Peter Steen

Peter is a Partner and head of Private Wealth Disputes in Mishcon Private with expertise in private client disputes, including trust and estate disputes. Peter acts predominantly for professional and lay trustees, beneficiaries, protectors, and third parties with claims against trustees. His work is frequently international and amongst other jurisdictions, he has recently been involved in high value cases in Bermuda, the BVI, Jersey, Guernsey, Liechtenstein, Malta, New Zealand and Switzerland.

In addition to being admitted in England, Peter is also qualified in California and Ireland. He is a member of the Association of Contentious Trusts and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS) and the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP).

Peter co-edited the second edition of the course notes for the STEP Advanced Certificate in Trust Disputes. He is a regular speaker at conferences in relation to trusts law matters.

Partner, Mishcon de Reya LLP

Senior Associate, Farrer & Co

Associate, Mourant Ozannes

Trainee Solicitor, Penningtons Manches

https://www.mishcon.com/news/rusnano-crisis-averted

https://www.mishcon.com/news/guardian-or-governor-the-narrow-and-wide-views-of-the-trust-protectors-role

https://www.mishcon.com/news/the-growing-use-of-arbitration-in-trust-disputes-peter-steen-and-bethan-byrne-for-the-step-journal

https://www.mishcon.com/news/saunders-v-vautier-rusnano-and-the-recent-amendment-to-article-43-of-the-trusts-jersey-law-1984-crisis-averted

https://www.mishcon.com/news/re-buckton-costs-principles-applied-to-failed-construction-claim

https://www.mishcon.com/news/patrick-harney-and-peter-steen-contribute-chapter-to-the-private-client-law-over-borders-comparative-guide

https://www.mishcon.com/news/succession-planning-in-family-businesses-lessons-from-rupert-murdochs-trust-dispute

https://www.mishcon.com/news/protector-powers-the-latest-on-the-wide-vs-narrow-view-how-careful-drafting-may-be-the-answer-in-the-matter-of-the-b-trust

"Looking for a rhyme, looking for a reason: reasonableness and the trustee", Trusts & Trustees, Vol 30, Issue 7 (June 2024)

"What is probate? How it works and how to execute a loved one's will", The Telegraph (28 May 2024)

"Investing in their best interests: considerations for trustees from the rise of ESG", Trusts & Trustees, Vol 29, Issue 8 (August 2023).

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

"You Will or UWOn’t: Trustees’ Compliance with Unexplained Wealth Orders" Trusts & Trustees, Vol 25, Issue 5, Oxford University Press (April 2019).

Volpi v Delanson & Volpi

In the matter of X Trusts (Bermuda)

Signia Wealth Limited v Nathalie Dauriac-Stoebe et al

Viscount Weymouth v Richard Parry et al

First Trust Management AG and Hightown Ventures Inc v Inwealth Trustees Nevis Limited

Stiftung Salle Modulable and Rutli Stiftung v Butterfield Trust (Bermuda) Limited

Rybolovleva v Rybolovlev

Wingate v Butterfield Trust (Bermuda) Limited

Alhamrani v Alhamrani