Ranking tables
Private Wealth Law | High Net Worth
London (Firms)
Rankings overview for Departments
Band 1
Band 2
Band 3
Band 4
Senior Statespeople
Star Individuals
Clare Maurice Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP9 Years Ranked- Sebastian Prichard Jones Macfarlanes LLP9 Years Ranked
- Basil P ZirinisSullivan & Cromwell LLP
Band 1
- Ashley Crossley Baker McKenzie9 Years Ranked
Bart Peerless Charles Russell Speechlys9 Years Ranked
Ceris Gardner Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP9 Years Ranked- Edward Reed Macfarlanes LLP9 Years Ranked
- Jennifer Smithson Macfarlanes LLP8 Years Ranked
Jonathan Burt Harbottle & Lewis LLP9 Years Ranked
Jonathan Conder Stephenson Harwood LLP9 Years Ranked- Keith Bruce-Smith Sinclair Gibson LLP9 Years Ranked
- Lucy Gibson Sinclair Gibson LLP9 Years Ranked
Nicholas Jacob Forsters9 Years Ranked- Nick Warr Taylor Wessing LLP9 Years Ranked
Patrick Harney Mishcon de Reya LLP8 Years Ranked- Piers Barclay Macfarlanes LLP9 Years Ranked
Piers Master Charles Russell Speechlys9 Years Ranked
Russell Cohen Farrer & Co LLP9 Years Ranked
Sarah von Schmidt Farrer & Co LLP8 Years Ranked- John RichesRMW Law
Band 2
Alexandra Ruffel Irwin Mitchell Private Wealth9 Years Ranked
Beatrice Puoti Stephenson Harwood LLP8 Years Ranked
Bryony Cove Farrer & Co LLP7 Years Ranked
Camilla Wallace Wedlake Bell LLP9 Years Ranked- Charles Gothard Macfarlanes LLP9 Years Ranked
Charlie Sosna Mishcon de Reya LLP8 Years Ranked
David Goepel Edwin Coe LLP9 Years Ranked
Dominic Lawrance Charles Russell Speechlys6 Years Ranked
Ed Powles Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP7 Years Ranked
Emma-Jane Weider Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP9 Years Ranked
Filippo Noseda Mishcon de Reya LLP8 Years Ranked
Hayden Bailey Boodle Hatfield LLP8 Years Ranked
James Quarmby Stephenson Harwood LLP8 Years Ranked
Jonathan Shankland Weightmans8 Years Ranked- Nicholas Harries Macfarlanes LLP8 Years Ranked
- Oliver Court Macfarlanes LLP9 Years Ranked
Robert Brodrick Payne Hicks Beach LLP9 Years Ranked
Salpy Kouyoumjian Boodle Hatfield LLP8 Years Ranked
Simon Rylatt Boodle Hatfield LLP9 Years Ranked
Band 3
Alison Broadberry Edwin Coe LLP8 Years Ranked
Chris Moorcroft Harbottle & Lewis LLP5 Years Ranked
Christopher Groves Withers LLP6 Years Ranked
Clare Stirzaker Boodle Hatfield LLP4 Years Ranked- Damian Bloom Taylor Wessing LLP8 Years Ranked
Daniel Ugur Forsters8 Years Ranked
Emily Osborne Stephenson Harwood LLP8 Years Ranked
Fiona Lewsey Mishcon de Reya LLP5 Years Ranked
Fiona Poole Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP4 Years Ranked
Jennifer Ridgway Farrer & Co LLP6 Years Ranked- John E Barnett Burges Salmon LLP8 Years Ranked
Jonathan Riley Fladgate LLP8 Years Ranked
Patricia Milner Withers LLP9 Years Ranked
Penelope Warr Withers LLP9 Years Ranked
Robert Blower Charles Russell Speechlys9 Years Ranked- Sanjvee Shah Wedlake Bell LLP9 Years Ranked
Sarah Cormack Mills & Reeve LLP6 Years Ranked
Simon Malkiel Howard Kennedy LLP7 Years Ranked
Sophie Dworetzsky Charles Russell Speechlys9 Years Ranked- Richard NorridgeHerbert Smith Freehills
- Stuart SkeffingtonRMW Law
Band 4
Alice Killingbeck KPMG Law UK3 Years Ranked
Astrid B Owen Mishcon de Reya LLP8 Years Ranked
Basil Dixon Payne Hicks Beach LLP5 Years Ranked
Charlie Tee Withers LLP3 Years Ranked
Claire Weeks Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP3 Years Ranked
