Stephanie Thompson

Ranked in 5 Practice Areas

Band 1

Trusts

London (Bar)

3 Years Ranked

Band 3

Chancery: Traditional

London (Bar)

4 Years Ranked

Band 3

Offshore

All Circuits

2 Years Ranked

Band 4

Chancery: Commercial

London (Bar)

2 Years Ranked

Band 5

Fraud: Civil

London (Bar)

2 Years Ranked

Ranked in Guides

Global 2025

High Net Worth 2025

About

Provided by Stephanie Thompson

UK Bar

Practice Areas

Stephanie has a broad commercial chancery practice, with a focus on civil fraud, offshore trust litigation and domestic trust and probate litigation. She has a particular interest in cases with foreign law elements and has experience in overseas jurisdictions including Bermuda, The Bahamas, the BVI, Jersey, Guernsey and New Zealand. Stephanie is regularly instructed as sole counsel in the English High Court, most recently appearing unled for the Claimants in a four-week fraud trial, and is equally comfortable working as part of a larger team. She also advises and appears as specialist Chancery counsel in financial remedy proceedings. She has a developing arbitration practice, particularly in the field of trust arbitration, and has appeared in or advised on proceedings under the UNCITRAL, ICSID, ICC and LCIA Rules.

Stephanie was admitted to the British Virgin Islands bar in 2022.

Prior to joining Serle Court, Stephanie was a barrister in New Zealand for three years. She also completed an LLM at the University of Cambridge, where she received the BRD Clarke Prize for coming first in her year and prizes for coming first in each of her four subjects.

Chambers Review

Provided by Chambers

UK Bar

Trusts - London (Bar)

Band 1

Individual Editorial

Stephanie Thompson is particularly known for her foreign jurisdiction trust litigation, acting in Bermuda, Jersey and New Zealand. She also has experience in international trust arbitration.

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Chancery: Traditional - London (Bar)

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Stephanie Thompson is a sought-after junior who has made an impression in the market, particularly for her work in offshore and cross-border trusts litigation.

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Offshore - All Circuits

Band 3

Individual Editorial

Stephanie Thompson is recognised for her burgeoning international trust litigation practice. She is called to the Bar in the BVI and New Zealand, and has experience assisting in several high-profile cases heard in the Bermudian Supreme Court, the Bahamas and the Channel Islands, which concern high-value, multi-jurisdictional trusts.

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Chancery: Commercial - London (Bar)

Band 4

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Fraud: Civil - London (Bar)

Band 5

Individual Editorial

Stephanie Thompson is qualified in three jurisdictions, including New Zealand and the British Virgin Islands. She has experience in trials as well as interlocutory applications including freezing orders and asset-tracing disclosure. Her background makes her a strong choice for cases involving foreign law and multi-jurisdictional elements.

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Strengths

Provided by Chambers

Stephanie Thompson is just brilliant. She has incredibly good judgement.

Trusts respondent
UK Bar

Stephanie Thompson is brilliant. She performs so far above her year of call.

Trusts respondent
UK Bar

Stephanie Thompson is very skilful, diplomatic and utterly reliable. If you have a really difficult judgement call to make, she will be the right person to go to.

Chancery: Traditional respondent
UK Bar

Her written advice and submissions are the most clear and approachable. She is highly commercial and sophisticated.

Chancery: Traditional respondent
UK Bar

I definitely would instruct her again. She is really everything you need in a barrister - a star of the future.

Chancery: Traditional respondent
UK Bar

Stephanie Thompson is incredibly bright and hardworking. You can give her a huge amount of material, and she will come up with solutions straight away.

Offshore respondent
UK Bar

Stephanie's abilities are far beyond her year of call. She is brilliant and a pleasure to work with.

Offshore respondent
UK Bar

Stephanie is super bright and has a really clear drafting style. She is a responsive and really smart barrister.

Chancery: Commercial respondent
UK Bar

Stephanie is unbelievably good. She's a massive workhorse who produces highly complex opinions to tight deadlines and knows how to pitch to clients at the right level.

Chancery: Commercial respondent
UK Bar

Stephanie Thompson at Serle Court is brilliant. She performs so far above her call.

Chancery: Commercial respondent
UK Bar

She is super bright and has a real clear drafting style.

Fraud: Civil respondent
UK Bar

She is technically excellent, good with clients and responsive.

Fraud: Civil respondent
UK Bar

Stephanie Thompson is just brilliant. She has incredibly good judgement.

Trusts respondent
UK Bar

Stephanie Thompson is brilliant. She performs so far above her year of call.

Trusts respondent
UK Bar

Stephanie Thompson is very skilful, diplomatic and utterly reliable. If you have a really difficult judgement call to make, she will be the right person to go to.

Chancery: Traditional respondent
UK Bar

Her written advice and submissions are the most clear and approachable. She is highly commercial and sophisticated.

Chancery: Traditional respondent
UK Bar

I definitely would instruct her again. She is really everything you need in a barrister - a star of the future.

Chancery: Traditional respondent
UK Bar

Stephanie Thompson is incredibly bright and hardworking. You can give her a huge amount of material, and she will come up with solutions straight away.

Offshore respondent
UK Bar

Stephanie's abilities are far beyond her year of call. She is brilliant and a pleasure to work with.

Offshore respondent
UK Bar

Stephanie is super bright and has a really clear drafting style. She is a responsive and really smart barrister.

Chancery: Commercial respondent
UK Bar

Stephanie is unbelievably good. She's a massive workhorse who produces highly complex opinions to tight deadlines and knows how to pitch to clients at the right level.

Chancery: Commercial respondent
UK Bar

Stephanie Thompson at Serle Court is brilliant. She performs so far above her call.

Chancery: Commercial respondent
UK Bar

She is super bright and has a real clear drafting style.

Fraud: Civil respondent
UK Bar

She is technically excellent, good with clients and responsive.

Fraud: Civil respondent
UK Bar

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Practice Areas

Chambers Review

UK Bar

Trusts - London (Bar)

Individual Editorial

Chancery: Traditional - London (Bar)

Individual Editorial

Offshore - All Circuits

Individual Editorial

Chancery: Commercial - London (Bar)

Fraud: Civil - London (Bar)

Individual Editorial

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