Position

Managing Associate

Index

Contentious Tax & Trust Lawyers

Location

London

Advice type

Cross-border litigation

Disputed estates

Family governance

Private banking

Risk

Succession planning

Sector Focus

Accounting

Business and Consumer Services

Legal Advisory Services

Wealth Management & Private Banking

Customer Type

Lawyer

Peter Gillis

Spear’s Review

A managing associate within Stephenson Harwood’s contentious trusts group, Peter Gillis has extensive experience in complex, high-value trust disputes in the banking and financial services and private wealth sectors.

Gillis regularly acts for corporates, trustees, financial services firms, financial institutions and HNWs, advising on a broad range of trust disputes. His experience includes representing corporate finance trustees, as well as advising in complex fraud and asset recovery proceedings often involving significant international elements.

Praised by clients for his ‘very good technical skills’ and ‘sound instincts’, Gillis is regarded as a rising star within his firm and the wider profession. ‘He’s definitely a future partner,’ adds a colleague.

Rank: Rising star

Rising star 2023, Contentious Tax & Trust Lawyers

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