Clare Archer Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP8 Years Ranked
Dhana Sabanathan Michelmores LLP7 Years Ranked
Helena Luckhurst Fladgate LLP4 Years Ranked
James D'Aquino Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP6 Years Ranked
James Ward Kingsley Napley LLP4 Years Ranked
Laura Dadswell Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP8 Years Ranked
Liz Palmer Howard Kennedy LLP9 Years Ranked
Marianne Kafena Mishcon de Reya LLP4 Years Ranked- Mark Hunter Macfarlanes LLP3 Years Ranked
Matthew Braithwaite Wedlake Bell LLP5 Years Ranked
Nick Dunnell Farrer & Co LLP6 Years Ranked
Nicola Thorpe Charles Russell Speechlys4 Years Ranked
Paul Whitehead Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP8 Years Ranked
Philip Munro Withers LLP4 Years Ranked- Phyllis Townsend Baker McKenzie5 Years Ranked
Rebecca Fisher Russell-Cooke7 Years Ranked- Richard Giangrande Macfarlanes LLP4 Years Ranked
Rosamond McDowell Payne Hicks Beach LLP9 Years Ranked
Sangna Chauhan Charles Russell Speechlys4 Years Ranked
Stuart Adams Mishcon de Reya LLP2 Years Ranked- Tim Snaith Winckworth Sherwood8 Years Ranked
Zoë Camp Harbottle & Lewis LLP6 Years Ranked- Peter GoldenFieldfisher
- Samantha MorganRMW Law
- Simon GoldringExcello Law
- Stuart JanawayOsborne Clarke LLP
- Will FordWomble Bond Dickinson UK LLP
Band 5
Alex Boothman Keystone Law3 Years Ranked
Andrew Godfrey Russell-Cooke6 Years Ranked
Andrew Goldstone Mishcon de Reya LLP8 Years Ranked
Antoaneta Proctor Wedlake Bell LLP7 Years Ranked
Barry Adamson Keystone Law4 Years Ranked
Daniel Simon Collyer Bristow LLP8 Years Ranked- Eleanor Walsh Sinclair Gibson LLP2 Years Ranked
Emma Gillies Forsters4 Years Ranked
Frederick Bjørn Payne Hicks Beach LLP8 Years Ranked
Helen Clarke Irwin Mitchell1 Years Ranked
Jennifer Chambers Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP8 Years Ranked
Jeremy Curtis Cripps3 Years Ranked
John Annetts Howard Kennedy LLP7 Years Ranked
Jonathan Colclough BDB Pitmans LLP5 Years Ranked
Judith Millar BDB Pitmans LLP8 Years Ranked
Kelly Noel-Smith Forsters5 Years Ranked- Kunal Vyas Taylor Wessing LLP4 Years Ranked
Kyra Motley Boodle Hatfield LLP5 Years Ranked- Marilyn McKeever BDB Pitmans LLP2 Years Ranked
Matthew Barnett Edwin Coe LLP2 Years Ranked
Oliver Piper Farrer & Co LLP4 Years Ranked
Patrick Malone Weightmans4 Years Ranked- Peter Daniel Collyer Bristow LLP3 Years Ranked
Siena Gold Harbottle & Lewis LLP6 Years Ranked
Simon Gibb Trowers & Hamlins LLP1 Years Ranked
William Begley Charles Russell Speechlys7 Years Ranked- William Swan Currey & Co2 Years Ranked
Xavier Nicholas Forsters3 Years Ranked- Alistair RobertsonFieldfisher
- Andrew C GoodmanOsborne Clarke LLP
- Benedikte Malling BechNorth Star Law Ltd
- James BadcockJames Badcock - Independent Practitioner
- Robert MacroDruces LLP
Up and Coming
- Alexander Erskine Taylor Wessing LLP2 Years Ranked
- Charlie Maydon Grace Macfarlanes LLP2 Years Ranked
Charlotte Evans-Tipping Forsters4 Years Ranked
David Whittaker Mishcon de Reya LLP3 Years Ranked
Eesha Arora Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP5 Years Ranked
Ekaterina Vagner Fladgate LLP3 Years Ranked
Harriet Kwarteng KPMG Law UK2 Years Ranked
James Brockhurst Forsters1 Years Ranked
Jennifer Emms Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP3 Years Ranked- Laurence Morgan Boodle Hatfield LLP2 Years Ranked
- Luke Micallef Trigona Keystone Law1 Years Ranked
Nick Mendoza Wedlake Bell LLP3 Years Ranked- Alice VinkFieldfisher
