Tahina Akther

Spear’s Review

Barrister Tahina Akther, co-founder and legal director at Wildcat Law, specialises in complex financial matters – including contentious overseas trusts – arising from divorce and separation, as well as death.

Her varied career has seen her practise in Exeter, Manchester and Southampton before settling in London. She has considerable experience in all matters concerning family business and finance, from sham trusts and overseas assets to the establishment of companies and multi-jurisdictional disputes, including cases involving the UAE, Russia and Hong Kong.

She has worked a great deal with probate and is a member of ACTAPS. Her greatest specialism, she says, is in making complex matters seem simple to understand for her clients.

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Co-founder of boutique national law firm Wildcat Law, Tahina is known within legal circles for ‘fighting for her clients in an incredibly determined way; her experience is undeniable … she provides practical and sensible advice. Tahina walks the fine line between diplomacy and dispute as gracefully as a high-wire artist.’

A highly experienced Barrister, Tahina has a dual practice in both Family Finance and Chancery Law with circa 20 years of experience. She is regularly sought out for her expert opinion on legal developments by the national press as well as sitting on a number of industry panels. Tahina’s knowledge of business law and her chancery practice means she is well versed in matters that cross over both practice areas.

Experienced in representing and advising people in the public eye, professional sportspeople and High/Ultra High Net Worth clients, she ‘is particularly noted for cross-border, complex financial disputes’. This includes dealing with cases crossing international jurisdictions such as enforcement proceedings and matters with parties and companies resident abroad, in particular UAE, Singapore and Hong Kong.

One solicitor states that: ‘Tahina is thorough in her preparations and has an exceptional ability to deal with cross-border and high-value cases.’ One legal directory quotes that ‘her knowledge of Financial matters – both on divorce and contested probate matters – and her expertise are without doubt brilliant’.

Her clients prefer the fact that they have a Barrister running their matter from the outset. She is known for her ability to ‘make the complex seem simple’.