Mark Bridges > Farrer & Co > London, England > Lawyer Profile
Farrer & Co Offices
66 LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS
LONDON
WC2A 3LH
England
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Mark Bridges
Work Department
Private client – international.
Position
Mark is the chair of private client at Farrer & Co and advises private clients both domestically and internationally. In the UK he has been private solicitor to The Queen since 2002, and was solicitor for the Affairs of the Duchy of Lancaster from 1998 to 2012. He also acts for a broad range of English private clients. Internationally, he specialises in tax, trusts and succession issues for clients from all over the world, including some of the world’s wealthiest families. His work includes setting and implementing strategies to hold large international fortunes in tax effective ways. He also practises in the field of contentious trusts and successions, both domestically and internationally. In addition to his ranking as a Star Individual, Mark is described in Chambers & Partners 2012 as “without doubt one of the leading private client lawyers in the country, advising an impressive base of HNWIs. He is considered ‘hard-working, perceptive and the very soul of discretion’.” In the New Year Honours List 2012 Mark was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. Mark was recognised as one of the Top Ten tax lawyers in the Spears 2015 Survey.
Career
Qualified at Farrer & Co in 1980; partner 1985.
Memberships
International Academy of Estate and Trust Law; International Committee of STEP; IBA
Education
Corpus Christi College Cambridge (MA)
Top Tier Firm Rankings
- Private client > Agriculture and estates
- Private client > Art and cultural property
- Private client > Charities and not-for-profit
- Dispute resolution > Commercial litigation: mid-market
- Private client > Contentious trusts and probate
- Public sector > Education: schools
- Private client > Family
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Media: Theatre, publishing and other media
- Corporate and commercial > Partnership
- Private client > Personal tax, trusts and probate
- Real estate > Residential property
- Employment > Senior executives
Firm Rankings
- Public sector > Education: institutions
- Corporate and commercial > M&A: Smaller Deals, £10m-£100m
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Reputation management
- Investment fund formation and management > Retail funds
- Real estate > Commercial property: development
- Employment > Employers
- Crime, fraud and licensing > Fraud: civil
- Employment > Immigration
- Real estate > Property litigation
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Sport
- Corporate and commercial > Commercial contracts
- Real estate > Commercial property: investment
- TMT (technology, media and telecoms) > Intellectual property: trade marks, copyright and design
- Real estate > Planning
- Real estate > Construction: non-contentious
- Risk advisory > Data protection, privacy and cybersecurity
- Real estate > Property finance
- Corporate and commercial > Financial services: non-contentious/regulatory
- Dispute resolution > International arbitration