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Farrer & Co LLP

Private Wealth Law

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Farrer & Co LLP

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Private Wealth Law - London (Firms)

Band 1

What the Team is Known For
Farrer & Co is a highly regarded firm and is well respected for its expertise across a wide array of private wealth matters. The team handles complex work, both domestic and international, with expertise in trusts, tax and estate planning.
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Strengths

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  • Farrer & Co has a strong balanced team of private client practitioners with good onshore and cross-border expertise.

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  • Clients with complicated international and tax situations have been carefully and expertly managed by the team at Farrer & Co.

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  • The team is thorough, clever and always delivers on time. Farrer is always excellent.

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  • The team at Farrer & Co is very quick to understand and comprehend complex matters.

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  • The Farrer & Co team are strong communicators, demonstrating strength in depth. They are pragmatic and technically excellent, with an impressive commercial outlook.

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Notable Practitioners

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  • Russell Cohen
    Russell Cohen

    Russell Cohen

    Russell Cohen is experienced across a broad range of matters in private wealth, such as tax, trusts and structuring. In addition to advising his clients on complex, multi-jurisdictional wealth structuring, Cohen is the head of international strategy at the firm.

    • Russell Cohen is highly skilled and a pleasure to work with.

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    • Russell Cohen showed deep empathy at all levels with the family and held the room with his gravitas.

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    • Russell is really good. He knows his stuff and is a pleasure to work with.

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    • Russell is very well respected; he's fundamentally a very good lawyer.

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    • Russell Cohen is extremely good; a brilliant lawyer.

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  • Sarah von Schmidt
    Sarah von Schmidt

    Sarah von Schmidt

    Sarah von Schmidt focuses her practice on matters relating to trusts, intergenerational tax and succession planning.

    • Sarah von Schmidt is one of the top international private client lawyers in the field today. She has deep knowledge, great strategic sense and incredible client loyalty.

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  • Alexandra Ruffel
    Alexandra Ruffel

    Alexandra Ruffel

    Alexandra Ruffel has recently joined Farrer & Co as a partner. Ruffel advises her clients on matters relating to family foundations, succession planning, family business and trust structuring.

    • Alexandra is exceptional.

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  • Bryony Cove
    Bryony Cove

    Bryony Cove

    Bryony Cove advises high net worth clients on matters relating to trusts, family governance and tax planning. She is well known for her ability to guide clients through difficult circumstances, regarding diminished mental capacity or vulnerable clients.

    • I am confident in Bryony's technical abilities and soft advisory skills.

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  • Jennifer Ridgway
    Jennifer Ridgway

    Jennifer Ridgway

    Jennifer Ridgway focuses her practice on trusts, tax and succession planning. She has particular expertise in landed estates and offshore trusts.

    • Jennifer Ridgway is a really terrific lawyer in every respect; she's brilliant with clients and works very hard.

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    • Jennifer is really good at getting clients to focus on key points. She is also good at listening to them and picking out the right issues.

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  • Oliver Piper
    Oliver Piper

    Oliver Piper

    Oliver Piper focuses his practice on high-value matters relating to foundations and trusts, family governance, and tax. He frequently works on matters that have Middle Eastern elements.

    • Oliver Piper is the consummate professional, providing first-class technical advice, delivered with a calm and assured confidence.

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    • Oliver has great communication skills. He is very measured, makes himself available and has an excellent manner with professionals, colleagues and clients.

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  • Nick Dunnell
    Nick Dunnell

    Nick Dunnell

    Nick Dunnell advises wealthy clients on a wide array of succession planning, trust and tax matters.
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