Private Client

International Edition

Emerging wealth - how new money in burgeoning economies is creating a wave of private client work

By Legal Week | December 1, 2010

Even before the financial crisis it was clear that the growing economies, Africa and Asia in particular, were creating an increasing source of individual wealth and new clients for private client lawyers. The increased activity levels witnessed in these regions by corporate and commercial lawyers are mirrored among the private client community, with the number of wealthy people as a proportion of the population growing more rapidly on continents such as Africa than in many other areas.

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Private client: Home is where the tax is

By Legal Week | December 1, 2010

Imagine yourself, if you will, as a successful lawyer in 1850. You have a thriving practice and, with your wealth, you have built a house on a nice plot of land in the open fields two miles from Marble Arch. It is the envy of your neighbours - smart, spacious and comfortable. Over the years with your growing family it suits you very well and you are able to hand it on to the next generation.

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Private client: Where there's a will, there's a way

By Legal Week | December 1, 2010

The world of wills and probate has recently become a battleground over whether writing a will should be a reserved legal activity. A reserved legal activity may only be carried out by regulated legal professionals such as solicitors and barristers. However, people who are not subject to any regulation at all may complete a great deal of legal advice and services including - to the vexation of the legal profession - the writing of wills. This has resulted in a whole industry of non-lawyer will writers fuelled by the fact that the majority of adults in the UK do not have a will, meaning that there is a significant underlying demand for their services. It is, of course, in the legal profession's interest that will writing becomes a reserved activity, but lawyers argue it is in the public's interest, too. Arguments have been advanced both for and against regulating, based on the need for consumer protection on one hand and the cost burden and effectiveness of regulation on the other.

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Legal Week forum to highlight huge Asia private wealth growth

By Legal Week | October 6, 2010

Lawyers from across Asia will gather in Singapore next week (12 October) to discuss the impact of a dramatic rise in private wealth on the region's legal market. The inaugural Legal Week Private Client Forum Asia - Legal Week's first conference in Asia - will bring together senior private client lawyers from across the region to discuss the challenges and opportunities that are posed by Asia's emergence as a private client powerhouse.

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Nabarro partner moves to Boodle Hatfield

By Friederike Heine | August 31, 2010

Boodle Hatfield has strengthened its corporate practice with the hire of Nabarro partner Richard Beavan. Beavan, who will join the West End firm tomorrow (1 September), focuses on fundraisings, takeovers, acquisitions and disposals, venture capital, restructuring and corporate governance.

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Privately optimistic - An audience with... Private client

By John Malpas | July 14, 2010

A gathering of leading private client lawyers has given the UK coalition Government's emergency budget a cautious thumbs-up, despite the tension generated by clear differences in the pre-coalition taxation policies of the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats. Leaders from the private client legal community gathered at the May Fair Hotel in London on 29 June - a week after the emergency budget was delivered - to debate the impact of the package of tax changes unveiled by Chancellor George Osborne.

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A&O private client spin-off adds partner duo with in-house hires

By Claire Ruckin | May 27, 2010

Allen & Overy (A&O) private client spin-off Maurice Turnor Gardner (MTG) has bolstered its ranks with the hire of two new partners for its trusts and pensions practice. Jenny McKeown and Helena Berman are set to join the boutique's partnership in September from pensions and HR consultancy Mercer, where they are currently senior in-house pensions litigators.

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Trust and estates

By Legal Week | April 7, 2010

Hastings-Bass and the law of mistake, the growing use of common law trust by Islamic investors, and a report from Legal Week's Trust and Estates Litigation Forum...

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Trust and estates: Informing opinions

By Legal Week | March 30, 2010

In her opening remarks at this year's Legal Week Trust and Estates Litigation Forum, co-chair Shan Warnock-Smith QC noted that there are a number of recurring themes that seem to surface when talking about trust and estates law. This year's hot topics were in fact the re-emergence of issues that have been on the agenda in various forms for many years.

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Trust and estates: Family matters

By Legal Week | March 30, 2010

The last decade has seen a dramatic increase in the use of trusts by Islamic families and considerable efforts have been made by banks and independent trust companies alike to ensure compatibility of their products with the principles of Sharia law. But why has the trust, exported to common law jurisdictions over the past few centuries, suddenly found such favour in the Middle East? To understand the attraction, we first have to understand the nature of Sharia law and particularly the rules governing succession. The vast majority of countries apply a system of succession based upon a combination of residence, domicile and the location of the assets in question. A few, such as Lebanon, will drill down further and apply different rules to different religions.

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International Edition

McDermott sets out defence against allegations from former investment management client

By Alex Berry | February 12, 2018

Firm responds to allegations of fraudulent misrepresentation and breach of fiduciary duty

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International Edition

Dealmaker: BLP's Rupert Ticehurst on black cab disputes, spiky lawyers and 'exotic' Edam cheese

By Legal Week | February 7, 2018

Berwin Leighton Paisner (BLP) private client litigation head Rupert Ticehurst has been at the firm since 2011 when he joined from Herbert Smith Freehills,…

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Daily Business Review

How Fort Lauderdale Attorneys Won a $71 Million Verdict Despite Their Client's Low Medical Bills

By Samantha Joseph | February 5, 2018

The biggest obstacle was proving that a client with $3,550 in medical bills had suffered permanent, devastating injury worthy of a multimillion-dollar award.

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Daily Business Review

Miami Attorneys Win $5.6M for Gloria Estefan's Hotel Company

By Samantha Joseph | January 8, 2018

Ver Ploeg & Lumpkin shareholders Stephen A. Marino Jr. and Rochelle N. Wimbush and associate Arya A. Li represented the Estefans' company, Pin-Pon Corp.

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Connecticut Law Tribune

ADR Regulations, Part II: Useless Red Tape or Necessary Protections?

By Harry N. Mazadoorian | January 3, 2018

Resisting regulation when it is truly needed would put many disputants at a distinct disadvantage. But overregulation would sap ADR of the very vitality which has been its lifeblood: party determination and control.

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The Legal Intelligencer

Cozen O'Connor Keeps Up Growth Spurt With Saul Ewing, Lindquist Hires

By Lizzy McLellan | January 2, 2018

The firm has added to its private client, litigation and public and project finance practices.

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Connecticut Law Tribune

Preserving Attorney-Client Confidentiality

By Alanna Clair and Shari Klevens | December 20, 2017

Sometimes attorneys overlook the additional obligation set by the ethical rules for attorneys to protect confidential information obtained during the course of the representation.

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International Edition

Appleby drafts in Osborne Clarke as it pursues the Guardian and BBC over 'Paradise Paper' hack

By Joseph Evans | December 18, 2017

BBC and Guardian set to defend themselves as offshore firm Appleby launches breach of confidence proceedings

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International Edition

British Legal Awards 2017 Private Client Team of the Year: Farrer & Co

By Legal Week | December 13, 2017

Full details of the Private Client Team of the Year category at the British Legal Awards 2017

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International Edition

The changing landscape of wealth: The Como Review 2017

By Legal Week | December 12, 2017

Survey of more than 3,000 high-net-worth individuals finds just one in four have plans in place to transfer their wealth to the next generation

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