Private Wealth Disputes - South West
Band 3
What the Team is Known For
Willans provides private wealth law services, including estate administration. The firm also acts for clients in private wealth disputes.
Strengths
Willans are very approachable, friendly and have a great local presence. I am very impressed by the way the team work together. They are very joined up across the department.
The team at Willans have technical knowledge and expertise. They are prepared to go the extra mile on behalf of clients.
The department at Willans clearly work well as a team. In areas of complexity or where the matters are unusual, they clearly consult among themselves to ensure we are receiving optimal advice.
Willans provided excellent overall expertise and a pragmatic, commercial approach, offering sound advice for our needs.
Notable practitioners
Simon Cook leads the wills, trusts and probate team at Willans. He is experienced in high-value estate administration and other private client matters.
Simon is very knowledgeable and personable.
Simon is a great private client lawyer. He is seriously approachable and helpful, and has built a great team around him to ensure good client delivery.
Simon leads an ever-expanding department in a very professional way. He leads by example.
Simon has always proved sound and sensible counsel on private wealth management matters.
Simon is a true expert in his field and a flagbearer for Willans.
Claire Cox is a partner in the inheritance and trusts disputes team. She advises clients on Inheritance Act claims, will validity challenges and other contentious trust and probate matters.
Claire Cox is tenacious and hard-working. She is very personable with clients and relays complex information in a way that is understandable.
Claire was exceptional. She was very advanced in her knowledge and extremely empathetic, professional and firm.
Claire made the litigation process more bearable with her understanding and compassionate nature. Her service was nothing short of excellent. Her knowledge of the legal procedures was commendable and we had such faith in her, it really helped us to navigate a highly stressful and emotional case.
Claire is excellent with clients and forceful and persuasive when dealing with opponents.
Paul Gordon is a dispute resolution partner engaged in a broad range of inheritance and trust cases. He leads a team comprising litigation and wills, trusts and probate lawyers.
Paul is excellent in a mediation and will ruthlessly pursue the best deal for his client.
Paul is a very good strategist. He is very good at understanding how to approach a case and get to a settlement, very astute and switched on.
Paul’s knowledge and expertise was appreciated in the early stages of the litigation. I will always be grateful that he had oversight of our case.
