Tony Pursall

Overview

I’m a Consultant in our International Trusts and Private Client practice. Prior to joining Mourant, I led the Trust and Private Client practice for Europe and the Middle East at another leading offshore law firm.

I have almost 30 years' experience advising trustees, beneficiaries, protectors, banks and high-net-worth individuals on a wide range of trust and private client matters.

I have co-authored three books, Drafting Cayman Islands Trusts, Drafting British Virgin Islands Trusts and Guernsey Trust Law and I am the Cayman country correspondent for Trusts & Trustees, the leading international journal for trust law and practice.

Professional qualifications

• Solicitor of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, British Virgin Islands, 2005
• Attorney-at-Law in the Cayman Islands, 2001
• Solicitor, England and Wales, 1993 (currently non-practising)

Memberships

• Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP)
• City of London Branch Committee of STEP
• Trust and Succession Law Review Committee of the British Virgin Islands branch of STEP
• Legislative Sub-Committee of the Cayman Islands branch of STEP
• Academician of the International Academy of Estate and Trust Law

What the directories say

In Legal 500 UK 2025, Tony is named as a Recommended Lawyer in Private Client, Trusts and Tax.

In Chambers and Partners High Net Worth 2024, Tony is ranked in Offshore: Trusts (Expertise Based Abroad) for the British Virgin Islands. A source says: "He is great - very knowledgeable and highly respected as both an academic and as a structuring lawyer."

In Chambers and Partners High Net Worth 2023, Tony is ranked in Offshore: Trusts (Expertise Based Abroad) for the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands. A source says: "Tony is adept at assisting on legislative issues, he has an academic mind" with another praising him as "a fantastic lawyer."

Tony Pursall is listed as a Global Elite - Lawyer in the Private Client Global Elite Directory 2023.

Tony is ranked in the Chambers and Partners High Net Worth Guide 2022 in the area of Offshore: Trusts (Expertise Based Abroad) for both the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands. A source quoted in the guide claims: "He's a long-experienced and highly effective practitioner. He is a very, very effective and knowledgeable lawyer."

Tony is named as a Recommended Lawyer in Legal 500 UK 2023 in the area of Offshore Firms in London. He is praised for being a "hugely capable and intelligent lawyer with multi-jurisdictional experience."

Tony is ranked for both the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands in The Chambers High Net Worth Guide 2020, for Offshore Trusts (Experts Based Abroad) and in the Legal 500 2020 - Offshore Firms in London.

Chambers 2021 continues to rank Tony in the Chambers High Net Worth Guide for both Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands. Chambers 2021 quotes "If you want someone that has a feel for the real peculiarities in trust and company law in the BVI, he is a good person to go to." and "very good technical lawyer".

Chambers and Partners 2021 for Offshore: Trusts - Cayman Islands reveal that sources consider Tony to be a very strong technical lawyer on non-contentious matters, and one interviewee reports that he is also "very well respected as an author."