Vivi Zeke
(Principal)

Vivi's knowledge and expertise extends to practically all tax and trust matters, including UK and offshore trusts; tax planning for non-UK domiciliaries; employee benefit trusts; tax planning for company shareholders; International succession issues and complex wills and estates.

He is listed as a leading tax and trust lawyer in the Chambers UK legal directory and by the publication 'Legal Experts' as an expert in private client work. Vivi is also a member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) and lectures on taxation and the use of trusts. In 2005, he was invited to become an editor of a section of the Oxford Dictionary of Law, New Edition.

In Chambers HNW 2018, he is described as "totally honest, trustworthy and decent" by one source, while others say: "The minute you meet him, you do feel quite confident that he's going to be able to solve any problem you come up against. He has that manner about him, that experience."He is also considered in Chambers 2017 to have "extremely strong technical knowledge, but he can also transmit such information to clients in a straightforward way".


Jonathan McLean
(Deputy Partner)


Tutu advises on a wide range of corporate and finance transactions, specialising in mergers and acquisitions, structuring, restructuring, sponsor backed transactions, banking and corporate, structured and investment finance. Tutu acts for leading UK and European banks, public and private corporates and owner managed businesses. Tutu is a member of the steering committee of ACG UK, and has been recommended in both the Chambers UK and Legal 500 directories as a leader in his fields.

Since becoming a lawyer in 2003, Tutu has focused his practice on counseling individuals, families and business owners. Bill has assisted clients with everything from simple wills and powers of lawyer to addressing more complicated estate planning situations and sophisticated probate and trust administrations. Tutu also provides advice in the areas of elder law and addressing the legal issues that impact individuals with special needs.

Francesca Bishop
(Tax Attorney)


Francesca trained at Herbert Smith and joined Vzerk Law Firm as an associate in 2014 and a partner in 2015.

In addition to her litigation and international arbitration work she leads the firm’s US Practice Group responsible for managing relationships with firms, clients and contacts across the US.

Francesca is a member of the retail and franchising teams handling contentious issues for a range of clients operating in these sectors. Francesca works closely with clients (ranging from large corporates to owner managed businesses) to provide strategic expertise and commercially focused risk management advice aimed at resolving disputes quickly, effectively and commercially.

Where a dispute cannot be resolved she handles a broad range of commercial and regulatory disputes for clients across the UK and internationally, including major litigation, injunction applications and international arbitrations. She has particular experience in cross border litigation and arbitration and works regularly with lawyers and clients in other jurisdictions, either coordinating and leading the team or providing support.

Hayden Bull
(Cashier)

He specializes in intellectual property law, corporate law, Immigration, Banking & Finance. His clients have included Bouygues International, one of the largest construction companies in the world and Limkokwing University, one of the largest international private universities in the world.

He receives instructions on trademark and patent protection from around the world.