Rupert Morris

He is a qualified Guernsey Advocate and English solicitor. He has gained considerable experience in all matters of offshore private wealth structuring and is recognised as one of the leading lawyers in his field in Guernsey.

In addition he advises trustees, founders, family offices and fiduciary businesses in relation to digital assets, crypto-native wealth structures, purpose trusts, governance arrangements and emerging decentralised technologies. He regularly advises on the use of trust and foundation structures to support digital asset holdings, tokenised investments, multisignature governance arrangements and DAO-related projects.

Rupert also has extensive experience as a contentious practitioner, appearing before the Guernsey courts at all levels.

Rupert’s clients include leading trust companies, financial institutions, government departments and ultra-high net worth individuals. He helps them with all aspects of local and cross-border advisory and structuring work, impact investment, charitable structures, and regulatory matters including tax investigations and dawn raids.

He currently sits on the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners’ (STEP) Branch Development Committee, has sat on their worldwide council and is a former Chair and Deputy Chair of STEP Guernsey.