Member Profile
Jeremy Gordon
Partner | Farrer & Co
Office Location: England and Wales
Jurisdiction
England and Wales
Top Specialisms
Estates: Contentious
Trusts & Trusteeship
Trusts: Contentious
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Professional Biography
Jeremy specialises in contentious trusts and estates work. He has been involved in some of the highest-profile trusts disputes of recent years, and over the course of his career has worked in most of the leading trust jurisdictions, onshore and offshore. Jeremy has built up over 25 years’ experience handling contentious trusts and estates cases in their many different guises, advising trustees, executors, beneficiaries and protectors on the wide range of issues they give rise to, with much of his work having an international dimension. Although some cases unavoidably end up in Court, Jeremy strives wherever possible to secure the resolution of trusts and estates disputes by alternative means, appreciating that many of these cases involve the breakdown of family relationships. Jeremy is a CEDR accredited mediator. Jeremy lectures widely in the area of contentious trusts and estates. He is also named in Band 1 in the Contentious Trusts section of Chambers Directory and as one of the Leading Individuals in the same field in the Legal 500 directory. Jeremy has held a number of fiduciary positions in recent years as executor, trustee and court appointed administrator, most of these appointments having arisen in contentious situations,
Question : What drew you to specialise in private client law/ wealth advisory?
Answer: Human interest element
Question : For lawyers entering private client law, what are key skills you think are essential?
Answer: Good judgement
Question : Where is your favourite place to take a peer for a cocktail or coffee?
Answer: Steven Stars