Simon Weil’s varied practice spans everything from contentious trusts to advising the government on charitable tax vehicles and representing sophisticated global givers. So it’s no wonder he was Spear’s Philanthropy Adviser of the Year in 2016.

Simon Jennings has never been a ‘wholehearted Remainer’ – but he makes no bones about Brexit’s impact. ‘Chaos,’ he says, adding that the referendum and general election were ‘completely unnecessary’. (He’s also none too happy with former chancellor George Osborne’s ‘incredibly badly handled’ non-dom reforms.)

Described by a rival as ‘one of the most prominent figures in the private wealth community’, Paula Higgleton is no ordinary tax adviser. You won’t find many accountants speaking so infectiously about scuba diving in Mexico or their regular pilgrimages to Glastonbury.

A prominent adviser to international families and entrepreneurs – not to mention nervous non-doms looking to make sense of regulatory flux – Camilla Wallace is always in demand.

A go-to sage for international UHNWs on wills, trusts and personal tax planning, Edward Reed has spent his career dealing with ‘Western European matters’ – matters he is well-suited to handling, having spent his formative years in France. Reed continues to own property there, so that his understanding of continental thinking isn’t the ‘purely academic’ exercise it is for other lawyers.