Community Partners
We are proud to be working with our Community Partners and firm members.
If you are interested in your firm becoming an annual Community Partner and obtaining a firm membership please contact Chris on 020 7101 4151 or email chris@thoughtleaders4.com

In distress situations, particularly when there is concern about misappropriation of assets, we take a trusted but flexible approach to recover assets for victims.
We focus on understanding the unique situation of each case and work with you to devise and implement asset recovery solutions.
The cases we deal with will often have elements of fraud, regulatory breaches or international angles. Our team is focused solely on asset tracing and seamless global recovery for clients.
Global asset recovery using cross-border insolvency powers.
Our solutions include traditional insolvency procedures to maximise returns to creditors.
We have the largest asset recovery practice in the UK and our team focuses on maximum recovery of assets for victims.
We adopt innovative strategies incorporating the powers we have as insolvency practitioners and recognise the importance of acting at short notice and handling any complexity of cases.

Peters & Peters is a leading commercial litigation and business crime boutique, providing outstanding services to governments, corporations and individual clients in the UK and abroad.
With a long and outstanding history, we strive to remain at the cutting edge of our specialist areas of expertise by pursuing innovative resolutions to legal problems. Our knowledge and experience across the full range of civil, regulatory and criminal issues uniquely positions us to advise clients on multi-faceted and complex crises arising in commercial contexts. We have worked on some of the most high profile, and challenging cases and investigations of recent years.

We have a longstanding reputation as a leading chambers for private client disputes and advisory work. Our barristers are recognised for their excellence across a wide range of issues affecting individuals, including trusts and estate planning, wills and probate, court of protection proceedings, charities, tax and property.
Representing private clients has always been at the heart of what we do. We have extensive experience working with individuals and their advisers both in the UK and internationally, and we pride ourselves on taking a collaborative approach, supported by a deep understanding of the sectors and jurisdictions in which we operate.

ConTrA, the Contentious Trusts Association, was founded in 2015 by Jessica Henson and Simon Goldring and runs informative and social events, covering the most pertinent and current issues affecting contentious trust practices - particularly from an associate/junior counsel's perspective.
Providing an excellent platform for the Next Gen of Contentious trusts practitioners, this perfectly complements the non-contentious focus of TL4 Next Gen Wealth

Suntera Global is an international provider of corporate, fund and private wealth services. We believe in empowering responsible ambition through the professional delivery of company, fund and trust administration as well as outsourced compliance, escrow, accounting and tax services. We have 40 years’ experience and over 270 specialists supporting clients across a diverse range of industries worldwide from our offices in the Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Hong Kong, Isle of Man, Jersey, Malta and Switzerland.

Serle Court is widely acknowledged as a leading set for both contentious and non-contentious trusts and probate work, company law and shareholder disputes, both domestically and internationally. Members regularly act in high-value financial remedy cases and are often instructed to advise clients, whether the spouses or interested third parties, on the intersection between family and chancery and/or company law, including issues such as sham, non-disclosure and thorny multi-jurisdictional issues.
Our barristers are praised for their well-regarded trusts and company law expertise, in combination with their ability to adapt to the practices and procedures of the family courts. Members regularly provide expert opinions on aspects of trusts in the matrimonial context (in particular, as to the enforceability of matrimonial awards affecting trusts overseas). Members are well used to working within multi-national, multi-jurisdictional and multi-disciplinary teams on large matters.

Private Client Dining Club is the premier business networking club for international private client professionals.

Collas Crill is a top ten offshore law firm with offices in BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Jersey and London. Our clients include some of the world's leading financial institutions, international businesses, trusts and funds, as well as high-net-worth individuals and families.
Our strong global presence and unique network of offices allows us to offer non-contentious, semi-contentious and contentious support seamlessly across time zones and our integral 'one firm' attitude allows us to regularly work across different teams, departments and jurisdictions, meaning that every client benefits from the breadth of knowledge and experience of our experts around the world.

The International Business Structuring Association (IBSA) is the worldwide community for practitioners dealing with international business structuring and regulatory compliance. The IBSA supports companies and advisors in obtaining information and advice worldwide to create and maintain sustainable business structures compliant with international transparency, corporate governance and social responsibility.
The IBSA is a not-for-profit Association which organises multiple events and local meetings for its members across the globe, connecting diverse professionals involved in all aspects of business structuring. It provides members with a community and platform to build and cement strong professional reputations and relationships both across borders and within jurisdictions as well as providing an integrated knowledge base enabling members to connect with fellow professionals with specific areas of expertise worldwide.

Payne Hicks Beach is a full service law firm providing specialist legal services to domestic and international high net worth clients from offices in Lincoln’s Inn since its inception in the 1730s.
With a reputation built on its award-winning private client and family departments, the firm is one of the very best of the small number of firms in the UK providing these specialist services at the highest level and consistently receives top-tier rankings.
This is complemented with a leading capability in important areas including: privacy & media, property, citizenship & immigration, employment, surrogacy, adoption, fertility & modern family law and commercial law.

