Sarah Lee > Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP Offices
125 WOOD STREET
LONDON
EC2V 7AW
England
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Sarah Lee
Work Department
Private client and tax
Position
Partner in the contentious private client team advising individuals on a broad range of contentious and non contentious private client matters. Her contentious practice includes trust and estate litigation, disputed wills, breach of trust claims, administration disputes, professional negligence and Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975 claims.
Her non-contentious practice encompasses complex probate issues, powers of attorney, residential property ownership and general issues relating to personal affairs.
Career
Appointed partner in 2019
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
(Next Generation Partners)‘The team’s approach’ at Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP ‘shows an ability to think ahead and consider the underlying needs of the client’. Michael Cash leads the practice, which frequently handles cross-border cases. The group excels in attempting to resolve conflicts within a family before any litigation proceedings begin. Its client base includes high-net-worth individuals, families, trusts, and estates. Sarah Lee is a qualified mediator who handles a wide range of issues. Other areas of focus for the team span advising on contentious Court of Protection claims and financial abuse actions, as well as international and domestic trust and estate cases. Sarah Arnold left the firm in April 2024 and is now at Russell-Cooke LLP.
Lawyer Rankings
- Next Generation Partners London > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Contentious trusts and probate London > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Family
- Private client > Family: mediation
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commodities disputes
- Private client > Court of protection
- Employment > Employees/unions
- Employment > Immigration
- Employment > Immigration: human rights
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Transport > Travel
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Employment > Senior executives
- Transport > Shipping
- Finance > Trade finance
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Equity capital markets – small-mid cap
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Insurance > Product liability: defendant
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Real estate > Social housing: local authorities and registered providers
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- Transport > Aviation
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Insurance > Insurance and reinsurance litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Fintech: corporate and commercial