Ranking tables
Private Wealth Law | High Net Worth
London (Firms)
Band 1
Band 2
Band 4
Band 5
Burges Salmon LLP- Collyer Bristow LLP
Currey & Co
Irwin Mitchell
McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP
Winckworth Sherwood- Druces LLP
- Osborne Clarke LLP
Senior Statespeople
Star Individuals
Clare Maurice Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP- Sebastian Prichard Jones Macfarlanes LLP
- Basil P ZirinisSullivan & Cromwell LLP
Band 1
- Ashley Crossley Baker McKenzie
Bart Peerless Charles Russell Speechlys
Ceris Gardner Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP- Edward Reed Macfarlanes LLP
- Jennifer Smithson Macfarlanes LLP
Jonathan Burt Charles Russell Speechlys
Jonathan Conder Stephenson Harwood LLP- Keith Bruce-Smith Sinclair Gibson LLP
- Lucy Gibson Sinclair Gibson LLP
Nicholas Jacob Forsters- Nick Warr Taylor Wessing LLP
Patrick Harney Mishcon de Reya LLP- Piers Barclay Macfarlanes LLP
Piers Master Charles Russell Speechlys
Russell Cohen Farrer & Co LLP
Sarah von Schmidt Farrer & Co LLP- John RichesRMW Law
Band 2
Alexandra Ruffel Farrer & Co LLP
Beatrice Puoti Stephenson Harwood LLP
Bryony Cove Farrer & Co LLP
Camilla Wallace Wedlake Bell LLP- Charles Gothard Macfarlanes LLP
Charlie Sosna Mishcon de Reya LLP
David Goepel Edwin Coe LLP
Dominic Lawrance Charles Russell Speechlys
Ed Powles Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP
Emma-Jane Weider Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP
Filippo Noseda Mishcon de Reya LLP
Hayden Bailey Boodle Hatfield LLP
James Quarmby Stephenson Harwood LLP
Jonathan Shankland Weightmans- Nicholas Harries Macfarlanes LLP
- Oliver Court Macfarlanes LLP
Robert Brodrick Payne Hicks Beach LLP
Salpy Kouyoumjian Boodle Hatfield LLP
Simon Rylatt Boodle Hatfield LLP
Band 3
Alison Broadberry Edwin Coe LLP
Chris Moorcroft Harbottle & Lewis LLP
Christopher Groves Withers
Clare Stirzaker Boodle Hatfield LLP- Damian Bloom Taylor Wessing LLP
Daniel Ugur Forsters
Emily Osborne Fladgate LLP
Fiona Lewsey Mishcon de Reya LLP
Fiona Poole Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP
Jennifer Ridgway Farrer & Co LLP- John E Barnett Burges Salmon LLP
Jonathan Riley Fladgate LLP
Patricia Milner Withers
Penelope Warr Withers
Robert Blower Charles Russell Speechlys- Sanjvee Shah Wedlake Bell LLP
Sarah Cormack Mills & Reeve LLP
Simon Malkiel Howard Kennedy LLP
Sophie Dworetzsky Charles Russell Speechlys- Richard NorridgeHerbert Smith Freehills
- Stuart SkeffingtonRMW Law
Band 4
Alice Killingbeck KPMG Law UK
Astrid B Owen Mishcon de Reya LLP
Basil Dixon Payne Hicks Beach LLP
Charlie Tee Withers
Claire Weeks Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP
Clare Archer Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
Dhana Sabanathan Michelmores LLP
Helena Luckhurst Fladgate LLP
James D'Aquino Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
James Ward Kingsley Napley LLP
Laura Dadswell Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP
Liz Palmer Howard Kennedy LLP
Marianne Kafena Mishcon de Reya LLP- Mark Hunter Macfarlanes LLP
Matthew Braithwaite Wedlake Bell LLP
Nick Dunnell Farrer & Co LLP
Nicola Thorpe Charles Russell Speechlys
Paul Whitehead Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP
Philip Munro Withers- Phyllis Townsend Baker McKenzie
Rebecca Fisher Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP- Richard Giangrande Macfarlanes LLP
Rosamond McDowell Payne Hicks Beach LLP
Sangna Chauhan Charles Russell Speechlys
Stuart Adams Mishcon de Reya LLP- Tim Snaith Winckworth Sherwood
- Will Ford Womble Bond Dickinson UK LLP
Zoë Camp Harbottle & Lewis LLP- Peter GoldenFieldfisher
- Samantha MorganRMW Law
- Simon GoldringExcello Law
- Stuart JanawayOsborne Clarke LLP
Band 5
Alex Boothman Keystone Law
Andrew Godfrey Russell-Cooke
Andrew Goldstone Mishcon de Reya LLP
Barry Adamson Keystone Law
Daniel Simon Collyer Bristow LLP- Eleanor Walsh Sinclair Gibson LLP
Emma Gillies Forsters
Frederick Bjørn Payne Hicks Beach LLP
Helen Clarke Irwin Mitchell
Jennifer Chambers Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP
Jeremy Curtis Edwin Coe LLP
John Annetts Howard Kennedy LLP
Jonathan Colclough Broadfield Law UK LLP
Judith Millar Broadfield Law UK LLP
Kelly Noel-Smith Forsters- Kunal Vyas Mittal Investments UK Ltd
Kyra Motley Boodle Hatfield LLP- Marilyn McKeever Broadfield Law UK LLP
Matthew Barnett Edwin Coe LLP
Oliver Piper Farrer & Co LLP
Patrick Malone Weightmans- Peter Daniel Collyer Bristow LLP
Siena Gold Harbottle & Lewis LLP
Simon Gibb Trowers & Hamlins LLP
William Begley Charles Russell Speechlys- William Swan Currey & Co
Xavier Nicholas Forsters- 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 LLP
- Charlie Maydon Grace Macfarlanes LLP
Charlotte Evans-Tipping Forsters
David Whittaker Mishcon de Reya LLP
Eesha Arora Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP
Ekaterina Vagner Fladgate LLP
Harriet Kwarteng KPMG Law UK
James Brockhurst Forsters
