Magic Circle Awards 2024 | Citywealth Magazine | 15 September 2023 | TBA

The Magic Circle Awards provide an excellent opportunity to meet major advisers and managers who serve private investors from a pool of the world’s wealthiest individuals. It is also an ideal platform to promote expensive lifestyle offerings and make charitable appeals.

For over 18 years the Magic Circle Awards have been attracting the leading professionals from the top firms, recognising the achievements of the industry during the past year. Attended by 400+ professionals from over 140 organisations, attendees include leading law firms, trust companies, family offices, tax advisers and investment managers.

Individual Categories
• Accountant of the Year
• Lawyer of the Year
• Family Lawyer of the Year
• Barrister of the Year
• Impact/ESG Adviser of the Year
• Private Banker of the Year
• Philanthropy Advisor of the Year
• Property Advisor of the Year
• Trustee of the Year
• Woman of the Year
• Tomorrow Club Award
• Wealth Professional Award
• Outstanding Individual of the Year
• Lifetime Achievement Award

Organisational Categories
• Accountancy Firm of the Year
• Law Firm of the Year – Boutique
• Law Firm of the Year – London
• Law Firm of the Year – UK wide
• Law Firm of the Year – Switzerland
• Law Firm of the Year – US
• International Law Firm of the Year
• Art Advisory Law Firm of the Year
• Family/Matrimonial Law Firm of the Year
• Immigration Practice of the Year
• Reputation Management Law Firm of the Year
• Property Law Firm of the Year
• Property Advisor of the Year
• Chambers of the Year
• Tax Advisory Firm of the Year
• Financial Planning Firm of the Year
• Charity Investment Management Company of the Year
• Impact/ESG Investment Management Company of the Year
• Investment Management Company of the Year – US
• Institutional Private Client Asset Manager of the Year
• Private Bank of the Year
• Private Bank of the Year – US
• UHNW Private Client Services of the Year
• Trade & Execution Services
• Global Custody
• Global Digital Assets Custody
• Technology Innovators of the Year
• Family Office Services of the Year (Non Investment)
• Family Office of the Year
• Private Investment Office of the Year
• Trust Company of the Year

2023 Winners

Editor’s Choice Award
• Anthony Poulton, Baker McKenzie

Career Achievement Award
• Farah Ballands, Equiom

Outstanding Individual of the Year
• James Penny, Barclays Private Bank

Lifetime Achievement Award
• Jeremy Marshall, C. Hoare & Co

Accountancy Firm of the Year – SME
Bronze Dixon Wilson
Silver Blick Rothenberg
Gold Rawlinson & Hunter

Accountancy Firm of the Year – Large
Bronze Crowe
Silver RSM
Gold Deloitte

Accountancy Firm of the Year – US
Bronze Anchin
Silver Global Taxes
Gold Berdon / Citrin Cooperman Advisors

Accountant of the Year
Bronze Suzanne Briggs, Blick Rothenberg
Silver Daniel Sopher, Sopher + Co
Gold Andrew Shilling, Rawlinson & Hunter

Law Firm of the Year – Boutique
Bronze Belluzzo International Partners
Silver McLemore Konschnik
Gold Maisto e Associati

Law Firm of the Year – London
Bronze Collyer Bristow
Silver Wedlake Bell
Gold Boodle Hatfield

Law Firm of the Year UK Wide
Bronze Mills & Reeve
Silver Wiggin Osborne Fullerlove
Gold Irwin Mitchell

Law Firm of the Year – Switzerland
Bronze Homburger
Silver Bär & Karrer
Gold Lenz & Staehelin

Law Firm of the Year – USA
Bronze Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
Silver Greenberg Traurig
Gold Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft

International Law Firm of the Year
Bronze Womble Bond Dickinson
Silver Taylor Wessing
Gold Katten Muchin Rosenman

Lawyer of the Year
Bronze Richard Hart, Pinsent Masons
Silver Hayden Bailey, Boodle Hatfield
Gold Claudia Suter, Homburger

Art Advisory Law Firm of the Year
Bronze Stephenson Harwood
Silver BDB Pitmans
Gold Payne Hicks Beach

Family/Matrimonial Law Firm of the Year – Specialist
Bronze Burgess Mee
Silver Levison Meltzer Pigott
Gold Hughes Fowler Carruthers

Family/Matrimonial Law Firm of the Year – Full Service
Bronze Payne Hicks Beach
Silver Withers
Gold Hunters Law

Family Lawyer of the Year
Bronze Jo Carr-West, Hunters Law
Silver Catherine Bedford, Harbottle & Lewis
Gold James Stewart, Penningtons Manches Cooper

