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Macfarlanes LLP Offices

Macfarlanes LLP
20 CURSITOR STREET
LONDON
EC4A 1LT
England
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Jacob Ward

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02078492316 Jacob.Ward@macfarlanes.com

Work Department

Litigation and dispute resolution

Position

Jacob specialises in domestic and international litigation, with a particular focus on trust disputes, international succession and estate disputes and fraud.

He advises on a broad range of litigation both in England and across the world, including the BVI, Guernsey, Cayman, Cyprus and Hong Kong. He focuses particularly on:

  • trust disputes, including removing or defending trustees, tracing assets, and disputes between beneficiaries;
  • estate and probate disputes, including disputes over the validity of wills and claims against the solicitor who drafted the will;
  • fraud claims, including tracing and recovering assets; and
  • insolvency claims, including claims against former directors and recovering assets for creditors.

Jacob edits the Contentious Matters section of the Butterworths Wills, Probate and Administration Service.

Jacob is ranked as a leading individual in the 2021 UK Legal 500 guide.  He is a qualified solicitor advocate and sits as a Magistrate in London.

Career

Trained Macfarlanes 2012; qualified 2014

Lawyer Rankings

London > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate

(Rising stars)

Jacob Ward – Macfarlanes LLP

Macfarlanes LLP is ‘incredibly strong from top to bottom. They have individuals at every level who are book smart and tactically switched on’. Led by the ‘brilliant and unflappable’ Charles Lloyd, it is a ‘go-to’ firm for high-value and complex disputes for high-net-worth families and individuals, trustees and family offices on all areas of contentious work. Its expertise covers disputes concerning some of the largest trusts and estates. These trusts and estates often have prominent businesses, other substantial property holdings, as well as large cash and investment portfolios. It also acts for individuals and institutions from around the world, and a number of its cases are resolved through multi-party Public Trustee v Cooper applications. Its ‘bench strength is superb’ with ‘a great pool of talent’. It has ‘individuals who are at the top of their game’ including the ‘superb’ Jonathan Arr and Elizabeth Doherty. Senior associate Jacob Ward is a ‘star of the future.’

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