Roman Kubiak

Roman Kubiak is a partner and head of the market leading Contested Wills, Trusts and Estates team.

Alongside continuing to run a core caseload of complex, high value and cross-border will, trust and estate disputes, Roman is responsible for formulating and implementing the department’s business strategy and day-to-day operations, in line with the firm’s overall strategy.

He has been integral to the growth and development of the department and his initiatives have seen it gain recognition as a top ranked department for this type of work in the UK’s leading legal directories.

Roman also manages the relationships with a number of our key clients, partners, introducers and professionals in the industry.

Roman acts for high profile and high net worth individuals, financial institutions, professional trustees and executors and charities.

He advises across the whole spectrum of private wealth disputesclient litigation, with a particular focus on high value, complex and cross-border disputes including: trust disputes, breach of trust claims and applications to remove trustees; will disputes, particularly those with an international element; claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975; and claims for equitable relief under proprietary estoppel, constructive trusts and resulting trusts.

Roman has played a key role in developing the firm’s offering within the charities sector. He has experience of advising charity clients on contentious trust and probate matters including will disputes and claims for financial provision, construction claims and ex-gratia payment requests.

Roman has advised the partner of a high profile celebrity with an estate valued at £100m+ in relation to a claim under the Inheritance Act, and associated application to seek interim relief, and to prove a lost will.

He has also acted for the beneficiaries of a £120m Jersey-based trust with underlying companies in various jurisdictions, in claims for undue influence, breach of trust and to set aside transfers of overseas assets.

Roman secured a positive settlement for a spouse in claims under the Inheritance Act, to set aside a will by reason of lack of capacity, lack of knowledge and approval and undue influence and by reason of a constructive trust involving assets split across England, France, Switzerland, Austria and Jersey.

He has also acted for the claimant in a breach of trust claim valued at circa £2million in which the breaches span over 20 years.

Roman successfully represented a farmer in relation to a claim over land under proprietary estoppel all the way to trial.