About

Provided by Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

Penningtons Manches Cooper is a leading UK and international 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 Law - London (Firms)

2
Band 2

What the Team is Known For

Penningtons Manches Cooper advises high net worth individuals and families on cross-border succession planning and wealth structuring.

Strengths

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Notable Practitioners

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James D'Aquino
3
James D'Aquino
3
Band 3
James D'Aquino advises high net worth families on succession planning, wealth structuring, tax and trusts.

James D'Aquino is a very charming and eloquent lawyer with a good understanding of the private client tax world.

Clare Archer
4
Clare Archer
4
Band 4
Clare Archer focuses her practice on matters relating to tax, trusts and structuring, and she has particular expertise in landed estates.

Clare Archer is very helpful, knowledgeable and pragmatic.

Clare Archer is a really experienced lawyer. She has particular expertise on matters involving capacity and works phenomenally well in multi-jurisdictional matters.

Laura Dadswell
4
Laura Dadswell
4
Band 4
Laura Dadswell focuses her practice on tax, estates and structuring matters.

Laura Dadswell is technically excellent, a brilliant mind and a real pleasure to work with.

Laura has always been outstanding at what she does. She is a very competent adviser with a strong tax practice.

Tristan Smale
U
Tristan Smale
U
Up and Coming

Tristan Smale is a partner at Penningtons Manches Cooper. Smale advises wealthy clients, trustees and financial institutions on tax and trusts planning, non-domicile rules and restructurings.

Ryan Myint
F
Ryan Myint
F
Foreign Expert
Ryan Myint is highlighted for his particular expertise in Singaporean private wealth matters. He advises high net worth clients on a broad range of matters.

Ryan is a very solid practitioner. He's very well regarded.

Ranked Individuals at
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP

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Private Wealth Law

James D'Aquino
3
James D'Aquino
3
Band 3
Clare Archer
4
Clare Archer
4
Band 4
Laura Dadswell
4
Laura Dadswell
4
Band 4
Tristan Smale
U
Tristan Smale
U
Up and Coming
Ryan Myint
F
Ryan Myint
F
Foreign expert for Singapore

Members

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