Russell Cooke Bedford Row Holborn

About Alison

Alison leads the contentious trust and estate team, representing a range of clients including private individuals, trustees, executors and beneficiaries.  Alison has significant and wide-ranging experience and advises on a variety of issues to include the validity and construction of wills and trust deeds, the removal of fiduciaries, breach of trust claims and succession disputes. Many of these matters have international elements.

Alison often works closely with colleagues in the private client, family or corporate teams when advising on issues that arise that may affect an individual or a family’s long term personal and business interests.  This may involve the impact of a pre-nuptial agreement, stress testing trust structures or advising on family wealth structuring so as to avoid dispute.

She is ranked in Private Client Global Elite and regularly acts in contentious administrations via the Russell- Cooke Trust Company where the trust company is appointed as independent administrator in circumstances involving beneficiary litigation or family disharmony.

With experience in mediation as well as litigation, Alison is known to try and resolve disputes as quickly and cost efficiently wherever possible, but is also a tenacious litigator where she needs to be.

Alison is excellent - very professional, has good client presence and is sensible.
Chambers HNW (2025)

Memberships

She has an extremely smart and strategic way of thinking and planning. She is also very available for any issue as it comes up.
Chambers HNW (2025)
Alison is a pleasure to work with. She is very clever, hard-working, a master of client care, a brilliant tactician and so very calm.
The Legal 500 (2024)

Awards and accreditations

Alison's highlights

News

20.06.2025

Russell-Cooke named as STEP Contentious Trusts Estates Team of the Year (mid-size firms) finalist

Russell-Cooke has been shortlisted in the STEP Private Client Awards: Contentious Trusts and Estates Team of the Year (midsize firm) category...
Alison Regan, Partner of Russell-Cooke Solicitors and head of the trusts wills estate disputes team.
Alison Regan
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News

06.02.2025

Russell-Cooke charts progress in Responsible Business Report 2024-5

Russell-Cooke has today published its annual Responsible Business Report, which details the firm’s progress against its objectives across a range of Environmental...
Alison Regan, Partner of Russell-Cooke Solicitors and head of the trusts wills estate disputes team.
Alison Regan
1 min Read
News

10.01.2025

Family Office case studies

In these examples, you will see how we have assisted a family navigating succession issues in a major IT business, advised on wealth protection strategies for a...
James Cook, Partner in the Russell-Cooke Solicitors, private client team. James Carroll, Managing Partner in the Russell-Cooke Solicitors, family and children team. Alison Regan, Partner of Russell-Cooke Solicitors and head of the trusts wills estate disputes team. David Webster, Partner in the Russell-Cooke Solicitors, corporate and commercial team. Matthew Garrod, Partner in the Russell-Cooke Solicitors, real estate, planning and construction team. Pippa Garland (1) Matt Bosworth, Partner in the Russell-Cooke Solicitors, regulation and compliance team. Ed Wanambwa, Partner in the Russell-Cooke Solicitors, immigration law team.
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James Cook, James Carroll, Alison Regan, David Webster, Matthew Garrod, Pippa Garland, Matt Bosworth, Ed Wanambwa
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