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Baker McKenzie

Family Offices & Funds Structuring

High Net Worth Guide 2025 : UK-wide


Baker McKenzie

Rankings

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Family Offices & Funds Structuring - UK-wide

Band 2

Band 2


What the Team is Known For

Baker McKenzie combines expertise in private wealth and corporate law to service wealthy families globally. Its partners are adept at establishing complex family office structures and structuring sizeable investment funds.

Strengths

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  • Baker McKenzie is excellent, and its global presence is very helpful. They're very knowledgeable and look into things with a lot of detail.

    Family Offices & Funds Structuring respondentHigh Net Worth
  • Baker McKenzie has depth of knowledge, and team members are experienced across cross-border legal and taxation matters. They are incredibly responsive with a first-in-class standard of client service.

    Family Offices & Funds Structuring respondentHigh Net Worth
  • Baker McKenzie has great experience working in this space. Indeed, the ability of the firm's practitioners to handle complexity is very differentiating.

    Family Offices & Funds Structuring respondentHigh Net Worth
  • Baker McKenzie is able to bring in specialists from all sides including tax, property and investments, as well as more intricate trust and other structures.

    Family Offices & Funds Structuring respondentHigh Net Worth

Notable Practitioners

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  • Band 1Phyllis Townsend
    Band 1Phyllis Townsend

    Phyllis Townsend

    Phyllis Townsend provides wealth management advice to affluent clients concerning their family offices. Her expertise in tax enables her to advise on investment ventures and restructuring issues.
    • Phyllis Townsend is very impressive. She breaks down complex tax matters quite simply and builds a strong, personable relationship.

      Family Offices & Funds Structuring respondentHigh Net Worth
    • Phyllis Townsend is recognised as a great professional. She is a great listener, solution-oriented and truly international in her dealings.

      Family Offices & Funds Structuring respondentHigh Net Worth
    • Phyllis Townsend combines excellence in technical matters with a strong and welcome focus on outstanding client service. She is a pleasure to work with.

      Family Offices & Funds Structuring respondentHigh Net Worth
    • The attention to detail and diligence that Phyllis has is like no other. She is very thorough and leaves no stone unturned.

      Family Offices & Funds Structuring respondentHigh Net Worth
    • Phyllis Townsend is really sophisticated; she's an extremely good lawyer to have for high net worth individuals. She is an international person working in those environments.

      Family Offices & Funds Structuring respondentHigh Net Worth
  • Band 2Ashley Crossley
    Band 2Ashley Crossley

    Ashley Crossley

    Ashley Crossley heads up Baker Mckenzie's wealth management practice in London. Crossley advises on multi-jurisdictional investment structures, with particular experience establishing international asset-holding structures and family offices.

    • Ashley Crossley is incredibly frank speaking and he has the most commercial mind of any lawyer I have worked with. He's incredible at knowing what needs to be done and getting it done.

      Family Offices & Funds Structuring respondentHigh Net Worth
    • Ashley Crossley is very experienced and knowledgeable.

      Family Offices & Funds Structuring respondentHigh Net Worth
    • Ashley Crossley is incredibly experienced and an excellent practitioner.

      Family Offices & Funds Structuring respondentHigh Net Worth

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