Wills and succession planning lawyers

Our Wills and succession planning lawyers sit at the heart of our Private Client practice and work with our clients to structure, protect and pass on wealth from one generation to the next - often within complex family and financial circumstances.

Our clients are entrepreneurs, trustees, family offices, individuals and families with significant assets. Our Wills and succession work goes beyond drafting the crucial documents; we provide long-term legal advice to preserve our clients’ wealth in line with their values and priorities.

By developing and implementing a careful succession strategy, we provide certainty in moments of vulnerability and ensure that control passes in accordance with our clients’ wishes.

Legal advice on Wills and succession planning

Succession planning is sensitive and strategically important - particularly where complex family structures and ownership arrangements are involved and assets are held across multiple jurisdictions. Clients’ succession planning needs are also rarely static: family dynamics change, personal and business interests evolve, and our clients may broaden their horizons internationally. 

Against this changing backdrop, we continuously reevaluate our clients’ plans to ensure the frameworks we put in place together remain true to their long-term objectives. We work with many of our clients over years and decades, providing continuity and clarity, as their circumstances evolve.

Wills within wider private client planning

Our Wills and succession planning lawyers have been advising UK and international clients for well over a century, focusing on asset preservation, minimising disputes, and protecting family wealth across borders and successive generations.

In matters involving scale, discretion and lasting consequences in relation to trusts, property, tax and family governance, we act as trusted advisers, providing succession planning that is carefully coordinated and integrated within a broader private client framework.

Our Wills and succession planning services

Our experienced team of Wills and succession planning lawyers can advise on:

Drafting and reviewing UK and international Wills and Letters of Wishes

We have significant expertise in will drafting for wealthy individuals and families as part of wider inheritance and succession planning.

Succession planning for individuals, families and business owners

Our personalised advice supports the orderly transition of wealth and responsibility across generations. This includes succession planning for business owners, where personal relationships and business interests overlap.

Inheritance planning and asset protection

We ensure that trust structures, governance and wider financial planning are coordinated and legally sound to accommodate change and future proof family wealth.

International succession and overseas assets

We help internationally mobile and connected individuals and families navigate complex personal and financial arrangements, where assets and beneficiaries span multiple jurisdictions.

Lasting Powers of Attorney

We advise clients on putting Lasting Powers of Attorney in place so trusted individuals can manage financial and personal affairs if capacity is lost. Our lawyers help ensure these arrangements are clear, appropriate and aligned with wider succession planning.

Deputyships

Where no powers are in place and an individual has lost capacity, we advise on deputyship applications and ongoing responsibilities. We support families and deputies through the Court of Protection process and provide guidance on managing affairs in line with legal duties.

Disabled persons’ trusts

We advise on the establishment and management of disabled persons’ trusts to support beneficiaries with specific needs. Our advice focuses on providing long‑term financial security while ensuring arrangements integrate effectively with wider succession and tax planning.