Anthony R Poulton
High Net Worth Guide 2024
Band 1 : Private Wealth Disputes
Band 1
About
Provided by Anthony R Poulton
Practice Areas
Anthony is a partner with Baker McKenzie's Dispute Resolution team and chair of the firm’s market-leading Trusts Disputes group in London. Anthony specialises in handling disputes related to private wealth, wills and succession, trusts and family business governance. In such disputes, he acts for trustees, executors, protectors, beneficiaries, company directors and interested third parties. He is well known in all of the major offshore jurisdictions and has long-standing relationships with many offshore law firms.
Career
Anthony has over 25 years’ experience advising clients in relation to managing risks associated with exposure to wealth-related controversy, including dealing with corporate governance and family governance and resolving family disputes privately. More generally, Anthony also handles cases involving fraud, asset tracing and financial recovery as well as situations requiring applications for freezing or proprietary injunctions. He also assists trustees in handling carrying out risk audits and mitigating exposure to risks.
Professional Memberships
Anthony is a full member of ACTAPS. He was elected to the ACTAPS Committee in 2018 and is a founding member of the Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association.
Chambers Review
High Net Worth
Anthony Poulton is a highly respected private client litigator who often handles significant, precedent-setting cases.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"He's a brilliant lawyer and incredibly good coordinator of difficult cross-border cases with second-to-none experience."
"Anthony Poulton never fails to provide razor-sharp, pragmatic and strategically minded insights into any given problem at hand."
"Anthony Poulton is a leader in his field. He commands the confidence of the team and clients, and is a very smooth operator."
"He's a brilliant lawyer and incredibly good coordinator of difficult cross-border cases with second-to-none experience."
"Anthony Poulton never fails to provide razor-sharp, pragmatic and strategically minded insights into any given problem at hand."
"Anthony Poulton is a leader in his field. He commands the confidence of the team and clients, and is a very smooth operator."