Specialists for every case.
We are an international, independent law firm which primarily represents clients before courts and the authorities and advises them in all areas of the law. As one of the leading law firms in Liechtenstein, we have been able to deepen and expand our knowledge and experience over decades, particularly in the field of business law.
Clients
We advise and represent private clients (especially high-net-worth individuals) and companies from Liechtenstein and abroad. Our institutional clients include, among others, banks, asset managers, fiduciary service providers, insurance companies, fund administrators and local and foreign authorities.

McDermott’s Private Client Practice represents high-net-worth individuals, families and closely held businesses with an extraordinary focus on the client’s specific, unique objectives. The team, more than 110 strong, is continually recognized among the top private client practices worldwide. McDermott’s Private Client lawyers are consistently recognized in the Private Client Global Elite list of the world's most respected lawyers advising Ultra High Net Worth clients.
The London Private Client practice has been lauded by The Legal 500 UK 2021 for “offering a Rolls-Royce service to its clients”, with the team being described by various sources as “highly focused and expert” and “simply extraordinary.”

The core of our expertise at London & Capital is wealth management and investment for HNW and UHNW families. We manage over $4.4bn of assets and have extensive experience in advising people who have gone through a life changing event such as a divorce.
Regardless of a person’s experience or level of financial sophistication, having to take charge of assets and long-term financial planning after a divorce can be a daunting prospect, particularly if they have not dealt with it in the past. But by ensuring that they take control of their financial planning, alongside experienced wealth planners, they can ensure that their financial stability does not have to suffer as a consequence.
We are here to support these clients to achieve their long-term financial goals by understanding their financial situation and priorities and working with them to manage their wealth; taking away one element of stress and worry.

Lombard Odier seeks to be the private bank of reference for entrepreneurs and their families – not just today, but over the long term, generation after generation.
The bank has evolved since its foundation in 1796, but has always focused on what it does best – wealth management.
Our mission is to preserve and grow our clients’ assets, while fostering a long-term, trust-based relationship.
Lombard Odier’s teams of experienced bankers and investment and wealth planning professionals offer specialist expertise in structuring assets and managing bespoke portfolios in line with clients’ financial objectives.
They draw on the skills of 300 investment experts and wealth planners worldwide and are supported by industry-leading wealth technology that maximises control and transparency.

Operating throughout the world’s most stable and reputable jurisdictions, our international trust and foundation specialists identify the most appropriate trust structures to protect and enhance your private or corporate wealth and assets.
Our experienced teams operate in both common law and civil law jurisdictions. We guide you through the complexities of local laws and regulations to find the right solution for you, organising the initial establishment of a trust or foundation and administering it carefully to maximise the benefits. We ensure its legal and tax status is maintained and provide regular accounting and financial reporting.
Over the years, we have earned an enviable reputation as leading professional trustees, dedicated to maintaining our clients’ prosperity. We aim to give you more control over your assets today, and more confidence about your holdings tomorrow – helping ensure that your family, employees, or favoured charities are well looked after for years to come.

EY Frank Hirth brings together two focused tax teams to create an enhanced US and UK tax and compliance practice with exceptional client service and global reach.
Whether you are a private individual, trustee, private business owner or entrepreneur, we offer a holistic approach to tax and compliance, looking at your personal and business goals to provide a solution that helps you achieve your ambitions.

We have long been regarded as a leading chambers in the fields of trusts, related tax work, and wills and probate, with our reputation for excellence reinforced by constant recommendations in legal directories.
With strength in depth at both silk and junior level, we have a wide range of barristers who are skilled in both contentious and non-contentious trusts and estates work, as well as related tax and art/cultural property law.
Our barristers not only have outstanding intellectual ability but also commercial acumen and sensitivity to the needs of clients, with a commitment to providing an excellent quality of service. They are trusted and valued for their skills and know-how in the private client field. Our annual Wilberforce Trusts Litigation Conference is a firm fixture for leading private client practitioners, providing a forum in which we can examine and discuss recent trends and developments with our clients.
We are regularly instructed by accountants, banks and financial institutions, as well as solicitors, attorneys and advocates. We are experienced in handling international work in offshore jurisdictions including Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, Bermuda, the Bahamas, the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, the Turks and Caicos Islands, Gibraltar, Hong Kong and Singapore

Harbottle & Lewis is a leading UK-based law firm, well-known for providing a modern and fresh approach to private client advice. Our clients range from start-ups to multinational companies, from household names to high-net-worth individuals and entrepreneurs and their family offices. We have acted for some of the most creative, talented and successful people, businesses and corporates, across all of their legal needs.
Our firm’s reputation and our approach to private client and tax advice typically attracts a younger, internationally mobile client base who have generated their own wealth and are looking to invest it in further growth opportunities. Our advice is industry specific, commercial and strategic. While we consistently provide advice that is of the highest quality, we take pride in our ability to make even the most complex of matters appear simple. Our clients do not want private client advice in a void, so we work extremely closely with the specialists in our property, corporate, reputation management, immigration, family and media, technology and entertainment groups.

