Simon Goldring

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I am a private client lawyer who litigates, with extensive experience spanning a range of contentious matters, notably onshore and offshore trusts disputes, and non-contentious estate planning solutions.

I focus on disputes involving trusts, wills and estates, commercial disputes including fraud, partnership and minority shareholder actions, tax litigation, misrepresentation, fraud and areas of marital law such as pre- and post-nuptial agreements. My practice has developed from my private client background, enabling me to approach litigation from a client-centric perspective.

I have considerable experience in advising on corporate transactions, wealth planning and trust matters for a wide range of clients, which include individuals, trustees, beneficiaries, protectors, charities and corporate entities. I also administered a UK trust corporation for a number of years and have acted as in-house counsel providing primarily commercial contracts advice.

I am the co-founder of ConTrA (the Contentious Trusts Association), which I co-founded in 2015 and now has in excess of 750 members. I also chair the Trusts in Litigation annual conference, which is one of the leading Contentious Trusts conferences, and I am chairing the TransTrusts annual Private Wealth conference in 2024.

I am a CEDR accredited mediator and continue to be ranked by Chambers & Partners (HNW) and by Legal 500 for my Private Wealth Disputes expertise. I have also been listed in Legal Week’s Private Client Global Elite since its inception.

I am a football fanatic and still manage to play 11-a-side each week (although my knees are starting to have other ideas!).

Accolades:

The Legal 500 UK 2025 – Contentious Trusts and Probate - ‘Next Generation Partner’

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Acting for the Respondents before the Privy Council in relation to the estate of a senior Qatari royal and his $1 billion estate, having acted at both first instance and on appeal (Sheikha Amena Ahmed H.A. Al-Thani et al v Sheikha Aisha Mohammed Ali Abdullah Al Thani et al BVIHCVAP2021/0001).
Acting for King Ogiame III in a dispute regarding the estate of his father-in-law Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo, a wealthy Nigerian businessman who was worth in excess of $1 billion.
In the matter of the “R” Trusts (Rothschild Switzerland (CI) Trustees Limited & Ors v W & Ors) [Guernsey] relating to the admissibility of without prejudice material in a Public Trustee v Cooper application.
D v A, B & C & Ors [2020] GCA 065 in the Court of Appeal of Guernsey dealing with the rules on construction of a trust deed, in particular whether a beneficiary’s power to appoint was a personal or fiduciary power.
Operating a virtual family office offering for a UHNW family and ensuring proper trustee decision making and reviewing investment documentation. In addition to operating the trust, sitting as a board observer in a number of the venture capital companies invested in by the trust, overseeing the investments.

He is an exceptional leader of the team. His reputation for strong strategic thinking is very well justified and his dedication to fighting for the best possible result for clients is admirable.
Chambers UK HNW, 2026