Member Profiles

Alok is a partner with EY’s Middle East practice and is based in Kuwait. He has lived and worked in Kuwait for over 24 years and has detailed knowledge of business and taxes in Kuwait. He has considerable experience in advising entry-level strategies for foreign multinationals wishing to do business in Kuwait. Alok has been involved in a number of consulting assignments (including cross-border planning, application of double tax treaties and the efficient handling of tax and commercial affairs) for project due diligence, business paper preparation or review, and structuring operational activities). Alok is a member of the Institute of the Chartered Accountants of India and is an active member and frequent lecturer at the American Business Council, French Business Council, British Business Forum and Canadian Business Council in Kuwait. He is also on the Board of the American Business Council in Kuwait. Alok has been consulted by various government organizations in Kuwait on the practical implementation of various regulations in Kuwait, including the Ministry of Finance and National Offset Company. Alok also works closely with the Kuwait Direct Investment Promotion Authority (KDIPA) and a number of other government institutions.

Throughout his career, Adolphe Tyan has made his mark on the Lebanese Legal scene, influencing the legal doctrine and jurisprudence in Lebanon. He contributed to the drafting of many Lebanese laws, such as the Construction Law and the Common Property Law, and since then he has been an advisor at the Beirut Bar Association on Taxation Laws in Lebanon. He has represented many clients before Lebanese Courts and the Council of State and Arbitration panels, in addition to acting as legal counsel for many clients in Lebanon and around the world such as England and France. He was an arbitrator in several internal and international arbitration panels. On many occasions, he was chosen by the Beirut Bar Association to represent it, mainly before the Council of State. He is fluent in Arabic, French and English.

Andrew brings a wealth of experience to the table. As the managing director of Griffin Trust, he has led the company by example for the past 19 years and has a proven track record of developing solutions and setting up structures for global families in the area of tax and estate planning, working in close collaboration with clients' trusted advisors. After reading modern languages and law at Queens’ College, Cambridge University, he qualified as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 1985. He also has a post-graduate Masters degree in Comparative Law from the City of London Polytechnic and a further post-graduate degree in Treuhandwesen (fiduciary profession) from the University of Liechtenstein. Having worked as a solicitor in London and in the Turks & Caicos Islands, he moved to Liechtenstein in 1992 where he was head of the legal department and later managing director of the specialist trust companies of the Ritter & Partner Group (now known as Kaiser Partner). In 1999 he took over as owner and managing director of Griffin Trust. Andrew is a member of the Law Society (for solicitors admitted to practise in England and Wales), the Offshore Institute, the International Tax Planning Association and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, for which he acted as Treasurer of the Swiss and Liechtenstein branch for many years. He is an honorary member of the Association of Fellows and Legal Scholars of the Centre for International Legal Studies and he is also admitted to practise as an attorney-at-law in the Turks and Caicos Islands (but does not currently hold a practising certificate). He has contributed to publications in various media and has spoken on the subject of trusts and fiduciary services at numerous seminars and as a lecturer at the University of Liechtenstein.

Andrew brings a wealth of experience to the table. As the managing director of Griffin Trust, he has led the company by example for the past 19 years and has a proven track record of developing solutions and setting up structures for global families in the area of tax and estate planning, working in close collaboration with clients' trusted advisors. After reading modern languages and law at Queens’ College, Cambridge University, he qualified as a solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales in 1985. He also has a post-graduate Masters degree in Comparative Law from the City of London Polytechnic and a further post-graduate degree in Treuhandwesen (fiduciary profession) from the University of Liechtenstein. Having worked as a solicitor in London and in the Turks & Caicos Islands, he moved to Liechtenstein in 1992 where he was head of the legal department and later managing director of the specialist trust companies of the Ritter & Partner Group (now known as Kaiser Partner). In 1999 he took over as owner and managing director of Griffin Trust. Andrew is a member of the Law Society (for solicitors admitted to practise in England and Wales), the Offshore Institute, the International Tax Planning Association and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners, for which he acted as Treasurer of the Swiss and Liechtenstein branch for many years. He is an honorary member of the Association of Fellows and Legal Scholars of the Centre for International Legal Studies and he is also admitted to practise as an attorney-at-law in the Turks and Caicos Islands (but does not currently hold a practising certificate). He has contributed to publications in various media and has spoken on the subject of trusts and fiduciary services at numerous seminars and as a lecturer at the University of Liechtenstein.

Awarded a law degree from the University of Liège (B) in June 1998. Attended supplementary courses in Luxembourg law prior to being admitted to the Diekirch Bar in April 1999. He initially joined the legal team at URBANY before setting up on his own in March 2002. Alongside his professional activities, he is dedicated to the promotion and defence of human rights within Amnesty International Luxembourg and the Lëtzebuerger Flüchtlingsrot ("Luxembourg Refugee Council"). He was an elected member of the council of solicitors of the Luxembourg Bar for the 2013-2014 judicial year. He has also acted in an advisory capacity for various associations, hosted the programme “Recht zu Lëtzebuerg” ("Law in Luxembourg") on public radio (100.7 FM) and is a speaker for the national fire fighter school. Maître WIES will correspond with you in Luxembourgish, German, French and English. Areas of interest: administrative law, immigration law, criminal law, civil law, commercial law, labour law.