Lucy Edwards > Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP Offices
125 WOOD STREET
LONDON
EC2V 7AW
England
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Lucy Edwards
Work Department
Private client and tax, private wealth
Position
Partner in the London private client team advising HNW individuals, families and trustees on a broad range of private wealth, tax and trust matters. Her core focus is on wealth and succession planning for UK and international families, including remittance and pre-immigration planning, tax-efficient financial arrangements post-divorce and administering complex estates. She has also built a specialism in advising family businesses.
Career
Lucy has been named one of eprivateclient’s ‘Top 35 Under 35’ three times and has also been listed as a Legal Week ‘One to Watch’. Included in the Citywealth Future Leaders 100 List.
Memberships
STEP, the world’s leading organisation for private wealth professionals; sits on the STEP London City Branch committee
Lawyer Rankings
South East > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate: Kent, Surrey, Sussex
(Leading individuals)Located in Guildford, ‘go-to firm in the region for private client work’ Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP excels in international tax planning and trust administration work for families and business owners. Led by member of STEP Lucy Edwards, who advises charities and specialises in estate and succession planning work for UK and international families and is instructed on a range of matters including will drafting and executorship, the practice also offers its own corporate trustee, PennTrust. Recently promoted partner and director of PennTrust Elizabeth Nicholas is known for her expertise in international and offshore matters, and ‘has excellent knowledge of trust law’ and ‘unrivalled’ expertise. Managing associate Cecelia Ward, who is dual qualified as a chartered tax adviser, is also noted. Another key lawyer is Hannah Gearey, who acts on complex probate matters involving vulnerable beneficiaries and philanthropic work.
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Family
- Real estate > Social housing: tenant
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Commodities disputes
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Court of protection
- Employment > Employees/unions
- Employment > Immigration
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Transport > Travel
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- 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
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- 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
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)