Elliott has more than 20 years’ experience advising high-net-worth individuals, beneficiaries, trustees and other parties to private wealth disputes. His wider practice encompasses commercial litigation, civil fraud, asset tracing and recovery, insolvency and shareholder disputes.
Before joining Mishcon de Reya, Elliott was a partner at Signature Litigation, where he was also the Founding Partner of its Gibraltar office and built and led a team handling complex international disputes. He has appeared at all levels of court, including before the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, and regularly works alongside leading law firms and counsel across multiple jurisdictions.
Elliott is recognised as a leading practitioner by Chambers and Partners and The Legal 500 and is included in Legal Week’s Private Client Global Elite, which recognises leading lawyers advising ultra-high-net-worth clients. Alongside his legal career, Elliott served as a Member of the Gibraltar Parliament between 2015 and 2023, including as Leader of the Opposition from 2017 to 2019.
Mishcon de Reya’s established Private Wealth Disputes team sits within Mishcon Private and acts for trust companies, family offices and private individuals in domestic and international disputes. The team is ranked in the top tier in both Chambers High Net Worth and The Legal 500, with its lawyers bringing significant experience of acting for trustees and beneficiaries in complex, cross-border matters.
Elliott’s appointment builds on the existing strength of the Private Wealth Disputes team and adds further depth to Mishcon Private’s ability to support individuals, families and family offices in complex and sensitive disputes. It also reflects the firm’s strategic focus on Private Wealth & Private Capital, its disputes capability and the continued international development of its business.
Elliott is the firm's 10th lateral partner hire of 2026.
Elliott Phillips said: “Mishcon de Reya has an outstanding reputation for advising individuals, families and family offices on their most complex and sensitive matters. I am delighted to be joining an established, top-tier team that combines deep private wealth expertise with a market-leading disputes practice.
“As wealth, assets and family interests become increasingly international, clients need advisers who can navigate complex structures, multiple jurisdictions and challenging personal dynamics with sound judgement and determination. I look forward to working across Mishcon Private and with colleagues internationally to help clients protect what matters most to them and to strengthen further the firm’s cross-border private wealth disputes offering.”
Peter Steen, Head of Private Wealth Disputes at Mishcon de Reya, commented: “We are delighted to welcome Elliott to the firm. He is an accomplished disputes lawyer with extensive experience of handling complex and sensitive private wealth matters across jurisdictions.
“We already have an exceptionally strong Private Wealth Disputes team, with an established reputation for acting in significant domestic and international disputes. Elliott’s combination of technical expertise, strategic judgement and understanding of the dynamics that underpin private wealth disputes will be a real asset to our clients. His appointment adds further depth to the team and supports our ambition to build on Mishcon Private’s distinctive offering and further develop our international contentious trusts and estates capability.”
