Vanessa Schrum appointed Head of Bermuda Private Client and Trusts at Appleby

Appleby has appointed Vanessa Schrum to the role of Bermuda local practice group head for the Private Client and Trusts Practice Group.

Ms Schrumhas been with Appleby for 13 years and has extensive experience advising on a wide range of trust and estate planning matters.

Vanessa has extensive experience on a wide range of trust and estate planning matters. She often advises on the use of Bermuda private and commercial trust structures (including purpose trusts and unit trusts), the administration of complex and large estates and all areas of probate and equity matters in Bermuda including applications to the Supreme Court of Bermuda. She drafts and reviews all forms of trusts and ancillary documentation, Wills, Enduring Powers of Attorney, Health Care Directives and other estate planning documents and is responsible for general practice within the team.

Her published works are numerous and include contributions to the Bermuda sections in the 2010 European Lawyer Private Client Tax, Tolley’s International Succession Laws, Tolley’s Planning and Administration of Offshore and Onshore Trust, various OFC Reports and the STEP Directory. She has been a frequent contributor of articles to the ‘Legally Speaking’ column in the Bermuda Royal Gazette and often writes and lectures on trust and estate planning topics, both locally and internationally.

Source: The Royal Gazette Online