Bryony Cove
Partner
With nearly 30 years’ experience advising some of the most prominent families and family offices in the UK and internationally, Bryony is recognised as one of the UK's leading private client lawyers. A trusted adviser to multi-generational business-owning families, landed estates, and single and multi-family offices, she is known for her ability to guide clients through complex legal, personal and cross-border issues with clarity, empathy and discretion. Her work is rooted in helping families preserve wealth, navigate succession and put in place long-term governance structures that reflect both financial and personal priorities.
Her practice spans the full spectrum of private wealth planning. She advises on UK estate planning, including wills, trusts, family governance, and lasting powers of attorney, and regularly leads on the administration of large, complex, and cross-border estates. Bryony has particular experience with clients in the US/UK and wider European markets and is often involved in cases with sensitive family dynamics or reputational considerations.
As a family office lawyer, Bryony supports both established and emerging offices with legal advice that blends technical precision and strategic foresight. Her work encompasses wealth stewardship, philanthropy, succession planning and reputation management. She also acts as a trustee to a number of UK-based business and landowning families, giving her practical insight into the unique dynamics and responsibilities involved.
Bryony is frequently called upon when families are navigating legal issues triggered by deteriorating mental or physical health. She is known for her empathetic, clear-headed approach and her ability to maintain effective communication between different generations and stakeholders, often during emotionally complex times.
Her clients also include entrepreneurs, professionals and individuals in the fields of media, sport, literature, art and design.
At Farrer & Co, Bryony works closely with her colleagues across property, corporate, financial services, family, disputes and charities teams to deliver joined-up, specialist advice. Where appropriate, she draws on her impressive network of external professional contacts, ensuring that clients benefit from the right expertise across all aspects of their legal and wealth management needs.
She works as a trusted adviser alongside private banks, investment managers, accountants, overseas and UK lawyers, media and medical professionals, regularly collaborating with their teams to ensure mutual clients receive coordinated and supportive advice
Bryony is a founder member of STEP’s Responsible Stewardship of Wealth strategy group, sits as a trustee for several UK families, and is a regular speaker at family office and private wealth events in the UK and internationally. She has written for Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal, and is a long-standing member of STEP (The Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners). She is ranked in the current edition of Chambers HNW Guide in both Private Wealth Law and Family Offices & Funds Structuring, and is noted as a Leading Partner in the 2025 edition of The Legal 500.
Bryony qualified in 1996.
