Citywealth Leaders List Selector
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Citywealth's Top 100 trust litigators and polymaths

Citywealth conducted a research programme over several months to create a Top trust litigator list fit for purpose. One of the key questions asked was: who has impressed you most during current or past litigations? Their answers have revealed a list of peer recommended litigators who have negotiated with the toughest opponents, through the hardest circumstances and with very little on their side but brains, lateral thinking and a will to win. What must be pointed out to the casual observer here though is that litigations, despite sometimes, requiring a formidable approach, can take years to resolve and as one wise New York lawyer once said "running out of money is sometimes the best way to bring a long running dispute to an end". The advisors are listed by jurisdiction and alphabetic by surname.

3
Average: 3 (3 votes)

Jonathan Arr

Macfarlanes

Partner

4
Average: 4 (2 votes)

Nathaniel Barber

Keller Postman

Senior Associate

3
Average: 3 (1 vote)

Helena Berman

Stephenson Harwood

Partner

3.25
Average: 3.3 (3 votes)

Justin Briggs

Burges Salmon

Partner

3.666665
Average: 3.7 (3 votes)

Michael Cash

Penningtons Manches Cooper

Partner

3.75
Average: 3.8 (2 votes)

Claire-Marie Cornford

Irwin Mitchell

Partner

3
Average: 3 (1 vote)

Jeremy Gordon

Farrer & Co

Partner

3
Average: 3 (1 vote)

Toby Graham

Farrer & Co

Partner, Head Contentious Trusts and Estates Group

3
Average: 3 (2 votes)

Nicholas Holland

McDermott Will & Emery

Partner

3
Average: 3 (1 vote)

Steven Kempster

Withers

Partner

3.666665
Average: 3.7 (3 votes)

Mark Lindley

Boodle Hatfield

Partner

3
Average: 3 (1 vote)

Charles Lloyd

Macfarlanes

Partner

3
Average: 3 (2 votes)

Neil Long

Womble Bond Dickinson

Partner

3
Average: 3 (1 vote)

Richard Manyon

Payne Hicks Beach

Partner

4.153845
Average: 4.2 (13 votes)

Myles McIntosh

Cripps

Partner

3
Average: 3 (1 vote)

Jenny McKeown

Stephenson Harwood

Partner

4.735295
Average: 4.7 (17 votes)

Paula Myers

Irwin Mitchell

Partner and Director of Legal Services for Private Client Services

4.208335
Average: 4.2 (6 votes)

Catherine Naylor

Gowling WLG

Partner

3
Average: 3 (1 vote)

Joanna Poole

Farrer & Co

Partner

3.9375
Average: 3.9 (4 votes)

Stephen Richards

Withers

Partner

5
Average: 5 (2 votes)
Keith Schilling

Keith Schilling

Schillings

Chairman & Senior Partner

5
Average: 5 (1 vote)

James Sidwell

Gowling WLG

Partner

4.15
Average: 4.2 (5 votes)

Peter Steen

Mishcon de Reya

Partner

3.875
Average: 3.9 (2 votes)

Rupert Ticehurst

Maurice Turnor Gardner

Partner

3
Average: 3 (1 vote)

David Wedgwood

Partner

3.666665
Average: 3.7 (3 votes)

Gemma Willingham

Baker McKenzie

Partner

4
Average: 4 (2 votes)

Andrew Witts

Gowling WLG

Partner

3
Average: 3 (1 vote)

Andrea Zavos

Boodle Hatfield

Partner, Head of Private Client & Tax

4.25
Average: 4.3 (4 votes)

Alasdair Davidson

Bedell Cristin

Partner

3
Average: 3 (1 vote)

Gordon Dawes

Mourant

Partner

2.916665
Average: 2.9 (3 votes)

Christian Hay

Collas Crill

Managing Partner

4
Average: 4 (2 votes)

Alison Ozanne

Walkers

Partner

4.875
Average: 4.9 (2 votes)

Stephen Alexander

Mourant

Partner

4
Average: 4 (6 votes)

Damian Evans

Ogier

Partner

4.43182
Average: 4.4 (11 votes)

James Gleeson

Dickinson Gleeson

Partner

3.333335
Average: 3.3 (3 votes)

Justin Harvey-Hills

Mourant

Partner

3
Average: 3 (1 vote)

Richard Holden

Walkers

Partner

3
Average: 3 (1 vote)

John Kelleher

Carey Olsen

Partner

3
Average: 3 (2 votes)

Andreas Kistler

Carey Olsen

Partner

3.75
Average: 3.8 (5 votes)

Bruce Lincoln

Mourant

Partner

3
Average: 3 (1 vote)

Mike Preston

Preston Legal

Senior Partner

3
Average: 3 (2 votes)

Jonathan Speck

Mourant

Senior Partner

3
Average: 3 (1 vote)

Sam Williams

Collas Crill

Group Partner

3.333335
Average: 3.3 (3 votes)

David Wilson

Oben Law

Partner

4
Average: 4 (2 votes)

Elliott Phillips

Signature Litigation

Partner

4.5
Average: 4.5 (4 votes)

Aurélie Conrad Hari

Bär & Karrer

Partner

3
Average: 3 (1 vote)

Christian Girod

Schellenberg Wittmer

Partner

3
Average: 3 (1 vote)

Daniel Tunik

Lenz & Staehelin

Partner, Head of Litigation

4.27778
Average: 4.3 (9 votes)

Tina Wüstemann

Bär & Karrer

Partner, Head Private Clients

3
Average: 3 (2 votes)
Bonnie Lynn Chmil

Bonnie Lynn Chmil

Katten Muchin Rosenman

Partner

4.825
Average: 4.8 (10 votes)

Ronni Davidowitz

Katten Muchin Rosenman

Partner

4.916665
Average: 4.9 (15 votes)

Joshua Rubenstein

Katten Muchin Rosenman

Partner and National Chair, Private Wealth Department

3
Average: 3 (1 vote)

Marco Turnquest

Lennox Paton

Partner

3
Average: 3 (1 vote)

Brian Simms QC

Lennox Paton

Senior Partner

3
Average: 3 (1 vote)

Grant Carroll

Ogier

Partner

3.833335
Average: 3.8 (6 votes)

Eleanor Morgan

Mourant

Partner

4.666665
Average: 4.7 (6 votes)

Bernadette Carey

Carey Olsen

Partner

3.875
Average: 3.9 (4 votes)

Carlos de Serpa Pimentel

Appleby

Partner and Global Head of the Private Client and Trusts department

3
Average: 3 (1 vote)

Lucy Diggle

Walkers

Senior Counsel

4.3125
Average: 4.3 (8 votes)

Robert Lindley

Conyers

Counsel, Head of Cayman & BVI Private Client & Trust

3.8
Average: 3.8 (5 votes)

Neil McLarnon

Travers Thorp Alberga

Partner

3.833335
Average: 3.8 (6 votes)

Andrew Miller

Bedell Cristin

Partner

4.375
Average: 4.4 (6 votes)

Rachael Reynolds

Ogier

Global Senior Partner

5
Average: 5 (1 vote)

Hector Robinson QC

Partner

3
Average: 3 (1 vote)

Shelley White

Walkers

Partner

4
Average: 4 (1 vote)

Ian Mann

Harneys

Asia Managing Partner

4.40625
Average: 4.4 (8 votes)

James Dickinson

Dickinson Gleeson

Partner

4.333335
Average: 4.3 (3 votes)

Suzi Sendama

Level Law

Partner