Steven Kempster – Partner
5 New Street Square
London EC4A 3TW
United Kingdom
DX 41 London
Tel. +44 (0) 20 7300 4404
Fax. +44 (0) 20 7300 7100
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Steven is a partner in the Private Client group and joined Taylor Wessing in 2008 from leading global litigation firm Herbert Smith to develop and lead the firm's highly rated Contentious Trusts and Estates Group. In September 2011, the group won "Contentious Trusts and Estates Team of the Year" at the prestigious annual STEP Awards.
Steven specialises in the resolution of disputes relating to the formation or administration of trusts and estates in a UK and international context. Recent cases have included disputes relating to trusts and estates in the UK, Channel Islands, Isle of Man, Switzerland, Gibraltar, Liechtenstein, Cayman Islands and Bermuda. Steven’s practice also encompasses advising high net worth individuals, private banks and trust companies on trust structuring and succession planning issues, particularly where there is an international element. He also advises on charity law matters, including dispute resolution where UK charities are involved.
Steven speaks regularly on issues relating to trust and estates disputes at conferences in London, the Channel Islands, Switzerland, the Cayman Islands and the United States. He also runs a number of in-house training workshops for private banks and trust companies. Steven is one of the editors and contributing authors to Oxford University Press's 'International Trust Disputes' published in hardback in January 2012. He is also a contributing author to 'International Trust Precedents' published by Longmans.
Steven has received the following accolades in the Chambers and Legal 500 legal directories based on client and peer reviews:
- "Steven Kempster stands out for his trust structuring and succession planning work. He is characterised as very 'solid, sound, organised and hard-working'."
- "Team head Steven Kempster is ‘hardworking and level headed'."
- "an increasingly sought-after figure for his expertise in advising high net worth individuals, private banks and trust companies on how to resolve disputes in the UK and overseas".
- "excellent", "innovative and extremely bright", "switched on and hard-working".
- "the ‘hungry and talented’ [Contentious Trusts] group is led by the ‘excellent’ Steven Kempster".
In 2011, Steven was included in The Lawyer magazine's annual “Hot 100” list of lawyers "who have consistently demonstrated nimbleness and innovation over the last 12 months". He is named as a Leading Lawyer in the Contentious Trusts category of Citywealth's Annual Guide to the Most Highly Regarded Figures in Private Wealth Management. Steven is also listed as a leading practitioner in Euromoney's Guide to the World's Leading Trusts and Estates Practitioners.
Steven has gained a diploma from the Association of Contentious Trusts and Probate Specialists and is a member of the Charity Law Association.