Farrer & Co were named London Legal Team of the Year at the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Private Client Awards last week with the following words from the judges: 'Our winners have skilfully fused a famous history of effective advice giving, with a thoroughly up-to-date and open approach to their clients’ issues. This is not an easy balance to achieve, and their youthful, wise and energetic leadership sets a suitable tone.' Jim Edmondson (Joint Senior Partner) and Mark Bridges (Partner) collected the award from Alistair McGowan.
The Awards are run by the internationally recognised professional body STEP, which provides senior practitioners involved in trusts and estates with education, training, representation and networking opportunities. The awards highlight excellence among private client solicitors/attorneys, accountants, barristers, bankers, trust managers and financial advisors. The prestigious awards evening was attended by over 670 professionals in trusts, estates and private client work.
Farrer & Co is unusual in demonstrating a wholehearted, firm-wide commitment to private client work, gathering solicitors from across the practice areas to support private clients and maintaining a strong position in the world of arts and heritage, UK landowners and UK entrepreneurs. The firm provides expert advice on wealth protection and estate planning, complex international structures, onshore and international tax issues for individuals, trustees, beneficiaries, family businesses and other structures.
This success follows a number of other awards for Farrer & Co including The Lawyer Private Client Team of the Year 2011 for the second year running & Citywealth Magic Circle Awards - Law Firm of the Year 2011 for the third year running. Three Farrer & Co Associates (Jeremy Cline, Laura Minett & Oliver Piper) were also recently named among the 70 young individuals in the 'Private Client Practitioner Top 35 Under 35' list, nominated from the UK and offshore client advisory professions.
For more information contact Gemma Devine, Marketing Executive on 020 3375 7383 or email gemma.devine@farrer.co.uk