Immigration Practice of the Year
Bronze Kingsley Napley
Silver Deloitte
Gold Laura Devine Immigration

Reputation Management Law Firm of the Year
Bronze Kobre & Kim
Silver Harbottle & Lewis
Gold Slateford

Property Law Firm of the Year
Bronze Edwin Coe
Silver BDB Pitmans
Gold Druces

Property Advisor of the Year
Bronze Haringtons UK
Silver RFR Property
Gold Crown Mayfair

Chambers of the Year
Bronze 5 Stone Buildings
Silver New Square Chambers
Gold Pump Court Tax Chambers

Barrister of the Year
Bronze Darragh Connell, Maitland Chambers
Silver “James Ramsden KC, Astraea Group”
Gold Constance McDonnell KC, Serle Court

Tax Advisory Firm of the Year
Bronze Crowe
Silver Rawlinson & Hunter
Gold EY Private Tax

Financial Planning Firm of the Year – Boutique
Bronze Partners Wealth Management
Silver AWS Advice
Gold MASECO Private Wealth

Financial Planning Firm of the Year – Large
Bronze The Private Office
Silver Saltus
Gold Evelyn Partners

Charity Investment Management Company of the Year
Bronze James Hambro & Partners
Silver Sarasin & Partners
Gold Waverton Investment Management

Charity Investment Management Company of the Year – Institutional
Bronze Cazenove Capital
Silver Rothschild & Co
Gold Rathbones

Impact/ESG Investment Management Company of the Year
Bronze Tribe Capital
Silver Rathbone Greenbank
Gold Cazenove Capital

Impact/ESG Adviser of the Year
Bronze Rich Hall, RSM UK
Silver Hans-Juergen Walter, Deloitte
Gold Philippe M. Reich, Baker McKenzie

Institutional Private Client Asset Manager of the Year
Bronze J O Hambro Capital Management
Silver London & Capital
Gold Rathbones

Investment Management Company of the Year – USA
Bronze Morgan Stanley
Silver BlackRock
Gold Vanguard

Private Bank of the Year
Bronze Hampden & Co
Silver Julius Baer
Gold C. Hoare & Co.

Private Bank of the Year – USA
Bronze Goldman Sachs
Silver Citi Private Bank
Gold J.P. Morgan

Private Banker of the Year
Bronze William Ladenburg, Mirabaud Group
Silver Nick Morris, Goldman Sachs
Gold Joanna Livesey, Rothschild & Co

Philanthropy Advisor of the Year
Bronze Maya Prabhu, J.P. Morgan Private Bank
Silver Anna Josse, Prism The Gift Fund
Gold Rennie Hoare, C. Hoare & Co.

UHNW Private Client Services of the Year
Bronze Keystone Family Advisers
Silver Sancus
Gold John Lamb Hill Oldridge

Trade & Execution Services
Bronze FactSet OMS
Silver Charles River OMS
Gold Bloomberg OMS

Global Custody
Bronze UBS Wealth Management
Silver Barclays Private Bank
Gold Lombard Odier

Global Digital Assets Custody
Bronze DBS
Silver KOMAINU
Gold Zodia Custody

Technology Innovators of the Year
Bronze PlainSail
Silver Plumb
Gold TrustQuay

Family Office Services of the Year (Non Investment)
Bronze Delfin Private Office
Silver Crestbridge
Gold JTC Private Office

Family Office of the Year
Bronze Hassium
Silver Stonehage Fleming
Gold Capital Generation Partners

Private Investment Office of the Year
Bronze VAR Capital
Silver London & Capital
Gold Capital Generation Partners

Trust Company of the Year – Boutique
Bronze Meritus Trust
Silver VG
Gold Affinity Group

Trust Company of the Year
Bronze Standard Bank
Silver Ocorian
Gold IQ-EQ

Trustee of the Year
Bronze Suzi Hall, FCM Trust
Silver Claire Machin, Suntera Global
Gold Clare Usher-Wilson, Summit Trust International SA

Woman of the Year
Bronze Claire Cummings, Cummings Pepperdine
Silver Catherine Thompson, Rawlinson & Hunter
Gold Bonnie Lynn Chmil, Katten Muchin Rosenman

Tomorrow Club Award
Bronze Helen Ashcroft, Dixon Wilson
Silver Catrin Harrison, Charles Russell Speechlys
Gold Peter Grant, Waverton Investment Management

Wealth Professional Award
Bronze Oliver Little, Charles Russell Speechlys
Silver Daniel Channing, Crestbridge
Gold Joseph Tuson, Barclays Wealth Management