Our Private Wealth Dispute Service
Our private wealth disputes team advises on:
Our Private Wealth Disputes Expertise
Private wealth disputes are often about much more than financial assets. They frequently involve family relationships, succession planning, trusts and long-standing personal circumstances, requiring both technical expertise and a pragmatic approach.
Our experienced private wealth disputes lawyers advise on complex, high-value domestic and international disputes involving trusts, estates, family wealth, divorce and business interests.
We recognise that every family's circumstances are different, so we tailor our advice to your objectives while seeking practical, long-term solutions wherever possible.
Many of the matters we handle involve assets held through trusts, companies or other private wealth structures, including investments located across multiple jurisdictions.
As part of the MSI Global Alliance, we work alongside trusted legal and professional advisers worldwide to support clients with cross-border wealth disputes.
Working closely with colleagues across our Private Client Group, including specialists in tax, family law, succession planning and commercial litigation, we provide integrated legal advice that reflects the wider implications of your dispute.
Whether you are contesting a will, resolving a trust dispute, protecting family assets, going through a divorce or dealing with a complex inheritance dispute, our experienced solicitors are here to help.
How We Can Help
Our private wealth disputes solicitors advise on a broad range of contentious private client matters, including:
- Contentious probate and inheritance disputes
- Trust and trustee disputes
- Inheritance Act claims
- Disputes involving executors, trustees and beneficiaries
- Challenges to the validity of Wills
- Professional negligence claims involving estates and trusts
- Property ownership disputes
- Shareholder and partnership disputes affecting family wealth
- Financial disputes arising from divorce or relationship breakdown
- Cross-border private wealth disputes
Where appropriate, we seek to resolve disputes through negotiation or alternative dispute resolution before pursuing court proceedings.
However, when litigation is necessary, our experienced team provides robust representation to protect your interests.
Who We Help
We advise a wide range of private clients and professional advisers involved in wealth disputes, including:
- High-net-worth individuals and families
- Beneficiaries
- Executors and personal representatives
- Trustees including professional trustees
- Trust companies
- Family business owners
- Shareholders
- Entrepreneurs
- Individuals with international assets or cross-border wealth structures
Whether you are seeking to protect family wealth, defend a claim or resolve a complex dispute involving trusts, estates or business interests, we provide clear, commercially focused legal advice tailored to your circumstances.
Why Work With Our Private Wealth Disputes Team?
- We have been ranked as a Top Tier law firm by the Legal 500 for the last seven years and recognised as a Top 200 Law Firm in 2022.
- We’ve been named Best Contentious Probate Team at the British Wills and Probate Awards 2025, recognising our legal expertise, courtroom skill, national reach, client care, and transparency.
- You will have access to experienced private wealth disputes lawyers across the Myerson Private Client Group that can help with trust disputes, inheritance act claims, and property ownership disputes.
- You will receive city-quality wealth legal advice and commercial services at regional prices. You can expect constructive conversations that will help you find a resolution.
- Our private wealth disputes solicitors provide a partner-led service to ensure you receive the best wealth legal advice and support.
- Our wealth lawyers understand that it is important for wealthy individuals to manage their wealth to support the next generation of their families.
- Our specialist private wealth disputes advisors understand that each matter is unique to your circumstances and that you need support from a wealth lawyer experienced in dealing with various clients and types of work.
- Our full-service law firm operates from a one-site office, so our teams communicate effectively and efficiently. Our private wealth disputes team often consults with our family, dispute resolution, and property teams to provide specialist advice.
- Our private wealth disputes lawyers use the latest technology to ensure that we are working as efficiently as possible, and that geographical distance does not prevent us from providing excellent legal advice and personal service.
- Look at the Myerson Promise for further benefits of working with us here.
Our Private Wealth Disputes Team
As a respected private client firm, Myerson's private wealth disputes department is experienced in handling wealth disputes for high-net-worth individuals.
Contact Our Experts
You can contact our lawyers below if you have any more questions or want more information:
0161 941 4000
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