Lawyers

Anthony Poulton

Anthony Poulton

Work Department

Dispute Resolution

Position

Anthony is a partner with Baker McKenzie's Dispute Resolution team and chair of the market-leading Trusts Disputes group in London. Anthony specialises in advising clients engaged in disputes related to private wealth, succession, trusts and private banking. In such disputes, he acts for trustees, executors, protectors, beneficiaries and interested third parties and is very familiar with all the major offshore jurisdictions.

Anthony is a founding member of the Commercial Fraud Lawyers Association and a member of ACTAPS. He was elected to the ACTAPS Committee in 2018.

Anthony has extensive 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 "private" family disputes. More generally, Anthony also has considerable expertise in handling general commercial litigation, including cases affected by fraud, asset tracing and financial recovery as well as situations involving applications for freezing or proprietary injunctions. He also assists trustees in handling disputes, managing formal litigation, carrying out risk audits and mitigating exposure to risks.

Languages

English, French

Memberships

Association of Contentious Trusts and Probate Specialists Commercial Fraud Lawyers' Association London Solicitors Litigation Association

Education

College of Law (L.S.F.) (1993) University of Sussex (C.P.E.) (1992) University of York (B.A., Honors) (1991)

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