Estate planning

With more than 30 specialist lawyers and a number of offices in London and around the UK, we are an excellent choice for experienced, practical advice on how to structure your property and affairs to ensure that your estate and assets pass on to your intended beneficiaries in the most tax-efficient way.

Inheritance tax

Some simple restructuring of how your assets are held and some gifting may, potentially, reduce your inheritance tax liability without considerably reducing the value of your estate. Estate planning also helps you to avoid or reduce the amount of tax to pay and your inheritance tax bill (IHT bill).

Preparing for inheritance tax (IHT) is essential so that the value of your estate, or even part of your estate, is passed on to your loved ones with the minimum possible payable in tax. With effective estate planning you can make sure your wealth is protected for the next generation.

Inheritance Solicitors

Our private client team can advise on all aspects of estate planning and inheritance tax mitigation. Clients come to us for advice including :-

• Wills - for clients with complex and/or high-net-worth estates

• Trusts - including lifetime or will trusts, tax implications and the management of trusts after the death of the client.

• Lifetime gifts - to reduce inheritance tax and utilise all available inheritance tax planning and current available tax relief

• International assets - advice where some assets such as property are owned outside of the UK

• Post-death estate planning - including deeds of variation.