge of a team of accountants and corporate officers managing the corporate, legal and accounting aspects of a portfolio of client companies. Before, Cédric was a senior…