William Massey > Farrer & Co > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Farrer & Co
66 LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS
LONDON
WC2A 3LH
England

Living Wage

Work Department

Family.

Position

William Massey is a partner at Farrer & Co and head of the family team. He has specialised in family law since 1991 and has wide experience in money and children cases on relationship breakdown with particular emphasis on complex financial situations. His cases often involve issues covering trusts, companies, tax, pensions and other jurisdictions. His background in commercial law has helped him to build a reputation as a front runner in difficult financial cases.

Career

Freshfields 1988-91 (qualified as a corporate lawyer 1990); moved to specialise in family law, Penningtons 1991-94; Manches 1994-2005; joined Farrer & Co in October 2005.

Memberships

International Academy of Family Lawyers (Vice-President European Chapter); Resolution; Law Society; Grocers Company; collaborative lawyer and member of Central London Collaborative Forum. William regularly writes and lectures in family law issues including recent presentations on international trusts and divorce and pre-marital agreements.

Education

Exeter University.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Private client > Family

(Hall of Fame)

William MasseyFarrer & Co

At Farrer & Co, William Massey heads an ‘extremely talented team and very much leads by example’. The practice receives many plaudits for its ‘almost incomparable experience’ and for its ability to ‘handle the most complex family law disputes with elegance and excellence’. The practice has a superb reputation for its high-value, complex work involving substantial assets, foreign jurisdictions, complicated asset protection structures, and trust and tax issues. Claire Gordon regularly represents entrepreneurs, professionals, individuals with private equity investments, the international elite, and those with very substantial generational wealth. Caroline Holley has a strong reputation for her international practice, while Sarah Hutchinson maintains a busy and varied caseload. Another member of the ‘Rolls Royce of family law practices’ is Edward Floyd, who specialises in international high-net-worth work, specifically financial claims involving trusts and claims on overseas divorces. Amy Radnor’s practice encompasses both finances as well as difficult and contentious children cases, especially those with an international or safeguarding element. Flora HarraginAlexander Woolley, and Frederick Tatham are also key members of the department, and John Davies was recently promoted to the partnership.