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Will Ford
Work Department
Private Wealth, Private Capital
Position
Will is a partner in the Private Wealth Department. He advises UK and international individuals and families, trustees, family offices and financial institutions on all aspects of tax, trust, estate and succession planning and on family governance structures.
He specialises in UK and cross-border estate planning, international succession, asset protection/wealth preservation and related use of asset-holding structures, together with all related lifetime tax issues. Will also drafts wills and trusts, whether for purely domestic or international families, and advises on tax-efficient philanthropy.
Career
Qualified 2007 Macfarlanes LLP; senior solicitor, Macfarlanes LLP 2012; senior counsel, Macfarlanes LLP 2015; client advisor and head of UK estate planning, COFRA G.B. Ltd 2016; partner, Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP 2020.
Memberships
Law Society, STEP
Lawyer Rankings
London > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
The ‘extremely responsive and highly client-focused’ team at Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP is skilled at handling contested high-value and complex trusts, estates, wills, and tax matters. It has expertise in both domestic and offshore cases, and has considerable US and UK experience. The group works across its various offices throughout the country. Practice head Neil Long has been praised as an ‘excellent strategic thinker‘ and advises individuals, families, charities, and trustees on a diverse range of complicated issues. Will Ford is another important contact.
London > Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
Ably co-led by Alexander Dickinson and Will Ford, the team at Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP advises high-net-worth clients on a broad spread of contentious and non-contentious private client matters. It is well-placed to handle a variety of high-value and complex trusts, estates, and probate matters. With its significant presence in the US, it is able to advise clients with connections there. Neil Long is also recommended.
Lawyer Rankings
- Contentious trusts and probate London > Private client
- Personal tax, trusts and probate London > Private client
Top Tier Firm Rankings
Firm Rankings
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Employment > Health and safety
- Transport > Rail
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Public sector > Local government
- Industry focus > Retail and consumer
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Employment > Pensions (non-contentious)
- Insurance > Professional negligence
- Projects, energy and natural resources > Renewables
- Real estate > Construction: contentious
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Corporate and commercial > Private equity: transactions - mid-market deals (up to £500m)
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: patents (contentious and non-contentious)
- Real estate > Property finance
- Finance > Transport finance and leasing
- Finance > Corporate restructuring & insolvency