About

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Penningtons Manches Cooper is a leading UK law firm with a focus on private wealth. We offer innovative, clear and tailored advice across a full spectrum of legal services.

High net worth individuals, families, family offices and business owners with complex, multi-jurisdictional requirements have, for generations, turned to us for high quality, and frequently pioneering, advice on complicated tax, family law and succession issues.

We enable our clients to safeguard, grow and future-proof their wealth, addressing both short-term challenges and long-term strategies.

Our clients appreciate our open and sensitive approach to bringing family members together to start conversations about their hopes and fears for the future. Our warm personal service means that we have strong relationships with our clients, built up over many years.

We understand that every family or family business – regardless of their wealth – has issues and challenges that need to be resolved and we are not afraid to think creatively about their situation and work collaboratively with our colleagues to find solutions that work for all family members and business owners.

International mobility and multi-jurisdictional interests are realities of modern life for many of our clients. We have a strong international capability, assisting UK resident and non-resident, non-domiciled individuals, international families and family offices and business owners in numerous countries across the globe.

Chambers Review

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Private Wealth Disputes - The South
2
Band 2
What the Team is Known For

Penningtons Manches Cooper is an acclaimed private wealth team. The team advises on private client planning and disputes matters and is particularly praised for its depth and breadth of knowledge.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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Michael Cash
1
Michael Cash
1
Band 1

Michael Cash is esteemed in the field of trusts and estates disputes. Cash regularly represents wealthy clients in complex and often cross-border trust and estate disputes.

"Michael is very switched on. He demonstrated both expertise in the law and practical awareness. He expressed himself clearly and concisely. Overall quite impressive."

"Michael Cas is a very good and senior lawyer. He's really well respected as a really good negotiator. There's a lot of gravitas about him."

"Michael has fantastic attention to detail and is a very competent, calm individual who ensures that the administration of the estate is completed properly, whatever level of complexity."

Elizabeth Nicholas
3
Elizabeth Nicholas
3
Band 3

Elizabeth Nicholas is a partner at the firm. Highly praised by clients, Nicholas advises on tax and trust matters, often with cross-border elements.

"Elizabeth is extremely astute. She achieves incredible results for her clients."

Lucy Edwards
3
Lucy Edwards
3
Band 3

Lucy Edwards advises on wills, estate planning and tax matters.

Hannah Gearey
U
Hannah Gearey
U
Up and Coming

Hannah Gearey is an associate director at the firm and advises on a range of matters, including estate administration and charitable planning.

Cecelia Ward
Star Associates

Cecelia Ward is a managing associate at Penningtons Manches Cooper. Ward has significant experience in advising wealthy clients on trusts and estates planning and wealth planning matters.

"Cecelia is very knowledgeable and has been able to suggest new routes and solutions for my estate planning."

"Cecelia has a really good forensic approach, she is able to take a step back and work her way through the problems."

Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird
Associates to watch

Andrew Bird is an associate in the contentious private client team. Bird is commended for his efficiency and expertise in private wealth disputes.

"I've been very impressed with the thoroughness of the preparations Andrew has done for me."

"Andrew has demonstrated care, compassion and a very personal approach. He is very professional, hard-working and committed. All his work has been of a high standard and very timely."

Ranked Individuals at
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

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Guildford and surrounds

Private Wealth Law

Elizabeth Nicholas
3
Elizabeth Nicholas
3
Band 3
Lucy Edwards
3
Lucy Edwards
3
Band 3
Hannah Gearey
U
Hannah Gearey
U
Up and Coming
Cecelia Ward
Star Associates

The South

Private Wealth Disputes

Michael Cash
1
Michael Cash
1
Band 1
Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird
Associates to watch

Members

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