Private Wealth Law
High Net Worth Guide 2024 : Guildford and surrounds
Band 1
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01483 791800About
Provided by Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
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.
Chambers Review
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.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"I received incredible support from Penningtons throughout a very difficult time. Everything with them worked like clockwork, all information was relayed and calls were always returned."
"They have all been very helpful and fast to respond to questions and issues."
"Penningtons provided excellent service throughout the matter, with prompt and courteous responses that were always clear and easy to understand."
"Their high level of expertise in trust and estate matters has allowed me to restructure my plans significantly. They are a very professional and courteous team."
"I received incredible support from Penningtons throughout a very difficult time. Everything with them worked like clockwork, all information was relayed and calls were always returned."
"They have all been very helpful and fast to respond to questions and issues."
"Penningtons provided excellent service throughout the matter, with prompt and courteous responses that were always clear and easy to understand."
"Their high level of expertise in trust and estate matters has allowed me to restructure my plans significantly. They are a very professional and courteous team."
Notable Practitioners
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 is very switched on. He demonstrated both expertise in the law and practical awareness. He expressed himself clearly and concisely. Overall quite impressive."
"Michael Cas is a very good and senior lawyer. He's really well respected as a really good negotiator. There's a lot of gravitas about him."
"Michael has fantastic attention to detail and is a very competent, calm individual who ensures that the administration of the estate is completed properly, whatever level of complexity."
Elizabeth Nicholas is a partner at the firm. Highly praised by clients, Nicholas advises on tax and trust matters, often with cross-border elements.
"Elizabeth is extremely astute. She achieves incredible results for her clients."
Hannah Gearey is an associate director at the firm and advises on a range of matters, including estate administration and charitable planning.
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 is very knowledgeable and has been able to suggest new routes and solutions for my estate planning."
"Cecelia has a really good forensic approach, she is able to take a step back and work her way through the problems."
Andrew Bird is an associate in the contentious private client team. Bird is commended for his efficiency and expertise in private wealth disputes.
"I've been very impressed with the thoroughness of the preparations Andrew has done for me."
"Andrew has demonstrated care, compassion and a very personal approach. He is very professional, hard-working and committed. All his work has been of a high standard and very timely."
Ranked Individuals at
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
Guildford and surrounds
The South
Members
Provided by Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
Elizabeth Nicholas
Emma McCarthy