Bart Peerless
Bart Peerless is beginning to see light at the end of the tunnel. ‘We’ve just emerged from the big non-dom…
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Ceris Gardner
‘The clients fall into two categories: those who are concerned about the uncertainty that pervades everything, and others who are…
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Ashley Crossley
Ashley Crossley, Baker McKenzie’s head of wealth management, excitedly tells Spear’s of a ‘colossal’ amount of business coming in from…
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Jonathan Conder
‘My transitional year!’ says the irrepressible Jonathan Conder, who speaks to Spear’s fresh from his senior partner appraisal. The retrospective…
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Robert Brodrick
Known for his representation of Arab royalty, British landed families and American UHNWs, Robert Brodrick is a trusted adviser on…
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Mark Bridges
For more than a quarter of a century, Lord Bridges has arguably been the pre-eminent lawyer in this field. Down…
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What the Lynn Chadwick case teaches us about inheriting art
A dispute over the estate of the late artist and sculptor provides an important message for those passing on valuable…
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Your spell-checker won’t make me change my name
Spellcheck and predictive text software are accelerating the homogenisation of language and at the same time arresting its evolution. It’s…
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Nicola Roberts
One year into her role as head of private client services at Deloitte, where she’s responsible for the Big Four…
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Greg Limb
‘The past 12 months have been about preparing for the unexpected,’ says KPMG’s busy head of private client, nearly two…
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Simon Jennings
‘It’s a more appropriate firm for me to work towards retirement,’ Simon Jennings tells Spear’s two years after his move…
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Paula Higgleton
‘I’ve been there, done that, got the T-shirt,’ jokes Deloitte’s doyenne of private wealth, Paula Higgleton about the depths of…
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James Hender
James Hender’s clients are worried about more than Brexit – they’re also worried a change in government could have a…
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Mark Davies
‘Although it’s quite a big shift, it’s almost like coming home,’ Mark Davies says of the collaboration his firm now…
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Dermot Callinan
‘We have a very entrepreneurial character up here in the North East and the real economy is doing exceptionally well,’…
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Paul Ayres
Last year Paul Ayres had just experienced ‘the busiest tax year-end in two decades’, and this year he’s been even…
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Rachel Morris
Rachel Morris sits within the tax, trusts and succession planning team at Charles Russell Speechlys, into which she qualified in…
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Chris Moorcroft
There aren’t too many private client lawyers out there with solid experience in finance, but Chris Moorcroft, partner at Harbottle…
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Barbara Marchant
Barbara Marchant, this index’s rising star accountant, is candid about the tax landscape she’s been working in since 2002. ‘Every…
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Iain Younger
‘Never has it been more important within professional services to have a clear idea of what you can, and can’t…
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