Nicholas Holland > McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP > London, England > Lawyer Profile

Nicholas Holland  and Simon Gibb now co-head the practice at McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP, which focuses primarily on clients with estates in excess of £500m as well as ultra-high-net-worth billionaires. Its clientele features some of the world’s wealthiest individuals, families, trustees and privately held businesses. It works on many complex cases across various jurisdictions involving disputes and court proceedings, as well as estate administrations and trust structuring matters. It also boasts significant transatlantic private client capabilities. Ziva Robertson has left the firm and is now at Charles Russell Speechlys LLP. Andrew Vergunst has also left the firm.

The nimble team at McDermott Will & Emery UK LLP has particular strength in international tax matters. It frequently represents wealthy individuals and families, who are typically international and who have financial and family commitments, structures and assets that are located in multiple jurisdictions.  Under the joint leadership of Simon Gibb and Nicholas Holland , it represents multibillion-dollar net worth families, structures and fiduciaries. There have been some changes to the team: Andrew Vergunst departed in December 2022, Ziva Robertson and Simon Goldring both departed in March 2023.