Jennifer Emms Maurice Turnor Gardner LLP- Laurence Morgan Boodle Hatfield LLP
- Luke Micallef Trigona Keystone Law
Nick Mendoza Wedlake Bell LLP- Alice VinkFieldfisher
- Elizabeth KubanikSullivan & Cromwell LLP
- Paul ThompsonBirketts LLP
Band 1
1 Charles Russell SpeechlysPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 1 |Charles 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 |Farrer & 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 |Forsters 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 |Macfarlanes 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 |Maurice 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 |Taylor 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 WithersPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 1 |Withers is well regarded for its private wealth practice. The firm advises international and domestic ultra high net worth clients on tax, wealth structuring, and succession planning.
Band 2
2 Baker McKenziePrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 2 |Baker McKenzie is known for its expertise in complex international matters, advising ultra high net worth individuals and families on succession planning, tax advice and wealth structuring.
2 Boodle Hatfield LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 2 |Boodle 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 |Harbottle & 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 |Mishcon 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 |Payne Hicks Beach advises wealthy domestic and international clients on a wide array of matters in the private wealth field, including trusts and estates, tax, and succession planning.
2 Sinclair Gibson LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 2 |Sinclair Gibson has expertise in advising on a range of private wealth matters for domestic and international clients, including tax, trusts, and estate planning.
2 Stephenson Harwood LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 2 |Stephenson Harwood advises high net worth clients on matters relating to trusts, succession planning, wealth transfer and restructuring matters.
Band 3
3 Howard Kennedy LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 3 |Howard Kennedy advises clients on a wide array of private wealth matters, such as trusts and tax, succession and estate planning, restructuring and foundations.
3 Penningtons Manches Cooper LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 3 |Penningtons Manches Cooper advises high net worth individuals and families on cross-border succession planning and wealth structuring.
3 Wedlake Bell LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 3 |Wedlake Bell offers a range of services to high net worth clients. The firm is highlighted for its expertise in tax, but also advises on other matters such as estate and succession planning.
Band 4
4 Broadfield Law UK LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 4 |Broadfield Law UK LLP, formerly known as BDB Pitmans, advises wealthy clients on estate planning, tax and trusts issues, with an international and offshore focus.
4 Edwin Coe LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 4 |Edwin Coe advises high net worth clients on a range of private wealth matters, including tax and trusts, estate administration and succession planning.
4 Fladgate LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 4 |Fladgate advises high net worth clients on issues relating to taxation, trusts, estate planning, structuring and investments.
4 Kingsley Napley LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 4 |Kingsley Napley advises wealthy clients on matters in domestic and international tax planning, wills, estate and succession planning.
4 Russell-CookePrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 4 |Russell-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 |Weightmans 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 |Burges Salmon is experienced in advising high net worth individuals and families on a wide array of private wealth matters, such as trust, tax and estate planning matters.
5 Collyer Bristow LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 5 |Collyer 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 |Currey & 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 |Irwin Mitchell's private client team offers its personal tax, trusts and probate expertise to domestic and international high net worth individuals, families and family offices.
5 McDermott Will & Emery UK LLPPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 5 |McDermott Will & Emery regularly advises high net worth clients on issues relating to tax and trust structuring. It enjoys a solid reputation for its expertise in US private wealth matters.5 Winckworth SherwoodPrivate Wealth Law2024 | Band 5 |Winckworth Sherwood advises high net worth clients on succession and estate planning, trusts, and tax planning.