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Private Client

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What we do

Personal and family affairs often involve significant decisions about wealth, property, succession and the future. Whether planning ahead or responding to changing circumstances, clients need advice that reflects both the technical issues involved and the people affected by them.
Drawing on the experience of a large Private Client practice based across the UK, we advise individuals, families, business owners, trustees and executors on a wide range of personal wealth and succession matters. Many clients come to us with complex affairs involving family businesses, trusts, landed estates, agricultural interests, international assets or multiple generations.
Alongside Private Client lawyers, our team includes personal tax specialists and financial planning professionals, allowing clients to access legal, tax and financial planning expertise within a single business. Where required, we also work closely with specialists in Family, Corporate, Real Estate and Private Wealth Disputes to ensure advice reflects a client’s wider circumstances and long-term objectives.

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The decisions people make about their affairs often affect more than one generation. They may involve family wealth, business interests, property, charitable giving or the future stewardship of assets built up over many years.
We advise on wills, trusts, estate and succession planning, probate and estate administration, powers of attorney and inheritance tax planning. Alongside our legal expertise, clients can also access personal tax specialists and financial planning experts within the business, allowing advice to be considered from legal, tax and financial planning perspectives.
By bringing those disciplines together, we help clients make informed personal decisions about the future, while protecting the interests of the people and causes that matter most to them.

Advising families and deputies on issues involving mental capacity, deputyship applications, statutory wills and the management of financial affairs.

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Helping individuals and families structure their affairs efficiently, preserve wealth and plan for future generations.

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Advising individuals and families with international assets, interests and connections on succession planning, estate administration and wealth structuring.

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Resolving disputes involving trusts, estates, inheritance, succession and family wealth, including complex ownership structures.

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Helping individuals and families put arrangements in place for future decision-making, including Lasting Powers of Attorney and wider capacity planning.

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Supporting executors and families through the administration of estates, including tax matters, asset distribution and complex estate structures.

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Advising on the creation, administration, variation and restructuring of trusts, supported by legal, personal tax and financial planning expertise to help families preserve, manage and pass on wealth effectively.

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Helping individuals and families put clear succession arrangements in place, reflecting their personal, family and financial circumstances.

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What to expect from us

The right legal experts, wherever you are.

Regional teams, nationally connected – we move quickly, stay close, and bring the right specialists together around you.

Our Partners take the time to understand what matters to each client and remain closely involved as work progresses. Their experience brings perspective, sound judgment and a clear sense of what may be needed next as we grow together. This continuity creates trusted relationships, keeps advice grounded in the wider context and gives clients direct access to the people responsible for guiding their most important decisions.

A relationship with us can develop as your ambitions, circumstances and priorities change, grow and evolve over the years. We bring together the right combination of legal and professional expertise from across the business, without losing the relationships and understanding already established. From our full spectrum of services for individuals and businesses alike through to our specialist services in chartered town planning, patent and trademark attorneys, tax, competition and regulatory with sector specialists across the board, you can draw on the broadest of capability while continuing to work with advisers who know what matters to you.

We believe clients shouldn't have to choose between accessibility and expertise. Our advisers are based in the communities where you live and work, providing the personal relationships and local understanding that come from being close at hand. Backed by a connected national business, you also get access to a wide range of specialist expertise.

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Whether you’re looking for quick resolutions or long-term support, our private client solicitors will move at your pace. Get in touch to find out more about how we can support you. We’re ready when you are.

Our private client solicitors help people like you to navigate all of life’s moments – whatever that looks like for them. But don’t just take our word for it – browse our case studies to find out what our clients value most about working with us, first-hand.

When you get in touch, we’ll assess your needs to ensure you get the right expertise for you. When you choose us, you don’t just get access to corporate expertise. Your private client specialists will work collaboratively with professionals throughout the country spanning a broad spectrum of specialisms to devise a multi-faceted, tailored solution that takes all aspects of your situation into account. Get in touch so we can assess your matter and guide you towards your next step.

From devising long-term wealth management and estate planning strategies to handling inheritance tax, there’s plenty our private client solicitors can do to support you. Get in touch to find out more about our private client expertise.

Whether you’re looking to put proactive succession plans in place or need guidance on an ongoing matter, we’re ready to support you – wherever you are in your journey. Get in touch to find out more about what our private client specialists can do to support you.