- Elizabeth KubanikSullivan & Cromwell LLP
- Paul ThompsonBirketts LLP
All Departments profiles
Band 1
1 Charles Russell SpeechlysPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 1 | 9 Years RankedCharles Russell Speechlys handles a range of high-value domestic and international issues in private wealth such as taxation, trusts, succession and complex structuring. The firm has a strong reputation.
1 Farrer & Co LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 1 | 9 Years RankedFarrer & Co is a highly regarded firm and is well respected for its expertise across a wide array of private wealth matters. The team handles complex work, both domestic and international, with expertise in trusts, tax and estate planning.
1 ForstersPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 1 | 9 Years RankedForsters is well regarded for its expertise in matters such as tax, succession and estate planning. It has a depth of experience in advising high net worth individuals and families on how to achieve their wealth structuring goals.
1 Macfarlanes LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 1 | 9 Years RankedMacfarlanes has an excellent reputation for its expertise in private wealth. The firm advises wealthy individuals and families on estate and succession planning, asset and wealth structuring, and family offices matters. The team possesses a depth of experience advising international clients with interests and assets in multiple jurisdictions.
1 Maurice Turnor Gardner LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 1 | 9 Years RankedMaurice Turnor Gardner is a highly respected boutique firm, with expertise in cross-border and complex matters relating to private wealth. The firm has a number of experienced practitioners who advise high net worth clients and their family offices on estate and succession planning, complex trust and philanthropic structures, and tax.1 Taylor Wessing LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 1 | 9 Years RankedTaylor Wessing advises a broad range of high net worth clients, particularly wealthy entrepreneurs. The firm has expertise across different areas such as tax, trust, succession, business and estate planning matters.1 Withers LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 1 | 9 Years RankedWithers is an excellent firm, with a very strong and large team. It benefits from a worldwide network thanks to its foreign offices and has professionals dedicated to different areas of service.
Band 2
2 Baker McKenziePrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 2 | 9 Years RankedThe team provided a detailed analysis and action plans, with an assessment of all potential scenarios. It was also fast with responses and took timelines provided by the client very seriously.
2 Boodle Hatfield LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 2 | 9 Years RankedBoodle Hatfield has an established reputation for high-quality expertise within the London private wealth market. The firm advises its clients on their family offices, wealth structuring, and cross-border tax and estate planning.
2 Harbottle & Lewis LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 2 | 7 Years RankedHarbottle & Lewis represents a broad range of wealthy clients and has significant international and cross-border expertise. It is regarded highly for its work, and frequently advises on trusts and tax, inheritance and succession planning, and domiciliation and residency matters.
