Jacob Ward > Macfarlanes LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Macfarlanes LLP
20 CURSITOR STREET
LONDON
EC4A 1LT
England
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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

(Leading associates)

Jacob WardMacfarlanes LLP

The ‘Rolls-Royce team’ at Macfarlanes LLP has ‘endless experience of big cases.’  It is a go-to firm for high-value and complex disputes for high-net-worth families, individuals, trustees, and family offices. It receives a very steady flow of instructions on disputes involving some of the largest trusts and estates, which often hold prominent businesses, substantial properties, as well as large cash and investment portfolios. It acts for individuals and institutions from around the world. Jonathan Arr is a ‘superstar’ who is an experienced litigator in England and offshore. Elizabeth Doherty covers a wide range of trust and estates disputes both domestically and internationally. She frequently advises on claims for breach of trust and matters such as Public Trustee v Cooper applications. Jacob Ward is regularly involved in large-scale international mandates.