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Marcus Parker

Work Department
https://www.stewartslaw.com/expertise/trust-probate-litigation/
Position
Marcus has more than 25 years’ experience as both an English lawyer and a Cayman-based professional trustee. The main part of Marcus’s practice involves managing disputes involving wealthy global families and their associated structures.
Marcus has in-depth experience of establishing and managing structures and resolving disputes that arise in a practical, commercial and cost-efficient manner. He has led the management of many disputes around the world, most recently a multi-billion dollar, multi-jurisdiction dispute involving prominent Middle Eastern families.
Marcus has experience of dealing with litigation in England, Cayman, BVI, Bermuda, Hong Kong, New Zealand and the US. His offshore address book is second to none. Clients are impressed at his round-the-clock availability, his ability to identify the key issues quickly and to assemble the right global team rapidly to tackle any type of dispute.
Career
Marcus is an English-qualified lawyer and was a Cayman-based professional trustee for eight years.
Marcus has worked in London and Cheltenham law firms (managing private client teams) and managed trust companies in the Cayman Islands.
Experience
- A high-value probate dispute involving a dozen beneficiaries from three separate marriages of the deceased involving assets in several jurisdictions.
- A dispute between business owners based in Hong Kong and New Zealand of a global business involving litigation in the BVI, Cayman and New Zealand.
- A probate dispute involving a valuable Hong Kong property owned through a BVI entity involving litigation in the BVI and Hong Kong.
- A dispute over the ownership of substantial assets (multiple billions of dollars) in Hong Kong following the owner’s death.
- A high-profile and high-value Libya-related dispute in the English court involving a Cayman Beddoe and related applications.
- Litigation in Bermuda, Cayman, the US and London relating to the recovery of assets from a former director and massive alleged multi-billion dollar US tax evasion by the settlor.
- A dispute between siblings over £100m+ of European property assets held in an offshore structure.
- Litigation support in a global dispute involving a high-profile Middle Eastern client, including working with lawyers and fiduciaries in multiple jurisdictions.
- A probate dispute with the stepmother of the deceased’s children over a valuable property and will trust.
Memberships
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Personal
Marcus enjoys spending time with his family (five blended kids) and Dave the cavapoo, as well as travel, food and cinema.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
Stewarts Law LLP ‘are at the top of the ladder in terms of litigation boutique practices’ and clients note that ‘they have strength in depth from partners down to associates’. It is well-known for specialising in complex, large-scale and high-profile trust, probate, and capacity disputes in England, and other major jurisdictions. The team, under the leadership of James Price, has been involved in some of the sector’s largest and most complex multi-jurisdictional matters. Geoff Kertesz is dual-qualified in California and England and Wales. He is frequently instructed in high-value and high-profile private wealth disputes, both in the UK and further afield. Emma Holland is adept at handling major trusts and probate disputes, and is also focused on disputes relating to capacity. Marcus Parker has a wealth of experience of managing global disputes for wealthy families, and their associated structures. Luca del Planta is now at Walkers Bermuda.
Lawyer Rankings
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Insurance > Clinical negligence: claimant
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Family
- Dispute resolution > Group litigation: Claimant
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax
- Insurance > Personal injury: claimant
- Transport > Travel
Firm Rankings
- Dispute resolution > Banking litigation: investment and retail
- Dispute resolution > Competition litigation
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Insurance > Insurance litigation: for policyholders
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: premium
- Dispute resolution > Public international law
- Dispute resolution > Tax litigation and investigations
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration
- Employment > Senior executives
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency
- Corporate and commercial > VAT and indirect tax