Samara Dutton and James Cook have been made partners in the private wealth offering, focusing on contentious trusts, probate, and tax and estate planning for wealthy individuals and families.

Charlie Fowler has been named senior associate in private wealth; Mette Marie Kennedy and Chandni Rani have also been promoted to senior associates in the intellectual property practice, where they will focus on contentious and non-contentious work for the firm's largely SME client business.

Dutton is a trusts and estates specialist, focusing on all categories of trust disputes. Cook has a strong track record of advising on tax and succession planning, wills, disabled persons' trusts, lasting and enduring powers of attorney and Court of Protection matters. Fowler advises on pre-immigration planning, residency and domicile rules, offshore tax planning and UK wills and estate planning.

Mette Marie Kennedy has built a practice in the media, art and culture fields, acting for artists, galleries, museums, private collectors and government bodies. Also in the intellectual property team, Rana represents businesses in a number of sectors, focusing on copyright and trademark, and design and patent infringement cases.