R&H Trust & Corporate has offered a comprehensive range of professional services for over 40 years to become the largest independent trust company in the Cayman Islands. Our team of dedicated and highly experienced professionals responds quickly and efficiently to the needs of our clients and provides the quality service that they expect.
Our private clients range from small family trusts to large complex international family offices, while our corporate client base ranges from special purpose holding companies to top 100 international public companies.
R&H Trust & Corporate is an affiliate of Rawlinson & Hunter (R&H) in the Cayman Islands. Our relationship with the R&H international grouping both locally and globally provides us with immediate access to a network of expertise on private wealth management matters so we can effectively service our clients anywhere in the world.

We are an internationally recognised team working with entrepreneurs, business owners and investors. We also work with many City professionals, particularly those who work in finance, property development and law.
Almost all our clients have international assets and family spread throughout the world and we help them to structure their affairs in the way that they want. Whatever the level of complexity of our clients’ assets and wishes, they all feel listened to and we provide fast and responsive advice. We quickly develop trust and ensure that we are available when you need us.
Nationally acclaimed, future focused, innovative and supportive, Irwin Mitchell understands that whether it’s business or personal, everyone’s situation is different. When it comes to legal advice and support with financial planning we are the expert hand, with the human touch. As one of the largest law firms in the UK, Irwin Mitchell provides a wide range of legal and financial services to thousands of individuals and businesses.
We work with national and international organisations and institutions, and small and medium-sized businesses. Our track record and expertise, coupled with a reputation as a litigation powerhouse makes us stand out from the crowd. Giving the best possible advice is about more than knowledge and expertise. It means understanding the people and businesses you work with as deeply as possible.

We are a London based, full-service law firm, specialising in providing straightforward advice to entrepreneurial businesses and individuals on domestic and international matters. With over 150 lawyers in one location, we ensure our clients have the right team to help them get from where they are to where they want to be.
We advise major corporates and institutions as well as entrepreneurial, ambitious enterprises which are often privately or family owned, or private equity backed. As well as our significant business law capability, we are one of only a few London-based law firms with a large private wealth offering.

Our Clients’ needs are at the heart of JHA’s business; our unique structure was born out of a belief that an effective case strategy could be delivered more efficiently if lawyers, barristers, and forensic accountants worked side by side from the outset.
We combine the qualities of a traditional law firm with that of a chambers. Solicitors and barristers, with their distinctive training and experience, work closely as an integrated team to discuss and devise strategy together from the first to meet our clients’ aims, whether via litigation, arbitration, mediation or settlement.
This simple precept has enabled us to attract and retain numerous clients, many of whom have come to rely on us as a trusted partner to manage and settle their complex disputes.
All clients have full and easy access to the whole legal team from the initial meeting onwards. We provide timely advice and the efficient delivery of a well-considered and effective case strategy. We build close relationships with our clients, based on mutual trust and a deep understanding of their commercial and legal objectives. We are highly sensitive to our clients’ need for privacy and never seek to promote our own business based on their success.

Hilton-Quick Global Search is an executive search firm servicing the legal industry, especially those London based law firms who represent individuals and their families with their personal and business affairs.

Accuro is a progressive trust and private office company that is wholly management and staff-owned. Our mission is to care for families and their wealth responsibly across generations.
We believe that successful trust management is only possible when you have a deep understanding of family dynamics. That is what makes Accuro different. No matter how complex family dynamics may be, we are aligned to a shared vision of a commitment to future generations and the future of the world we live in.
As entrepreneurs and business owners ourselves, we promote responsible enterprise and growth that benefits current and future generations. It is our holistic view of our clients’ wealth and evolving needs, combined with our sense of responsibility to people, the planet and our industry, that makes Accuro a distinctive choice for families globally.
We are driven by a vision of being a force for good for our clients, our staff and our industry.

Sarasin & Partners is a specialist investment management firm, renowned for its pioneering global thematic investment process, with fully embedded environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations. The firm is recognised as a leading private client and charity investment manager, managing portfolios for a wide range of UK and international (including US) clients.
The team prides itself on the flexibility of their offering and the lasting client relationships they nurture, supported by high levels of personal service, exceptional administration, and peerless staff retention.

Contact Us
If you are interested in becoming a Community Partner contact Chris on +44 (0) 20 3398 8554 or email chris@thoughtleaders4.com