Chambers High Net Worth Awards 2022 Shortlist  

Contentious Trusts & Estates Team of the Year 
Farrer & Co  
Herbert Smith Freehills  
Macfarlanes 
Stephenson Harwood 
Taylor Wessing 

Winner: Taylor Wessing 

Taylor Wessing rose to Band One in our London disputes table on the back of overwhelmingly positive feedback from domestic and international peers and clients. Re Z and Dawson-Damer are just two of the firm’s precedent-setting recent matters. 
 
Emerging Firm/Practice 
BloomBudd  
Private Client Solicitors 
Ribet Myles 

Winner: Private Client Solicitors 

Assembled from members of JMW Solicitors and several other leading Manchester private client practices, PCS has gone from a standing start to one of the top teams in the North West in less than a year. 
 
European Private Client Team of the Year 
Bär & Karrer 
Baker McKenzie 
Flick Gocke Schaumberg 
Loyens & Loeff 
Walder Wyss 

Winner: Baker McKenzie 

The wealth management practice at global firm Baker McKenzie is ranked Band One in no fewer than three European jurisdictions. Its Band One-rated office in Kyiv resumed client work in March having been forced to close the month before. 

Family Law Team of the Year 
Kingsley Napley  
Mishcon de Reya 
Russell-Cooke  
Stewarts 
Withers 

Winner: Stewarts 

Stewarts are highlighted by one interviewee who said “I think they are the best department in London by a mile,’’ in our 2022 research round; “there’s rarely a big case that they aren’t involved in some way.” 

Foreign Jurisdiction Expert 
Catherine de Maid - Burges Salmon 
Kyra Motley - Boodle Hatfield 
Marianne Kafena - Harbottle & Lewis  
Nicola Saccardo - Maisto e Associati  
Salpy Kouyoumjian - Boodle Hatfield 

Winner: Marianne Kafena of Harbottle & Lewis 

Marianne Kafena wins praise for her Middle Eastern work; an interviewee told us that “her excellent technical knowledge and cultural awareness are the key components which drive us to engage her.” 

Offshore Firm of the Year 
Carey Olsen 
Conyers 
Mourant 
Ogier 
Walkers 

Winner: Ogier 

Another excellent year for one of the world’s premier offshore trusts practices. Historically a Channel Islands firm, Ogier is now also seen as a top firm for private wealth work in Cayman and the BVI. 

Out-of-London Practice of the Year 

Addleshaw Goddard 
Mills & Reeve 
Raworths 
Shepherd and Wedderburn  
Shoosmiths 
 
Winner: Shepherd and Wedderburn 

ShepWedd, one of the best of the Scottish independents, rose to the top tier of our Central Belt listings this year, having taken a 20-person private client team in Glasgow from Dentons in 2021. It’s also one of the leading teams in Edinburgh and in Aberdeen for this work. 

Private Client Team of the Year 
Burges Salmon 
Harbottle & Lewis 
Maruice Turnor Gardner 
Private Client Solicitors 
Stephenson Harwood 

Winner: Stephenson Harwood 

This team capped off an impressive 12 months of growth that began with the hire of Michael Rutili by bringing in highly regarded partner Jon Conder. 

Residential Property Team of the Year 
Boodle Hatfield  
Burges Salmon  
Farrer & Co 
Forsters 
Withers 
 
Winner: Forsters 

This Mayfair-based practice brought in Kensington & Chelsea specialists Charlie Miéville and Robert Barham last year from Cripps Pemberton Greenish. 

Rising Star 
Elizabeth Sainsbury - Farrer & Co 
Frederick Tatham - Farrer & Co 
Jennifer Emms - Maurice Turnor Gardner 
Lorraine Jeffrey – Michelmores 
Tim Whitney - Mills & Reeve 

Winner: Elizabeth Sainsbury of Farrer & Co 

Specialist Elizabeth Sainsbury was promoted to partner this year. One interviewee this year said that “Farrers would be lost without her;” high praise indeed, considering the caliber of the firm’s trusts litigation team. 

Set of the Year 
5 Stone Buildings 
Serle Court 
Ten Old Square 
Wilberforce Chambers 
XXIV Old Buildings 

Winner: Serle Court 

This powerhouse chancery set has members acting on all sides of the massive Wong v. Grand View PTC litigation, which went to up the Privy Council in March this year.