Broadfield today announced the appointment of Sarah Sarwar and Ash von Schwan as partners in its London office. The appointments deepen the firm’s capability to advise clients on complex private wealth matters and high-value intellectual property and technology transactions, as Broadfield continues to build a globally connected platform focused on disciplined execution and modern delivery.
Sarah Sarwar joins Broadfield’s Private Wealth team, advising high-net-worth individuals, internationally mobile families, trustees, and family offices on international estate planning, succession structuring, and wealth preservation. Her practice covers tax planning, cross-border inheritance and conflict-of-laws issues, trust structuring and governance, and probate and estate administration involving international assets and beneficiaries. Sarah is known for combining technical depth with pragmatic, solutions-focused advice on sensitive, high-value matters, often coordinating advisors across multiple jurisdictions to deliver seamless outcomes aligned with long-term family objectives.
Ash von Schwan joins Broadfield’s Commercial team, specialising in intellectual property and technology transactions. Ash advises on the full range of non-contentious IP and commercial matters, with a focus on technology and brand licensing, protection of know-how and trade secrets, strategic collaborations, and IP aspects of corporate transactions. He has advised clients across consumer, luxury, healthcare, life sciences, software and technology, energy and infrastructure, with experience spanning acquisitions and disposals, restructurings, security over global IP portfolios, and complex research and development collaborations.
“Clients want senior, commercially minded counsel that can move quickly across the issues that matter most: protecting value, executing transactions, and managing risk. Sarah and Ash bring experience that strengthens our London platform and reflects how we are building Broadfield: partner-led, highly coordinated, and designed for business outcomes at rational pricing.”
John Hutchinson
Managing Partner, Broadfield UK
“IP and technology issues now sit at the center of most strategic transactions and growth plans. Broadfield is building something genuinely modern: a platform that takes delivery seriously and invests in the tools and processes that help clients execute efficiently while protecting what makes their business valuable.”
Ash von Schwan
Partner
“Broadfield’s focus on coordinated advice and disciplined execution strongly aligns with how my clients operate across border. I am excited to join a team that prioritises clarity, practicality, and long-term stewardship for families and trustees managing complex international assets.”
Sarah Sarwar
Partner
Broadfield continues to invest in modern infrastructure and secure, AI-enabled workflows that support collaboration across offices and help teams move matters forward with consistency and transparency. The firm works with SHP Legal Services, a subsidiary of LSS Strategic Partners, an A&M Inc. company, which supports operational and technology initiatives and can help facilitate access to broader professional services capabilities when clients require multidisciplinary input. Broadfield remains an independent, partner-owned law firm.