2 Mishcon de Reya LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 2 | 9 Years RankedMishcon de Reya provides wealth planning services for high net worth clients. They have a particular emphasis on multi-jurisdictional estate and succession planning, cross-border tax advice and family offices.
2 Payne Hicks Beach LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 2 | 9 Years RankedThe service is exemplary in terms of responsiveness, the measured advice and guidance received, often addressing complex trustee issues. There is a continuance of practical and agreeable outcomes.
2 Sinclair Gibson LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 2 | 9 Years RankedSinclair Gibson understands its clients' unique requirements and circumstances and is able to tailor its advice. This is mainly due to the team's knowledge of the wider legal and tax system.
2 Stephenson Harwood LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 2 | 6 Years RankedEven when the matter is complex, the advice from Stephenson Harwood is always presented in a clear manner that is easy to understand. The team also has excellent international expertise.
Band 3
3 Howard Kennedy LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 3 | 9 Years RankedHoward Kennedy has shown the ability to get to the bottom of complex issues and comes up with pragmatic strategies to appropriately manage risk. Howard Kennedy is also responsive and collaborative.
3 Penningtons Manches Cooper LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 3 | 9 Years RankedThe team provides very measured responses that take all matters into consideration. The team makes an effort to get to know the clients, so its responses are professional but also personal.
3 Wedlake Bell LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 3 | 9 Years RankedThe entire team from partners to the PAs is attentive, responsive and lovely to engage with. The team is adaptive, makes you feel prioritised and is sensitive to the personal nature of the work.
Band 4
4 BDB Pitmans LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 4 | 9 Years RankedBDB Pitmans has consistently provided us with robust and practical advice. Additionally, the team members I have dealt with have a lot of common sense.
4 Edwin Coe LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 4 | 9 Years RankedThe team provided faultless communications and expert advice in a professional manner. It also always seemed to have an expert on hand to help. I always received a prompt response to my enquiries.
4 Fladgate LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 4 | 4 Years RankedAll the partners that I have dealt with have been extremely knowledgeable on the subject matter and guidance has been clear and concise. The communication and responsiveness has also been efficient.
4 Kingsley Napley LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 4 | 5 Years RankedThe firm quickly understood the issues and clearly put a focus on bringing together complementary specialisms to give clients well-rounded advice that considers their affairs from all perspectives.
4 Russell-CookePrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 4 | 9 Years RankedRussell-Cooke frequently advises wealthy clients on a broad range of matters, such as those concerning trusts, taxation and estate planning. They are well regarded for their cross-border work, particularly involving France.
4 WeightmansPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 4 | 8 Years RankedWeightmans merged with RadcliffesLeBrasseur in early 2022. The private client team advises clients on estate planning and wealth structuring, particularly through the use of trusts.
Band 5
5 Burges Salmon LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 5 | 4 Years RankedThe lawyers navigated a very tangled path with great patience to discover optimal solutions to the issues. The whole team works together with efficiency and everyone knows what we require.5 Collyer Bristow LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 5 | 9 Years RankedCollyer Bristow advises wealthy individuals and families on matters relating to tax, trusts and wealth structuring. It also provides residency advice for international high net worth clients.
5 Currey & CoPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 5 | 3 Years RankedCurrey & Co is a boutique firm with a private client offering. It advises high net worth clients on trusts and property affairs.
5 Irwin MitchellPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 5 | 6 Years RankedIrwin Mitchell exuded professionalism and knowledge at all times. All colleagues were clearly well briefed and trained - a reflection of excellent management of personnel and handling of cases.
5 McDermott Will & Emery UK LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 5 | 8 Years RankedThe service is next level - the team constantly anticipates my questions and tries to take work off my plate. It is a level of service I wish could be duplicated at other professional advisory firms.
5 Winckworth SherwoodPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 5 | 5 Years RankedWith Winckworth, the technical knowledge is there but it also has the skills to build trust and a rapport. The team is willing to go the extra mile, helping even outside of traditional working hours.