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Baker McKenzie

Private Wealth Disputes

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Baker McKenzie has one of the leading trusts and private wealth litigation groups in the world. High net-worth individuals, trustees, fiduciaries and private wealth banks seek our representation in high-stakes litigation, trusting us for our experience and discretion. 

Working closely with colleagues in our Tax and Financial Institutions groups, we represent clients in disputes related to trusts, inheritance, succession, wills, pension funds, investment loss and artwork. We also advise on family governance mediation, crisis management, and reputation protection and defamation. 

We regularly act in the highest value cross-border and multi-party trust litigation and our cases are amongst the highest value disputes to be litigated in their respective jurisdictions and we have trusts expertise in all key wealth markets. We have decades of experience working with the major lawyers, private banks and trust companies in the key offshore jurisdictions, with an in-depth understanding of their features and idiosyncrasies. 

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Private Wealth Disputes - London (Firms)

Band 1

What the Team is Known For
Baker McKenzie uses its wealth of resources and expertise to assist private clients globally. The firm often takes on the most significant cross-border trust disputes that require specialist tax and litigation knowledge.
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Strengths

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  • Baker McKenzie has a very impressive team and a staggeringly good roster of cases.

    Private Wealth Disputes respondentHigh Net Worth

  • They have been skilful in navigating sensitive, complex and high-stakes matters. From the partners all the way to the trainees, the talent is unparalleled and clearly extremely well informed.

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  • Baker's ability to bring in specialists on tax, property and investments as well as more intricate trust structures stands out. It provides an all-round service with wide jurisdictional coverage.

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  • They are very well organised, incisive, strategic and excellent to work with. They work efficiently and are able to manage practice areas which regularly run alongside disputes.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Anthony R Poulton
    Anthony R Poulton

    Anthony R Poulton

    Anthony Poulton is a highly respected private client litigator who often handles significant precedent-setting cases.

    • Anthony has been utterly superb throughout our professional relationship. He offers an inimitable combination of unmatched experience, pragmatism and considerable intelligence.

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    • Anthony is a master strategist and superb technical lawyer. He has a very calm and pleasant demeanour but he's tough when he needs to be.

      Private Wealth Disputes respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Anthony is well known and top of his game. He is the best in the business. He is someone you want with you and not against you.

      Private Wealth Disputes respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Anthony is an outstanding leader of a great team.

      Private Wealth Disputes respondentHigh Net Worth
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  • Gemma Willingham
    Gemma Willingham

    Gemma Willingham

    Gemma Willingham regularly advises trustees on offshore settlements and beneficiaries in disputes as part of an established private wealth practice.

    • Gemma’s ability to consider every nuance possible when strategising is unrivalled. Absolutely nothing gets past her.

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    • Gemma is an amazing operator. She has encyclopaedic knowledge of cases with hugely complex and enormous detail - she knows all of it. She keeps clients happy and is an impressive case manager.

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    • Gemma's negotiating skills and ability to quickly find solutions to very complex problems in family disputes stands out. She is one of the best partners I have come across.

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  • Yindi Gesinde
    Yindi Gesinde

    Yindi Gesinde

    Yindi Gesinde handles offshore breach of fiduciary claims and has further expertise in compliance and investigations.

    • Yindi is brilliant with clients and has this ability to make complicated things sound simple.

      Private Wealth Disputes respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Yindi is very calm and collected. She is very effective in sorting out disputes without unnecessarily increasing acrimony.

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    • She is an absolute star.

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  • Luke Richardson
    Luke Richardson

    Luke Richardson

    Luke Richardson is a senior associate who handles private wealth disputes as part of a broader litigation practice.

    • Luke is a very clear communicator. He is very responsive in fast-paced litigation, personable and calm under pressure.

      Private Wealth Disputes respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Luke has encyclopaedic knowledge and is a delight to work with.

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    • Luke is an excellent junior and very impressive. He is calm, pragmatic and efficient.

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  • Gareth Roberts
    Gareth Roberts

    Gareth Roberts

    Gareth Roberts is an impressive associate who handles trust litigation, as well as divorce proceedings.

    • Gareth Roberts is a commercial, practical and strategic thinker.

      Private Wealth Disputes respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Gareth Roberts is a superstar in the making. He has wonderful attention to detail and works very well at pace.

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    • Gareth is the king of documentation. He is able to put together an agreement covering almost anything.

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