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Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Private Wealth Disputes

High Net Worth Guide 2026 : The South

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Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

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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.

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Private Wealth Disputes - The South

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.

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Strengths

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  • Penningtons Manches Cooper possess knowledge of very complex matters and the speed of a first-class service.

    Private Wealth Disputes respondentHigh Net Worth

  • Penningtons Manches Cooper are fantastic in terms of communication. They have a very forensic and knowledgeable approach to very complicated work. Their assistance in resolving an issue is second to none.

    Private Wealth Disputes respondentHigh Net Worth

  • Penningtons' strengths are its willingness to listen, understand and work with other advisers in a collaborative team approach and respond in a timely manner.

    Private Wealth Disputes respondentHigh Net Worth

Notable Practitioners

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  • Lucy Edwards
    Lucy Edwards

    Lucy Edwards

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

    • Lucy Edwards is excellent.

      Private Wealth Disputes respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Lucy Edwards is an exceptional talent in the industry.

      Private Wealth Disputes respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Lucy Edwards is extremely easy to work with.

      Private Wealth Disputes respondentHigh Net Worth
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  • Michael Cash
    Michael Cash

    Michael Cash

    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 has an exceptional reputation and deservedly so. He is always good to work with. He has the client's trust and is very good at delivering whatever is needed.

      Private Wealth Disputes respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Michael really sees the wood for the trees.

      Private Wealth Disputes respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Michael gives helpful and practical advice and gets to the bottom of complex legal issues quickly.

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  • Cecelia Ward
    Cecelia Ward

    Cecelia Ward

    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 Ward is clearly a knowledgeable and experienced practitioner in matters relating to trusts and wills and showed an admirable ability to understand quickly our complicated set of circumstances, which was obviously vital in ensuring appropriate advice was offered and accepted.

      Private Wealth Disputes respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Cecelia Ward is excellent. She is very knowledgeable, friendly and professional.

      Private Wealth Disputes respondentHigh Net Worth

    • Cecilia Ward has excellent understanding of will and trusts matters and an ease of communication to meet our requests. She has a comprehensive, commendable knowledge of tax matters and a kind approach to clients' family background.

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Guildford and surrounds

The South

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