About
Tahina Akther is an award-winning barrister with over 20 years' experience who leads the legal team at Wildcat Law as Head of Legal Services and Director. She has a dual Chancery and Family Finance practice specialising in contentious trusts and probate, pensions and complex financial remedy matters, and represents high/ultra-high-net-worth and international clients.
Practice areas
Private ClientChancery / Trusts & EstatesFamily / MatrimonialTrusts & ProbatePensionsCivil & Commercial Litigation
Office
Expertise
High/Ultra High Net Worth clientsProfessional sportspeopleCross-border enforcement and international matters (UAE, Singapore, Hong Kong)Valuation of private companiesFinal-salary pensionsSham trusts and complex trust structures
Education
- LLB (Hons) (Lond)
- Postgraduate Diploma in Law
- LLM
- Professional Certificates in Business Law and Practice; Administration of Trusts — University of Cambridge
- Recipient, Mary Freeman Award — Association of Women Graduates (2008)
Admissions
- Qualified Mediator — Civil Mediation Council (2006)
- Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) — Full Member
- Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) — Associate member
- ACTAPS (Association of Contentious Trust and Probate Specialists) — Member
- Chancery Bar Association — Member
- Family Law Bar Association — Member
- Professional Negligence Bar Association — Member