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Baker McKenzie
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London
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England
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Ms Gemma Willingham

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Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Gemma is a partner and solicitor advocate with Baker McKenzie’s Dispute Resolution team and our market-leading Private Wealth litigation group in London. Gemma has experience in advising clients engaged in disputes related to private wealth, succession and trusts. In such disputes, she acts for trustees, executors, protectors, beneficiaries and interested third parties and is very familiar with all the major offshore jurisdictions. Gemma is a full member of STEP and ACTAPS, and a regular speaker at international conferences about wealth litigation.

Gemma has extensive experience advising clients in relation to managing risks associated with exposure to wealth-related controversy, including dealing with corporate governance and family governance and resolving private family disputes. More generally, Gemma also has considerable experience in handling specialist pensions litigation and general commercial litigation.

Languages

English

Memberships

  • STEP – Member
  • ConTrA – Member
  • Association of Contentious Trusts and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS) – Member
  • Association of Pension Lawyers – Associate Member
  • Solicitor-Advocate (All Higher Courts) in England and Wales

Education

  • Nottingham Law School (Distinction) (2006)
  • Cambridge University (First [Law]) (2005)

Lawyer Rankings

London > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate

(Next Generation Partners)

Gemma Willingham – Baker McKenzie

Anthony Poulton, who has been described as ‘the pre-eminent offshore trusts litigator in London’, heads the practice at Baker McKenzie. It is ‘one of top teams in London-based private client disputes’. The group regularly acts in the most major and international trusts disputes with vast experience in co-ordinating actions across borders, and its familiarity with the main international offshore jurisdictions is key to its success. The practice continues to work with the private banks and trust companies operating in the leading offshore jurisdictions. Other important members of this ‘world-class’ team include Gemma Willingham, Yindi Gesinde, and Luke Richardson. In addition, the team works closely with lawyers in its wealth management group to advise on a whole host of other private client matters.

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