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Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP Offices

Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP
4 MORE LONDON RIVERSIDE
LONDON
SE1 2AU
England
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Neil Long

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0207 788 2414 [email protected]

Work Department

Private wealth.

Position

Neil is an experienced private client lawyer, with a particular specialism in trust and estate disputes. Neil advises individuals, families, charities and trustees on the validity of wills and trusts; the conduct of executors and trustees; the rights of beneficiaries; and all related issues such as mental capacity, undue influence, construction and interpretation of wills and trusts; and claims for financial provision under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975. He has extensive experience of negotiation, mediation and litigation, having conducted cases in the Family and Chancery Divisions of the High Court, the Court of Appeal and the Court of Protection. Neil also has a strong non-contentious practice advising clients on wills and inheritance tax. Neil regularly acts as executor, trustee and deputy (particularly as an independent professional in disputed cases).

Career

Qualified Legal Executive (TLT, Bristol) 2002; qualified solicitor (GRM Law, London) 2006; joined Finers Stephens Innocent, London 2007; partner, Finers Stephens Innocent/Howard Kennedy 2013; partner, Bond Dickinson, London 2015; partner, Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP on combination 2017.

Memberships

Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists (ACTAPS); Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP), President of The Association of Corporate Trustees (TACT) and Chair of TACT’s Private Trusts Committee.

Lawyer Rankings

London > Private client > Contentious trusts and probate

(Leading partners)

Neil Long – Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP

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.

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