15 Keystone lawyers have been recognised as expert advisers to high-net-worth individuals in the 2024 edition of Chambers High Net Worth. The firm was again ranked in Art and Cultural Property Law, Real Estate: High Value Residential, and ranked in Private Wealth Law for Brighton and surrounds for the first time.

The leading annual guide ranks the best lawyers and law firms for international private wealth from more than 50 countries around the world. The rankings are based on client feedback and in-depth analysis of the market.

The Keystone lawyers ranked in the 2024 guide are:

Art and Cultural Property Law

Lisette Aguilar

Lisette previously worked at Sotheby’s and specialises in art-related disputes and transactions. She has extensive experience handling issues arising from questions of authenticity and attribution, provenance and ownership, World War II restitution, cultural property claims, export, loss and damage, and copyright, both in Europe and Asia.

 

Defamation/Reputation Management

Gerard Cukier

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Gerard is a litigator who represents high-profile and high-net-worth individuals in media-related disputes and privacy, defamation, and harassment actions. He advises clients on a range of issues from blackmail to music, film and sports agreements and music licensing deals.

 

Family/Matrimonial Finance

Susan Apthorp

Susan represents clients in divorce proceedings where there are substantial assets and cross-border disputes. She has particular expertise and interest in complex cases involving children, such as international relocation and provision for children with complex medical needs from married and unmarried families.

 

Family/Matrimonial Finance and Family/Matrimonial: Mediators

Emma Harte

Emma is a specialist family and matrimonial lawyer with over 30 years’ experience advising on all family matters, including complex and financial disputes, children matters and prenuptial agreements.

Emma is a specialist family and matrimonial lawyer with over 30 years’ experience advising on all family matters, including complex and financial disputes, children matters and prenuptial agreements. She is a Resolution accredited mediator, a mediation consultant (PPC), a trained collaborative lawyer and past Chair of Resolution’s Alternative Dispute Resolution Committee.

 

Private Wealth Law

Barry Adamson

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Barry is a private client lawyer with over 30 years’ experience. His practice focuses on advising high-net-worth individuals and their families on tax planning, wills and trusts.

Alex Boothman

Alex is a private client solicitor who specialises in advising high- and ultra-high-net-worth domiciled and non-domiciled individuals in relation to all aspects of their personal affairs, including onshore and offshore tax planning, wills, trusts, asset protection and estate planning.

Luke Micallef Trigona

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Luke advises high net worth individuals, families, their companies and trustees on a wide range of affairs including trusts, wills, lasting powers of attorney, charities, family offices, asset protection, estate planning and trust structuring.

Camilla Bishop – Brighton and surrounds

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Camilla advises wealthy clients on estate planning, wills, trusts and tax matters, with a specialism in Inheritance Tax.

Robert Knight – Crawley and surrounds

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Robert is an experienced lawyer who provides advice to individuals, families, trustees, executors and beneficiaries on issues relating to succession, trusts and UK personal tax.

 

Private Wealth Disputes 

Ashton Davies – The South

Ashton has over 25 years of experience and is a contentious trust and probate specialist, dealing with trust and estate disputes.

Lloyd Junor – The South

Lloyd is a litigation lawyer specialising in probate and estate disputes with particular expertise in the agricultural sector.

 

Real Estate: High Value Residential

Ian Cooke

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Ian is a private property solicitor with over 30 years’ experience handling prime and super-prime London residential property transactions.

Hugh Murphy

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Hugh specialises in acting for private clients, landed estates and institutional clients on property matters, guiding them through the process of both buying and selling country houses, London property, sporting estates, farms, and agricultural land.

Sakhjit Randhawa

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Sakhjit is a private property solicitor with over 20 years’ experience dealing with prime and super-prime London residential property transactions.

 

Yachts & Superyachts

Jonathan Hadley-Piggin

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Jonathan is a highly experienced marine and superyacht law specialist. His advises banks and private clients in the yacht and superyacht industry, as well as marine businesses, crew and other leisure marine operators such as yacht management companies and marina owners.

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