Baker McKenzie LLP is a preeminent law firm in the private wealth market, recognised for its successes in cross-border litigation, offshore jurisdictions, trusts, and tax matters. Department head Anthony Poulton is knowledgeable in private wealth, trust, succession, and private banking disputes, regularly acting for trustees, executors, beneficiaries, and other parties in major offshore jurisdictions. Gemma Willingham is adept at handling international contentious trusts and regularly advises high-net-worth individuals and fiduciaries on complex cross-border matters. Yindi Gesinde represents multinational clients and is particularly focused on anti-bribery and corruption investigations, Luke Richardson advises on high-value international litigation, including private wealth, commercial, public law, and reputation-related disputes, and Gareth Roberts focuses on arbitration, business crime, trust disputes, product liability, regulatory, and public law matters. Rachael Cederwall has experience leading global financial centres.
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Testimonials
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- Anthony Poulton - massive experience, super with clients and a delight to work with. Gemma Willingham - totally dependable and a joy to work with. Luke Richardson - simply brilliant. Rudolph Benade - a fantastic young litigator. George Berry - super bright and hard working. George Bullock - up and coming. Rachael Cederwall - fabulous. Gareth Roberts - super. Ella Thackray - a young litigator who punches well above her weight in terms of years of experience.
- One of the very best trust litigation offerings, with huge experience including offshore experience.
- The London contentious trusts and probate team is just fantastic, a real team of people who clearly understand each other and work incredibly well together, led by great partners, who also seamlessly link into the wider firm's depth and breadth of practice areas where they can add value to a trusts dispute.
- The team stands out as one of the pre-eminent contentious trusts and private client practices in London, combining genuine depth of expertise with a breadth of resources that few competitors can match. A defining strength is the consistency of quality across both the partner group and the associate bench: senior lawyers set a clear strategic direction on complex disputes, while associates are technically excellent, commercially aware, and capable of taking real ownership of substantial workstreams. This produces a level of execution that is both efficient and strategically coherent across large, multi-jurisdictional matters. The practice is particularly effective on cross-border disputes involving offshore structures, where its ability to integrate advice across jurisdictions and coordinate with international counsel is a clear differentiator. Compared to peers, the team offers a rare combination of scale, technical strength, and collaborative culture, enabling it to handle the most complex and sensitive matters without dilution of quality. Clients benefit from a service that is both partner-led and team-driven, with responsiveness, clarity of advice, and depth of resources all at a consistently high level.
- Baker McKenzie is a brilliant litigation practice, with just the expertise you need for essentially any private wealth dispute.
- The extraordinary global reach and consistent quality of the lawyers make this team outstanding.
Key clients
- Dr Winston Wong
Work highlights
Advising Dr Wong, an ultra-high-net-worth client, on his global litigation to recover assets worth over USD20bn presently held by trustees, individuals, and companies in multiple jurisdictions.
Lawyers
Hall of Fame
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Leading partners
The strongest partners in their field, leading on market-leading deals and endorsed by peers and clients alike.
Leading associates
Leading associates with regular involvement in their team's key work, and recognition from peers or clients as being ones to watch.
Practice head
Anthony Poulton
Other key lawyers
Gemma Willingham; Yindi Gesinde; Luke Richardson; Gareth Roberts; Rachael Cederwall