Karen Corless is a director in the trust & private client department of Conyers Dill & Pearman. Karen joined Conyers in 2005 and became a director in 2012.

Karen’s practice covers all aspects of trust and private client law with particular focus on international and local estate planning arrangements, the review, restructuring and resettlement of trusts, providing advice on matters of trust interpretation and advising individual and corporate trustees and private trust companies on their duties and obligations.

Professional Background

• Senior Legal Counsel, Private Client Services, HSBC Bank of Bermuda
• Associate, Trusts and Financial Structures Department, Appleby, Bermuda

Education

• College of Law, Law Society’s Final Examinations, 1991
• Bristol University, LLB, 1990
• Queens University, B.A. (Hons.), 1987

Bar Admissions

• England & Wales, Solicitor, 1994 (not currently practising)
• Bermuda, Barrister and Attorney, 1995

Industry Associations

• Member, Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners
• Bermuda Bar Association

Articles

• Bermuda On Its Way To 19th TIEA
• Bermuda's TIEAs and The OECD White List

Bulletins

• Trust & Private Client Newsletter - August 2009