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Marcus Leese

Marcus Leese

Ogier, Guernsey

Work Department

Private wealth

Position

Partner

Career

Marcus advises international trust companies, high net-worth families and their advisors on estate and succession planning, trust and foundation structuring, family governance, charitable structures and philanthropy, wills, probate and estate administration. He also regularly advises business founders, corporate groups and their advisors on employee benefit trusts, ESOPs and similar structures, often as part of pre-IPO planning. Admitted in: 1993 - New Zealand (non practising) 2004 - England and Wales (non practising) 2004 - Guernsey 2010 - British Virgin Islands

Memberships

Marcus is a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP). He was also part of The Joint Committee on Trust Law Reform, a body representing STEP, Hong Kong Trustees' Association and other industry groups which worked with and advised the Hong Kong government on the reform of Hong Kong trust law.