Withers

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Dedicated to the business, personal and philanthropic interests of HNW individuals, their families and their businesses, Withers has more than 220 partners, over 650 lawyers and around 1,500 staff in 15 offices across the US, Europe and Asia.

The firm's comprehensive private client practice provides advice on legal and tax structuring for clients' business and investments; family and business governance; tax and estate planning; and domestic or contentious trust and probate litigation matters. It also is experienced in commercial litigation, including tax disputes, regulatory issues, media and reputation management, employment, professional negligence, crisis management and white-collar investigations.

Its corporate team handles clients' investments and business interests in a range of sectors, including technology, life sciences and luxury, providing advice on personal and corporate issues, thorny regulatory problems, day-to-day operations and the structuring and control of cross-border investments.

Clients include senior executives, multigenerational families, business owners and managers, and investors in private capital. According to the firm, it has advised three-quarters of the top 100 on the UK Sunday Times Rich List, and a significant number of names on Forbes' list of the richest Americans and the Asia-focused Hurun Rich List.