CDP was established in Bermuda in 1928 and has more than 400 staff, with operations in Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Guernsey, Hong Kong, London and Singapore.

Although the investment fund sector has been growing worldwide at a rapid pace for many years, offshore funds have grown disproportionately quickly by comparison with their onshore counterparts; and this tendency has accelerated in the last year or two as alternative investments have caught on with institutions and the retail market. Professional firms specialising in funds business have seen business rocket as a result.

CDP has recruited two lawyers to augment its London operation - Christopher Johnson-Gilbert has been a corporate law partner at Linklaters since 1986, including a spell in Hong Kong, and Kieran Loughran, who trained at Norton Rose and gained experience at Ashursts, has spent the last four years at a law firm in the Cayman Islands. Piers Alexander joins the Hong Kong office of CD&P after many years of mutual funds and corporate law experience with Clifford Chance.

CDP specialises in company & commercial law, corporate litigation and private client matters. Affiliated companies provide registered agent, registered office, corporate director and secretarial services, as well as specialised company management services. Conyers' global network of private trust companies undertake a broad range of trust administration services for private clients and corporations.