England - London • Private client
Russell-Cooke LLP
With Rebecca Fisher at the helm, ‘Russell-Cooke LLP combines the strength and depth of talent of a City firm with non-city firm rates. They are our go-to firm for referrals for a complicated matter which needs careful and sensitive handling’. Fisher has particular expertise in advising multi-generational family businesses, entrepreneurs and family offices. Andrew Godfrey has strength in complex cross-border estates and planning matters. Nicole Gallop Mildon joined the firm from Druces LLP in November 2022 and is a diplômée notaire in France. She brings with her a wealth of experience in UK and French tax and estates advice in the private client sphere. Suzanne Mynors, who was promoted to partner in July 2022, is also recommended.
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‘Russell-Cooke LLP listen to the needs of the client. They realise the client is not a theoretical case study but a living, breathing person with potentially idiosyncratic ideas, values and needs. They do what they promise they will do and they do it in the promised timescale'.
'They go the extra mile providing flexibility to deliver advice that the big, central London firms do not. I cannot recommend them highly enough.’
‘Rebecca Fisher is an innovative, personable, thorough, determined lawyer. She is incredibly emotionally intelligent to what is going on with a client. At the same time she is also incredibly pragmatic and will not shy away from difficult discussions. All in all, a wonderful lawyer'.
‘My experience with Russell-Cooke LLP has been in connection with the French team and the excellent cross-border and French tax advice they provide. They worked with us to come up with practical solutions for various issues for clients with French assets and French tax issues'.
‘Patrick Delas was very approachable and provided the specialist French advice in a way that was easily understandable by the client'.
'Nicole Gallop Mildon was very approachable and knowledgeable, working with us to provide the French advice required by the client'.
‘Patrick gives clear, practical advice on complex issues. He takes time to understand what the client wants and then tailors his approach to provide a solution that works for them, and not just doing the 'standard work. He is proactive where there have been changes in the law'.
‘They combine top-notch technical lawyering skills with an ability to relate fully to their clients, in a field where effective advice often goes beyond black letter law. Rebecca Fisher is excellent: an all-rounder in the private client field'.
Lawyers
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Russell-Cooke LLP
Richard is a consultant in the private client team. He advises clients in relation to their estate planning, wills, probate and tax planning issues and offers Notary Public services. His areas of expertise include cross-border estates and international private law issues. Richard has particular expertise in multi-jurisdictional estates specifically with France, other EU states and India. He is a member of the EU Commission group of experts PRM-III/IV and PRM III considering Regulations on Succession (EU 650/2012) and on Property Regimes (EU 2016/1103 and 2016/1104).
Practice head
The lawyer(s) leading their teams.
Rebecca Fisher