Hunters Law LLP

Hunters is a London-based law firm renowned for combining high-quality legal advice with partner-led, personalised service. Consistently ranked among the city’s top firms, the practice serves a largely high-net-worth client base, including private individuals, trusts, landed estates, businesses, and charities. Situated in Lincoln’s Inn, where the firm has practised for nearly 300 years, Hunters offers a comprehensive range of interlinked specialist services encompassing wealth management, tax and estate planning, trust affairs, divorce and relationship breakdown, nuptial agreements, residential and commercial property, business services, philanthropy, and litigation. A partner is personally responsible for every client, with relationships often spanning multiple generations.

The firm’s private client practice advises individuals, families, and trustees on all aspects of tax, trusts, and succession planning, including the administration of complex estates, often with international elements, and Court of Protection matters. The practice also maintains an extensive landed estates practice, managing high-value estates held through complex structures involving partnerships, companies, and trusts.

Hunters’ family team represents high-net-worth clients on matters arising from relationship inception and breakdown, offering expertise in complex, high-value financial claims on divorce, wealth protection through nuptial agreements, child arrangements, and cohabitation issues.

The property department supports clients and other practice areas on property-related matters and operates an independent practice covering residential and commercial conveyancing, landlord and tenant issues, investments, development, agriculture, rural property, landed estates, and secured lending and banking security. The department is CQS accredited.

The business services team advises domestic and international investors, companies, partnerships, and entrepreneurs, including private clients with corporate and commercial interests within sophisticated trust and family structures. Services include corporate transactions, operational matters, regulatory compliance, employment law, and commercial contracting. The team assists clients throughout the business lifecycle, from start-up to listing and beyond, and provides support with fundraising, corporate finance, investment agreements, business acquisitions and disposals, stakeholder relations, and corporate governance. The team’s international experience enables guidance on cross-border matters and ongoing challenges related to Brexit and global economic developments, with particular strengths in intellectual property, technology, FMCG, foreign direct investment, and art and cultural heritage.

Hunters’ art and cultural property team advises on intergenerational transfers, acquisition and sale of artworks, and disputes in UK and international markets, providing discrete guidance to individuals, businesses, trusts, estates, and charities.

The charity practice offers advice to charities, social enterprises, and not-for-profit organisations, including trade unions and international NGOs. Services cover formation, governance, regulatory compliance, mergers, safeguarding, property, legacy and philanthropy, litigation, commercial, and employment law. The team was strengthened in 2021 by the addition of a partner with over 20 years’ experience advising faith-based organisations and charities in cultural, heritage, medical, and conservation sectors.

The dispute resolution practice handles complex civil disputes, including contentious trust and probate matters involving trustees, beneficiaries, executors, and other interested parties. The team frequently manages high-value, cross-border, and multi-jurisdictional disputes, often arising from relationship-generated trust and Inheritance Act claims. Disputes are resolved through negotiation, mediation, arbitration, and court proceedings as necessary. The team also advises on disputes concerning property, professional negligence, contracts, business relationships, and intellectual property.

Languages:
French, German, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Japanese

Memberships:
Society of Trust & Estate Practitioners (STEP), Resolution, Agricultural Law Association, International Bar Association (IBA), Association of European Lawyers (AEA), Justinian Lawyers, The Law Society, European Circuit, Professional Advisors to the International Art Market (PAIAM)

Staffing:
23 UK partners
38 Other UK fee-earners