Chambers Review
Provided by Chambers
Chambers High Net Worth
Chancery: Traditional - London (Bar)
Individual Editorial
Michael Ashdown combines expertise in private client trusts law with extensive tax knowledge to handle disputes centred on wills, trusts and estates.
Strengths
He is very detail-oriented and great for offshore elements in trust cases. He is client-friendly, his advice is technically good and strategically excellent for particularly complicated matters.
Michael has formidable knowledge of trusts law and an ability to deliver detailed and commercial advice in a timely manner.
Michael has an excellent skill set for private client matters. His application of the law is great but he is also able to dovetail it with pragmatism and look at the big picture.