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Private Wealth: Trusts - UK
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Michael Ashdown has known expertise handling chancery matters including trusts and estates. He is experienced in dealing with offshore instructions, such as in Jersey, Guernsey and the BVI, and appears regularly in the High Court and the County Court.
Strengths
A remarkably poised advocate, who is unflappable in difficult situations.
A technically brilliant barrister whose advocacy is very good. He is very clever and easy to work with.
Michael is user-friendly and unbelievably smart. He makes himself available and is always happy to jump on a call.
Exceptionally bright; you want him on your side when there you have something complicated and technical. He takes great pleasure in analysing documents in great detail.
Michael has an academic background, and you can see that in what he does, as he translates incredibly in-depth technical knowledge into a work product that is commercial and user-friendly.