David Cooney
Group Partner*
Guernsey
Group Partner*
Guernsey
Legal 500
Chambers HNW
Legal 500
Legal 500
Chambers HNW
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2025 - Chambers HNW - Offshore Trusts - Band 2:
"I find David technically brilliant with the ability to think out of the box. The solutions he offers are both pragmatic and robust."
"David Cooney is an exceptional problem solver. He uses technical excellence combined with a practical, commercial and collaborative approach enabling solutions to be found quickly and efficiently."
"David Cooney consistently demonstrates exceptional professionalism and expertise."
"David Cooney is an excellent attorney, especially with complex matters."
"David Cooney has excellent experience."
"David Cooney is well known in the offshore trust industry as a leading expert. His depth of knowledge, approach and responsiveness make him one of the most sought after offshore trust advisers."
"David Cooney is the consummate trust professional. His legal knowledge, ability to find solutions and ability to convey all aspects of the opinion so it is clearly understood is second to none."
"David Cooney is a walking encyclopedia about all things private wealth. He is equally comfortable whether talking about complex trust law issues or the regulation and structural issues associated with holding crypto assets."
"David Cooney stands out for his exceptional technical expertise and impressive depth of knowledge. His clarity in explaining complex concepts is remarkable, making him a trusted resource for clients. David's diligence and unwavering commitment to accuracy and reliability make him an invaluable lawyer."
"The standout partner is David Cooney, always responsive, efficient and has razor-sharp understanding of all the issues, the business impact and is very impressive with clients."
2024 - Chambers Global - Offshore Trusts - Band 3:
"David was excellent and really pragmatic."
"I have been impressed by David's expertise and practical approach in sophisticated trust succession matters."
"David is really commercial and gets things done very quickly."
2023 - Legal 500 - "David Cooney has great experience and is a quite outstanding private client practitioner in the offshore world. A clear leader. He has a rare combination of a strong strategic orientation, commercial sense, a great mastery of detail and a first class work ethic. He is greatly valued by our business."
2022 - Chambers HNW Guide - Offshore Trusts - "is well respected."
2022 - Legal 500 - "David is a first-rate practitioner: he is highly technical, responsive, and client friendly. He is definitely my “go-to” Cayman lawyer for private client trust."
2022 - Legal 500 - "David is one of very few lawyers in the private client sector who combines a considerate yet pragmatic approach with outstanding technical knowledge in the full range of structures used by international families for estate planning and investment."
2021 - Chambers High Net Worth Guide - "Brilliant. David has a great reputation and is really good at handling files."
2018 - Chambers & Partners High Net Worth Guide - "David's excellent, he's probably the best trust lawyer of his generation in the Cayman Islands. He is very commercial, very knowledgeable, very responsive, very thorough, a pleasure to work with. He's just very, very good."
Team Members
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Jersey
Senior Counsel
London
Guernsey
Jersey
Senior Counsel
Guernsey
Senior Associate
Guernsey