Private Client

Service overview

Our private client lawyers provide expert, clear and succinct advice on planning, structuring and protecting your and your family’s wealth, assets and affairs.

We commonly deal with preparation of wills, trusts and powers of attorney. In each case we develop a detailed picture of your circumstances and objectives, working closely with any other advisers you have (including accountants, financial advisers, financial planners and family offices), and help you to find any that you need, to ensure that we deliver comprehensive solutions which work for you.

We also review any existing estate, tax and international wealth arrangements you have in place, such as assets held in SPVs and offshore vehicles, to help you assess whether these continue to be fit for your purposes now and in the foreseeable future.

Key contacts

Lydia Thorp

Junior Partner

Brian Eagles

Consultant

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Private Client

Service highlights

Wills

We prepare bespoke wills that are carefully drafted to ensure your assets will be distributed and dealt with exactly as you would wish after your lifetime, whether as outright gifts or under lifetime or other trusts. Through our discreet and confidential service, we explain all the different options available to you, to enable you to plan for and choose solutions that best meet your preferences.

Administration of estates

We act for personal representatives and executors in the UK with all aspects of applying for a grant of probate and as needed in connection with the administration of estates. We also advise in relation to contested probate as well as any intestacy and legacy issues.

Residential property

We understand that property can be one of your most significant assets and approach your transactions accordingly. We build a full picture of your requirements, and explain legal terminology and processes to you in straightforward language. Our property lawyers have a wealth of experience and deliver pragmatic, creative and commercially astute solutions that bring your objectives to successful completion.

Family law

We deal with all aspects of family law and are accustomed to dealing with cases involving sensitive and complex issues, and high profile individuals. We act for high net worth individuals from all walks of life and their partners. Much of our work has an international flavour and we often deal with cross-jurisdictional issues.

Private Client