Citywealth Leaders List: Top 50 Trust Litigators and Polymaths 2026
Citywealth is pleased to announce the publication of the Top 50 Trust Litigators and Polymaths 2026. The list recognises a group of professionals who have demonstrated consistent excellence in private client work. Each individual named has made a distinctive contribution to their field and is widely regarded for their technical skill, integrity and service to clients.
Litigation in the private wealth sector is becoming more complex. Questions of mental capacity, cross-border conflict and changing tax rules are reshaping the risks facing trustees and advisers. Courts are adopting more nuanced approaches to capacity, while differences between jurisdictions are creating new grounds for dispute. At the same time, challenges from beneficiaries are increasing, often rooted in family tensions as well as financial interests. Although artificial intelligence is beginning to be used in document-heavy areas of litigation, its wider role remains limited, with concerns about reliability still to be addressed. In response, mediation and early intervention are becoming more prominent as ways to contain costs and manage conflict.
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Alfred Ip
Founding Partner
Hugill & Ip
Alison Broadberry
Partner, Head of Private Client
Edwin Coe
Private: Alison Ozanne
Executive Director
Barrule Partners Group
Andrew Wilkinson
Partner and Head of Contentious Trusts and Probate
Shakespeare Martineau
Anthony Poulton
Partner, Head Private Wealth and Trusts Disputes
Baker McKenzie
Ben Elliott
Barrister
Pump Court Tax Chambers
Bonnie Lynn Chmil
Partner
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Brian Simms KC
Senior Partner
Lennox Paton
Private: Charles Lloyd
Partner
Harbottle & Lewis
Claire-Marie Cornford
Partner, National Head of the Will, Trust, and Estate Disputes team
Irwin Mitchell
Clifford Ng
Co-Managing Partner
Zhong Lun Law Firm, Hong Kong
David Wilson
Principal, Jersey, Channel Islands
Oben Law
Dhanshuklal Vekaria
Litigation Partner, Hong Kong
Carey Olsen
Private: Richard Gassmann
Of Counsel
Baker McKenzie
Edward Cumming KC
Barrister
XXIV Old Buildings
Elliott Phillips
Partner
Signature Litigation
Imogen Thomas
Senior Associate, Jersey
Harneys
James Gleeson
Founding Partner
Dickinson Gleeson
Jordan Constable
Senior Associate, Cayman Islands
Ogier
Joshua S. Rubenstein
Partner and National Chair, Private Wealth Department
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Justin Harvey-Hills
Partner, Jersey, Channel Islands
Mourant
Kathryn von Matthiessen
Partner
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Marco Cerrato
Partner
Maisto e Associati
Mark Barmes
Senior Counsel, Zurich
Lenz & Staehelin
Mathew Newman
Partner, Co-Lead, Guernsey
Ogier
Matthew Barnett
Partner, Head of Private Client UK
Edwin Coe
Nicola Roberts
Partner, Dispute Resolution, Jersey
Harneys
Ronni Davidowitz
Partner
Katten Muchin Rosenman
Sandie Lyne
Partner, Co-Lead, Guernsey
Ogier
Savvas Savvides
Senior Partner
Michael Kyprianou & Co
Tina Wüstemann
Partner, Head Private Clients
Bär & Karrer
Vicky Olivier
Senior Associate
Baker and Partners
Yahia Nazroo
Partner and Practice Group Head Dispute Resolution, Mauritius
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