Mark Keenan > Mishcon de Reya LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile
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70 KINGSWAY
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Mark Keenan
Work Department
Contentious trusts and probate; charities and not-for-profit; private client.
Position
Mark is a Partner in Mishcon Private, specialising in complex inter-family domestic and international trust and succession disputes often involving asset-tracing and recovery in offshore jurisdictions.
He has significant experience in advising private individuals and trustees on cross-border inheritance disputes, Will disputes, Inheritance Act claims, Court of Protection applications, estate administration issues, breach of trust and proprietary estoppel claims.
Mark is a recognised leader in his field. Chambers & Partners describes Mark Keenan as “utterly client-focused, a brilliant lawyer and a brilliant tactician“. He receives praise for his technical expertise and client care skills: “I have total faith in him. He is caring and clever, which is a great combination.”
Legal 500 rankings highlighted Mark as “an individual star: hugely interventionist in a good way, and an amazing tactician” with “an encyclopaedic knowledge of the relevant cases“.
Mark is a member of the Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS), the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and the International Fraud Group (IFG). The IFG is a global network of specialist fraud lawyers across 14 countries focused on securing injunctions, asset recovery and trust busting remedies in key offshore jurisdictions.
He is a professional Deputy of the Court of Protection.
Mark is also part of the MDR Solutions I team, a litigation finance venture offering greater access to funding for claimants.
Career
Partner, Mishcon de Reya LLP
Qualified, Mishcon de Reya
Education
Westminster University: LLB (Hons)
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
(Hall of Fame)Mishcon de Reya LLP is ‘one of the strongest players in the market’ with ‘real strength in depth’. It specialises in complex, intra-family and high-value, domestic and international trust and succession disputes. These disputes often involve asset-tracing and recovery in offshore jurisdictions. The group has significant experience in advising individuals, family offices, protectors, executors, and trustees. Mark Keenan
has been praised as ‘the consummate grandmaster, who seems to know where every piece on the board is going to be six moves ahead’. Co-head Peter Steen is well-known on the onshore and offshore contentious trusts circuits, while Jessica Medus works on complex international disputes concerning trusts and succession. She acts for individuals, corporate trustees, family offices, and charities. Also recommended is Emilia Piskorz, who has particular expertise in advising corporate and individual trustees, beneficiaries, and those with an interest in an estate.
Lawyer Rankings
- Contentious trusts and probate London > Private client
- Hall of Fame London > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Gaming and betting
- Employment > Immigration
- Employment > Immigration: personal
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Administrative and public law
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Private client > Family
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: contentious
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: white-collar crime (advice to individuals)
- Employment > Immigration: human rights
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Private prosecutions
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Industry focus > TMT
- Corporate and commercial > Venture capital
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Artificial intelligence
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Crime: general
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Public sector > Education: individuals
- Employment > Employee share schemes
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Franchising
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > IT and telecoms
- Real estate > Planning
- Risk advisory > Regulatory investigations and corporate crime (advice to corporates)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Corporate and commercial > Corporate tax
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Employment > Health and safety
- Industry focus > Life sciences and healthcare
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Lower Mid-Market Deals, £100m-£750m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Advertising & marketing
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Film & TV
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Corporate and commercial > EU and competition
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Private client > Agriculture and estates