Zahler Bryan
UK Bar Guide 2025
Band 4 : Chancery: Traditional
Band 4
About
Provided by Zahler Bryan
Practice Areas
Zahler has a broad commercial chancery practice, with a particular emphasis on contentious trusts, civil fraud and financial disputes. She regularly advises on a wide range of matters, with considerable experience in large-scale commercial and trust disputes spanning an extensive range of jurisdictions. Zahler also has a particular interest in appellate work and has appeared in the Supreme Court and the Privy Council.
Chambers UK describes Zahler as “an absolute quality junior” who is “always completely on top of every detail, and a technically brilliant and detailed lawyer”.
Zahler was awarded Chancery Junior of the Year at the Legal 500 UK Bar Awards 2023.
Career
Called to the Bar 2012.
Professional Memberships
Chancery Bar Association, COMBAR, ConTrA.
Publications
Contributes chapters on personal claims and just and equitable winding up in Joffe, Minority Shareholders: Law, Practice & Procedure (7th edition, forthcoming 2024). Other publications include Equitable presumptions and inferring intention, Trusts & Trustees, December 2018, 24 (10) 946-957, together with Alan Boyle KC and Richard Wilson KC; Relief from flawed decisions, Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal, November 2018, together with Alan Boyle KC and Richard Wilson KC; and Carillion Liquidation: questions to answer, Practical Law, PLC Magazine, January 2018, together with Lance Ashworth KC.
Personal
BA PPE (First Class), MPhil, DPhil in political philosophy, Magdalen College, Oxford; GDL (Distinction), BPTC (Outstanding), City University, London; Eastham, Lord Mansfield, Lord Bowen and Hardwicke Scholar of Lincoln’s Inn.
Chambers Review
UK Bar
Zahler Bryan is a strong junior who advises on complex trusts matters, including international trust disputes. She also acts in commercial disputes.
Strengths
Provided by Chambers
"Zahler is an extremely capable junior whose written product is excellent."
"Zahler is very helpful and considered, and a pleasure to work with."
"Zahler is an extremely capable junior whose written product is excellent."
"Zahler is very helpful and considered, and a pleasure to work with."