Charles Russell Speechlys is an international law firm with a focus on private capital, operating at the intersection of personal, family and business. The firm has more than 1,300 staff, including over 200 partners, and is admitted to practise in over 20 jurisdictions. With lawyers speaking more than 40 languages across 13 offices in the UK, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, clients can access the full range of the firm’s skills and expertise wherever they do business. Charles Russell Speechlys is a leader in the world of dynamic growth and business, advising many of the world’s prominent creators and owners of private capital and their families.

Areas of Expertise

• Capital Markets
• Corporate & Commercial
• Construction & Engineering Legal Services
• Dispute Resolution
• Family
• Financial Services Regulation and Funds
• Private Client
• Real Estate
• US Tax and Wealth Planning

Our Clients

• Individuals, families and their businesses
• Investors and entrepreneurs
• Professionals and senior executives
• Landed estates and historic properties
• Major corporates and institutions
• Growth businesses
• Private Equity
• Wealth advisors and accountants
• Financial and property advisors
• Charities and philanthropists

Why work with us

We’re only human

And we consider that our superpower, not a weakness. We are proud to put people at the centre of our practice.

We’ve built our firm on establishing trusted, personal relationships with our clients. After all, we are here to guide them through their most pressing challenges and most rewarding opportunities.

We do this by getting to the heart of our clients’ needs to bring them best-fit solutions – based on our years of experience, collective legal expertise and global reach.

We chase solutions

We know it’s not enough to understand the law – we have to understand our clients just as well. So we apply a people-focused lens to every action we recommend.

We’ll interrogate your challenge from every angle – but never lose sight of the big picture or the people involved.

Our aim is to use our market intuition to put our clients ahead of the game, bringing you proactive solutions to problems you haven’t yet seen coming.

We love a challenge

We see how quickly the world is changing and what that means for our clients.

We don’t just keep pace with this change, we constantly move forward to meet it. So that we can support our clients through whatever they face. We’ve forged a collaborative and creative culture that gives us the freedom to think ahead and to think beyond.

So we can pave the way to success for our clients – today and tomorrow, wherever they are in their journey and whatever comes next.