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31 HILL STREET
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Roberta Harvey

Work Department
Dispute Resolution
Position
Partner and Head of Contentious Trusts & Estates
Career
Roberta is highly skilled in conducting trust-based disputes in numerous offshore and domestic jurisdictions. She advises trustees, protectors, and beneficiaries. Her recent track record includes worldwide freezing injunctions, disclosure, asset tracing and recovery, validity issues, breach of trust, and Hasting Bass applications.
She also has significant experience in advising personal representatives, beneficiaries and charities in will and estate disputes. Roberta uses her deep knowledge of acting on contentious matters to advise trustees and settlors on risk management when establishing trusts. She also works closely with Forsters’ highly regarded Family team with the preparation of pre and post nuptial agreements. Roberta has higher rights of audience. She is also co-founder of the “Fresh Perspectives” annual trust litigation conference.
Roberta joined Forsters in January 2019.
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
(Hall of Fame)Forsters LLP‘s contentious trusts and estates practice is led by Roberta Harvey, who is known as ‘an incredibly accomplished lawyer and strategist’. The team, which ‘consistently performs at a high level’, is recommended for ‘private clients who want highest level of advice and representation in the world‘. Managing partner Emily Exton – ‘the doyenne in this field‘ – has a background in complex contentious trusts matters.
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 > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Real estate > Social housing: local authorities and registered providers
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Family
- Real estate > Property litigation
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Real estate > Commercial property: corporate occupiers
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- Industry focus > Hospitality and leisure
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Real estate > Social housing: local authorities and registered providers
- Real estate > Property finance
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: smaller deals, up to £50m