Charles Russell Speechlys

Managing Partner: Simon Ridpath

Senior Partner: Bart Peerless

Number of UK Partners: 171

Total Firm Personnel: 869

INTERNATIONAL OFFICES : London - UK, Cheltenham - UK, Guildford – UK, Doha – Qatar, Dubai – UAE, Geneva – Switzerland, Hong Kong – China, Luxembourg, Manama – Bahrain, Paris – France, Zurich – Switzerland, Singapore.

FIRM OVERVIEW 

Charles Russell Speechlys is an international law firm with a focus on private capital, at the intersection of personal, family and business. The Firm offers legal services across the private capital space and a broad range of integrated advisory, transactional and contentious services.

The Firm is built on trusted, personal relationships with clients, guiding them through their most pressing challenges and rewarding opportunities. Charles Russell Speechlys achieves this by getting to the heart of clients’ needs to bring them the best-fit solutions – based on years of experience, collective legal expertise and global reach.

The Firm is headquartered in London with offices across the UK, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. When working with individuals and businesses that operate in a single country or across borders, the firm will put together the perfect team – pulling from their sector and geographical expertise and partnerships with the best law firms across the world covering 200 legal jurisdictions.

DIVISIONS & PRACTICES: 

BATS  

· Banking and Finance  

· Commercial  

· Corporate  

· Employment & Immigration  

· Financial Services & Funds  

CRED  

· Construction, Engineering & Projects  

· Real Estate  

· Real Estate Disputes  

LDR  

· Commercial Dispute Resolution  

· Corporate Restructuring & Insolvency  

· Intellectual Property Litigation  

· Private Wealth Disputes  

PRIVATE CLIENT  

· Family  

· Private Property  

· Tax  

· Tax, Trusts & Succession  

TECHNOLOGY, CONSUMER, SPORT  

CONTACTS – SECTORS 

Art & Luxury: Suzanne Marriot  

Aviation: Patrick Gearon  

Charities & Philanthropy Sarah Rowley  

Construction, Real Estate & Disputes: Robin Grove  

Energy & Natural Resources: Kevin Forsyth  

Financial Services: Jon Bond  

Healthcare: Michael Lingens  

Private Wealth: Piers Master  

Real Estate: Fiona Edmond  

Retail, Consumer & Lifestyle: Edward Craig  

Sport: Richard Davies  

Technology, Media & Telecommunications: Mark Bailey, Mark Howard

CONTACTS – SERVICES

Banking & Finance: Paul Kay

Commercial: Mark Bailey  

Construction & Engineering: Steven Carey

Corporate: David Coates  

Corporate Tax: James Carter  

Dispute Resolution: Patrick Gearon and Stewart Hey

Employment: Nick Hurley  

Family: James Freeman  

Financial Service Regulation & Funds: William Garner

Immigration: Rose Carey  

Intellectual Property: Mary Bagnall  

Private Client: Piers Master and Robert Blower

Real Estate & Disputes: Robin Grove