Position

Partner

Index

Contentious Tax & Trust Lawyers

Legal

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

Helena Berman

Spear’s Review

With more than 20 years’ experience in complex, high-value trust disputes, Helena Berman of Stephenson Harwood is a leading industry figure. 

Berman is head of pensions disputes and is regularly called upon by both clients and peers to offer her opinion on some of the most contentious issues. She acts for private individuals, trustees, financial institutions, insures and financial services firms. 

Berman is particularly well versed in defending trustee advisers in professional negligence claims and is considered to be an expert on construction and rectification of trust documents. 

She has previously been cited as one of Citywealth’s ‘Top 10 Power Women Trust Litigators’ and a ‘Top 100 Trust Litigators and Polymaths’ and sits on the Pensions Litigation Committee of the Association of Pensions Lawyers. 

Rank: Top Recommended

Top Recommended 2023, Contentious Tax & Trust Lawyers

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