“This new pioneering initiative will cater for the changing demands of global private capital clients, entrepreneurs, families, and their businesses,” the firm said in a statement this week.

The private office concentrates on the private and business aspirations of new and existing clients. As well as providing clients with access to legal advice, the new entity will provide strategic input.

The new business is led by Marcus Yorke-Long. He is based in the London office which he joined thsis year after more than 15 years in the banking, investment and finance industry. The private office is guided by Lord Andrew Hay, chairman, who has more than 35 years’ experience focusing on global real estate and ultra-high net worth families.

Yorke-Long and Lord Hay work with Camilla Sadler, who is the fifth generation of her family to work at the firm. Sadler leads the team's coverage of global families, together with private office executive, Carleen Wood. The team will have extra support from Farnod Afsharnejad as its private capital intelligence researcher, and Rob Garrett, who advises the private office from Singapore.

“The establishment of the Charles Russell Speechlys Private Office is a direct response to a client listening project, which demonstrated clients' greater desire to have broader conversations with their law firm and for the firm and its partners to become even more strategically aligned to the private and business aspirations of a global client base,” Lord Hay said.

Charles Russell Speechlys is an international law firm with a focus on private capital. Its lawyers are based in 11 locations across the UK, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

Photograph left to right: Marcus Yorke-Long, Camilla Sadler, Lord Andrew Hay