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Emilia Piskorz

Emilia Piskorz

High Net Worth 2025

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About

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Practice Areas

Emilia is a Partner in the Private Wealth Disputes Team with extensive experience of a wide range of private wealth disputes including trust and estate disputes.

Emilia has particular expertise advising and representing corporate and individual trustees, beneficiaries and those with an interest in an estate. Emilia's work ranges from high value, complex, and hostile litigation through to acting for trustees in applications to court. She has recently litigated in England, Jersey, Guernsey, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Monaco, Bermuda, Cayman, Panama, Hong Kong, and New Zealand.

Emilia is an affiliate member of STEP. She is a committee member of ConTrA, the Contentious Trusts Association and a full Member of ACTAPS (The Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists).

Career

Partner, Mishcon de Reya LLP

Managing Associate, Mishcon de Reya LLP

Associate, Taylor Wessing LLP

Associate, Wragge Lawrence Graham & Co LLP

Trainee, Lawrence Graham LLP

Publications

'What happens when a settlor or powerholder loses capacity?',Trusts & Trustees, Volume 28, Issue 3, Oxford University Press, April 2022

'Trust deeds: Filling in the blanks', Trusts & Estates Law and Tax Journal, March 2018

'Not guaranteed: departing trustees' rights of retention', November 2017

Experience

MN v OP – acting for a beneficiary in the context of a variation of trust application and seeking anonymity.

Acting for two beneficiaries of a Liechtenstein foundation in seeking to obtain information as to the assets of the foundation.

Advising a beneficiary in relation to an inter-generational Will trust dispute where the Will trust holds investment companies thought to be worth approximately £50 million.

Acting for new trustee in relation to refusal by outgoing trustee to vest trust assets and hand over control to new trustee. Trust governed by Nevis law with assets held in Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Jersey and South Africa.

Representing litigation friend of minor and unborn beneficiaries in relation to amendment of trust deed in respect of a significant landed estate.

Advising charity residuary beneficiary of estate of high net worth individual with matter involving claims of undue influence, questions regarding capacity and issues of conflicts of interest.

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Emilia Piskorz is skilled in advising trustees and beneficiaries on significant trusts and estates matters globally.

Strengths

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  • She has always been very senior and seasoned in her approach. She is really on top of the game at her stage.

    Private Wealth DisputesChambers High Net Worth
  • Emilia is particularly fantastic with her client-handling skills. She's robust but also sensitive and really keeps the matters ticking along.

    Private Wealth DisputesChambers High Net Worth

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