The Inaugural Lawdragon 100 Leading Global Wealth Lawyers

We are delighted to introduce The Inaugural Lawdragon 100 Leading Global Wealth Lawyers.

They are barristers to billionaires, consiglieres to ultra capitalists, Succession come to life.

They cater to the world’s richest clientele on an intersection of estate and tax planning, wealth transfers, family offices and – shocker – disputes over all that money. They often provide adjacent advice on deals, real estate, finance and other corporate matters. There are 3,428 billionaires in the world with a combined net worth of $20.1 trillion, according to Forbes. And they need a lot of lawyers.

“The socioeconomic health of multiple continents is dependent on his well-being,” said Kendall Roy of his ailing father in Succession, the perfect portrayal of life in the very thin air of the very very rich.

Gabriel Estevez is head of the Private Wealth group at Winston Taylor. Based in London, Estevez is a finance lawyer whose practice encompasses private wealth, real estate and venture debt. He advises the ultra-high-net worth clients of family offices, start-ups, private equity firms, global investment funds and alternative lenders with cross-border legal issues. He advises on global assets from the U.S. to Latin America, Europe and the Middle East.

Laura Zwicker is co-chair of Private Client services at Greenberg Glusker and leads its International Private Wealth practice. Based in Los Angeles, Zwicker advises multinational and domestic families across generations on the tax, trust and philanthropic issues involved in global and domestic wealth transfer. She guides on matters of tax residency and pre-immigration and emigration structuring, counsels founders on liquidity event planning, and serves as outside counsel to family offices and fiduciaries on planning issues, including the implications of family members and beneficiaries becoming, or ceasing to be, U.S. tax residents. Her work entails working with other specialists from Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand to support her private wealth clients.

Natasha Robertson is a partner in Norton Rose Fulbright’s Private Wealth and Tax, Trusts & Estates practice. Based in New York, she counsels individuals and families on estate planning, intergenerational wealth transfer, and estate and trust administration. Working alongside clients’ financial advisors, she helps create comprehensive solutions for wealth transfer through estate, gift and income tax planning as well as charitable giving. She also counsels public charities and private foundations on formation, corporate governance and compliance.

We selected this guide through our journalist-based process combining independent research, nominations and discussions with peers and other experts. Shining the light on those who advise the few in a world of so many is a fascinating exercise illuminating one more facet of how the law supports a vast variety of needs.