Anthony R Poulton

Practice Areas

Anthony is a partner in Baker McKenzie's Dispute Resolution Department and head of the firm’s market-leading Private Wealth and Trusts Disputes team in London. He specialises in advising clients engaged in disputes related to private wealth, succession, trusts and private banking. In such disputes, he acts for trustees, executors, protectors, beneficiaries and interested third parties and is a familiar name in all the major offshore jurisdictions, where he regularly litigates cases.

Anthony has extensive experience advising clients in relation to managing risks associated with exposure to wealth-related controversy, including dealing with corporate governance and family governance and resolving "private" family disputes. More generally, Anthony also has considerable expertise in handling general commercial litigation, including cases affected by fraud, asset tracing and financial recovery as well as situations involving applications for freezing or proprietary injunctions. He also assists trustees in handling disputes, managing formal litigation, carrying out risk audits and mitigating exposure to risks.