Jessica Henson

Partner  |  Payne Hicks Beach
JURISDICTION

TOP SPECIALISMS

Estates: Contentious

Trusts & Trusteeship

Trusts: Contentious

Office Location

United Kingdom

Short Biography

Jessica is a private client partner specialising in risk and disputes in relation to trusts and estates. Jessica has accrued extensive trust litigation experience both in England and offshore. She draws on her litigation experience to inform asset preservation and estate planning strategies designed to avoid disputes in the future. Jessica has also built up particular expertise in advising trustees and beneficiaries on issues of trust law in the context of divorce proceedings. Jessica is a member of STEP, ACTAPs and the co-founder of ConTrA. She is the trusts correspondent for the Private Client Business Journal.

What is your favorite restaurant to take a client or colleague to?

Le Relais de Venise l'Entrecôte

What is the best piece of advice you have ever received?

audentis fortuna iuvat (Fortune favours the bold)

What was your first job?

Answering the "banana phone" for Innocent Smoothies.

What is the book you recommend to everyone?

The Authority Gap - Mary Ann Sieghart

What changes do you expect to see in your practice over the next year?

More imaginative ADR - private FDRs, ENEs etc.